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** The Configuration menu lets you adjust the most useful of many settings available | ** The Configuration menu lets you adjust the most useful of many settings available | ||
** The file menu lets you request an upload, print a screen shot, or exit the software | ** The file menu lets you request an upload, print a screen shot, or exit the software | ||
** Select-a-graph gives you ability to plot whatever variable and period you want | |||
* Cumulus 1 comes with an example set of [[Customised templates|web templates]] (showing how [[Webtags|Web tags]] can be used to add the weather outputs that Cumulus generates to a web page | * Cumulus 1 comes with an example set of [[Customised templates|web templates]] (showing how [[Webtags|Web tags]] can be used to add the weather outputs that Cumulus generates to a web page | ||
* Cumulus 1 can generate graphs that you can view (and customise) on the view menu, and optionally upload to a web server (web site). | * Cumulus 1 can generate graphs that you can view (and customise) on the view menu, and optionally upload to a web server (web site). | ||
== Cumulus MX == | == Cumulus MX == | ||
Comparing with list above there are various Cumulus 1 features that are not in MX. Initially, there was an attempt to add some Cumulus 1 features that were not in the MX beta. But MX development is now focussed on resolving bugs and adding new functionality. | |||
There are no plans to add two useful Cumulus 1 features to MX | |||
*Select-a-graph | |||
*View Period | |||
There are also differences between the ways that Cumulus 1 and MX do various calculations: | |||
*rain rate | |||
*dew point | |||
*wind chill | |||
*heat index | |||
*humidity index (humidex) | |||
Finally there are some weather station specific differences between Cumulus 1 and MX for reading variables from the station. | |||
=== Steve Loft says === | === Steve Loft says === | ||
