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== Running Cumulus == | == Running Cumulus == | ||
The simplest command to start Cumulus is <tt>sudo mono CumulusMx.exe</tt>, but you may wish to add [[Cumulus_MX#Optional_parameters_to_add_to_the_instruction_to_run_the_MX_engine|Optional_parameters]]. | The simplest command to start Cumulus is <tt>cd CumulusMX && sudo mono CumulusMx.exe</tt>, but you may wish to add [[Cumulus_MX#Optional_parameters_to_add_to_the_instruction_to_run_the_MX_engine|Optional_parameters]]. | ||
Just in case it is not obvious .... if you start MX using this command | Just in case it is not obvious .... if you start MX using this command in a terminal window on your Pi, you must leave that session running for MX to continue to run. | ||
You can start it off directly on your Pi, and then | You can start it off directly on your Pi, and then | ||
*optionally disconnect the keyboard, | *optionally disconnect the keyboard, | ||
*switch off monitor or TV attached to your Pi, | *switch off monitor or TV attached to your Pi, | ||
*Just ensure you leave Pi on so that terminal session continues running. | *Just ensure you leave Pi on so that terminal session continues running. | ||
(When these notes were written, there were topics in the support forum about ways to use scripts for starting/stopping MX that get around the above restriction. A future MX version is planned to provide a script allowing MX to be run as a service, that also overcomes the above restriction). | |||
== A very quick introduction to Linux == | == A very quick introduction to Linux == | ||