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== Cumulus locks up when it starts and I have to use the task manager to kill it == | == Cumulus locks up when it starts and I have to use the task manager to kill it == | ||
If you have a ''Fine Offset station'', this is most likely caused by the station's interface locking up, i.e the station has stopped communicating with the PC. | |||
The problem where Cumulus locks up when the station doesn't respond is fixed in version 1.9.4. If you look in the status bar at the bottom of the Cumulus main window, there may be a message "Error: no response"; this would confirm that the station has locked up and needs resetting. | The problem where Cumulus locks up when the station doesn't respond is fixed in version 1.9.4. If you look in the status bar at the bottom of the Cumulus main window, there may be a message "Error: no response"; this would confirm that the station has locked up and needs resetting. | ||
You should be able to get the station going again by doing a reset - either remove console batteries and the USB cable or press the reset button hidden below the small hole (on 1081-based models, above the top RH corner of the battery cover). Recently manufactured Fine Offset models have a problem where they can lock up frequently, requiring a power reset. From version 1.9.3 of Cumulus onwards, there is an option on ''station settings screen'' to '''Synchronise Fine Offset Reads''' (Cumulus reading data from console) with the timing of received transmissions from sensors updating the data, to avoid doing both at the same time, and this seems to avoid most lockups. | |||
If none of this helps, post in the forum, attaching your zipped-up Cumulus diags folder. | If none of this helps, post in the forum, attaching your zipped-up Cumulus diags folder. | ||