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There are two key points to understand about the source for generation of the file: | There are two key points to understand about the source for generation of the file: | ||
#First is that a [[Cumulus template file]] is held internally in the Cumulus code that can generate this file with some standard content as [[#List of fields in the file|listed | #First is that a [[Cumulus template file]] is held internally in the Cumulus code that can generate this file with some standard content as [[#List of fields in the file|listed in table above]] | ||
# Second is that this internal template, regardless of any locale (or region) settings, always generates the file so that it is readable by [[PHP#Incorporating_Script|script languages]] that expect a full stop to separate the integer part of any real number from the decimal part of that real number. | # Second is that this internal template, regardless of any locale (or region) settings, always generates the file so that it is readable by [[PHP#Incorporating_Script|script languages]] that expect a full stop to separate the integer part of any real number from the decimal part of that real number. | ||
Information about the default generated file: | Information about the default generated file: | ||
* As hinted above, the generation of the file requires you to set various options, see [[#Generation of this file]] | * As hinted above, the generation of the file requires you to set various options, see [[#Generation of this file]] | ||
* There is no functionality, included in any Cumulus software that you download, that requires this file to exist | |||
* The '''realtime.txt''' is generated as a text file with a single line of ''space'' separated values. | * The '''realtime.txt''' is generated as a text file with a single line of ''space'' separated values. | ||
* The file contains a list of key values of the sensors | * The file contains a list of key values of the sensors |
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