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Migrating from Cumulus 1 to MX: Difference between revisions
Migrating from Cumulus 1 to MX (view source)
Revision as of 10:12, 25 March 2021
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#*your previous '''Reports''' folder contents (if any) into the new Reports folder created by unzipping | #*your previous '''Reports''' folder contents (if any) into the new Reports folder created by unzipping | ||
#*your Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1) file goes into the top level folder, the one with ExportMySQL.exe, CumulusMX.exe and the .dll files, | #*your Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1) file goes into the top level folder, the one with ExportMySQL.exe, CumulusMX.exe and the .dll files, | ||
#** Check that destination file, it must be "Cumulus. | #** Check that destination file, it must be "Cumulus.ini" (ensure it starts with capital letter and all other letters are lower case) | ||
#** In the new "Cumulus. | #** In the new "Cumulus.ini" edit any lines that made reference to the old windows location. Remember, that only windows uses "\" in paths, and your new device will require reference to new locations. Even if you are still using windows, you may need to make changes to reflect that the files are now in a new location. | ||
#**You can delay changing other settings (like the port used to access your weather station which uses a different parameter in MX) when you have access to the Settings pages in the MX admin interface | #**You can delay changing other settings (like the port used to access your weather station which uses a different parameter in MX) when you have access to the Settings pages in the MX admin interface | ||
#* any other configuration files that you may have created (e.g. strings.ini, twitter.txt etc). | #* any other configuration files that you may have created (e.g. strings.ini, twitter.txt etc). | ||
The big advantage of this approach is that anytime you are not running MX you can go back to Cumulus 1 and let it run from where it left off (subject to availability of past data in your weather station, and possibly unplugging weather station from one device and plugging it into PC). Obviously you cannot run Cumulus 1 and MX at the same time accessing the same weather station (even if both are on same device and so no unplugging and plugging in is needed). | The big advantage of this approach is that anytime you are not running MX you can go back to Cumulus 1 and let it run from where it left off (subject to availability of past data in your weather station, and possibly unplugging weather station from one device and plugging it into PC). Obviously you cannot run Cumulus 1 and MX at the same time accessing the same weather station (even if both are on same device and so no unplugging and plugging in is needed). | ||