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Pages for [[Highcharts_-_Recent|recent graphs]] and [[Highcharts_-_Historic|historic graphs]] were first created a decade or more ago, and moved to there current page names in 2012, but nobody has got round to adding any documentation on either page. | |||
Any page that has <nowiki>[[Template:WorkInProgressBanner]]</nowiki> on it is waiting for a contributor to do more work there, can you help? | |||
=Got questions?= | =Got questions?= | ||
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If you are unsure whether it is best to start a new page or not (or uncertain what to name your new page), | If you are unsure whether it is best to start a new page or not (or uncertain what to name your new page), | ||
*go into the [[Talk: | *go into the [[Talk:How you can contribute|discussion]] tab of this page | ||
*say what you propose, or what you are uncertain about | *say what you propose, or what you are uncertain about | ||
*and add your '''Wiki name''' and '''date/time''', using multiple tilde characters e.g. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> | *and add your '''Wiki name''' and '''date/time''', using multiple tilde characters e.g. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> | ||
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**For example APRS, CWOP, Weather Underground,PWS, Weatherbug and WOW interfacing hints | **For example APRS, CWOP, Weather Underground,PWS, Weatherbug and WOW interfacing hints | ||
*Pages about using Cumulus with each of the [[Supported Devices|Weather stations]] | *Pages about using Cumulus with each of the supported [[Supported Devices|Weather stations]] | ||
**Most | **Most past contributors have used cheap Fine Offset models, so you will find [[:Category:StationSpecific]] is dominated by those models | ||
**MX has greatly extended the devices it supports, but nobody has yet created any pages to cover any of these | **MX has greatly extended the devices it supports, but nobody has yet created any pages to cover any of these | ||
*Contributors to update Wiki | |||
**Read Announcements made by developer, and update/create pages, to reflect the announced bug-fixes, and new functionality | |||
***Some pages have boxes that indicate out of date information (often indicating which release they were last updated for) | |||
***New functionality probably merits new pages, the Wiki was created for original Cumulus, and not based around MX functionality | |||
*The pros and cons of choosing MX compared with rival weather software | *The pros and cons of choosing MX compared with rival weather software | ||
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:: Someone needs to write a page explaining how Cumulus 1 handles Extra sensors | :: Someone needs to write a page explaining how Cumulus 1 handles Extra sensors | ||
::MX | ::MX releases have been refining handling of sensors. Can you write a page explaining how the handling has changed for different MX builds. | ||
