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ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /tmp/CumulusMX.exe.lock</pre> | ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /tmp/CumulusMX.exe.lock</pre> | ||
*Be aware that what quoted above applies from MX 3.16.0 (b.3182, 30 Apr 2022) onwards, earlier releases did not include the "-f" flag in final line quoted above. | |||
:There is more in the file, but for now focus on the line including "ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono-service -d:". Don't change any of the bit I just quoted. | |||
Almost certainly you will need to change "/home/install/CumulusMX" on that line. Replace that with "CHOSEN PATH/CumulusMX", i.e. the full path to the directory that the executables are being stored in. | |||
The final line, with all possible parameters, could read: <code>'ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono-service -d:CHOSEN PATH/CumulusMX CumulusMX.exe -service -debug -port 999 - lang el-GR</code> | The final line, with all possible parameters, could read: <code>'ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono-service -d:CHOSEN PATH/CumulusMX CumulusMX.exe -service -debug -port 999 - lang el-GR</code> | ||
* Note the space between the path and the executable file, | * Note the space between the path (just looked at) and the executable file, | ||
* Note the mandatory parameter "-service" that follows a space after the "CumulusMX.exe", you must leave that untouched, | * Note the mandatory parameter "-service" that follows a space after the "CumulusMX.exe", you must leave that untouched, | ||
* Note you can remove/keep the rest of the line after the -service i.e. -lang, -port, or -debug, (as defined in table earlier) are all optional. | * Note you can remove/keep the rest of the line after the -service i.e. the other parameters (some with their values) -lang, -port, or -debug, (as defined in table earlier), are all optional. | ||
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====Technical users - additional edits==== | ====Technical users - additional edits==== | ||
Novice users, skip this subsection. The changes in this subsection have to be made with other changes that are not covered here (they depend on your weather station type, and your computer type, so are not appropriate to a Wiki page trying to generalise, and anyway your contributor is not a technical expert). | Novice users, skip this subsection. ''The changes in this subsection have to be made with other changes that are not covered here'' (they depend on your weather station type, and your computer type, so are not appropriate to a Wiki page trying to generalise, and anyway your contributor is not a technical expert). | ||
:Look at the '''[Service]''' part of the file quoted above. | :Look at the '''[Service]''' part of the file quoted above. | ||
This states Cumulus should use root for both the user it runs under and for the group permissions it uses. If you have the technical expertise, you might choose to run MX in a different user, if your weather station type allows MX to run in a different user. If so, replace the "root" in its two locations. (Please note some weather stations require other changes outside this file before Cumulus can make contact, one example is discussed [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=20413 on support forum here], but there are other topics that may be relevant). | This states Cumulus should use root for both the user it runs under and for the group permissions it uses. ''If you have the technical expertise'', you might choose to run MX in a different user, if your weather station type allows MX to run in a different user. If so, replace the "root" in its two locations. (Please note some weather stations require other changes outside this file before Cumulus can make contact, one example is discussed [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=20413 on support forum here], but there are other topics that may be relevant). | ||
You may also wish to add an extra line after the "Group" line <code>ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5</code>, this [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=163754#p163754 is to delay the starting of MX by 5 seconds while other services start] (on a reboot of your computer) that might affect MX. (For some users, change 5 into 10, it all depends what else is being started). | You may also wish to add an extra line after the "Group" line <code>ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 5</code>, this [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=163754#p163754 is to delay the starting of MX by 5 seconds while other services start] (on a reboot of your computer) that might affect MX. (For some users, change 5 into 10, it all depends what else is being started). | ||