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<big>Release Date: October 5, 2011</big>
This is not the [[Cumulus_Versions | current]] version


'''(Current Release)'''
<big>Release Dates:</big><br>
June 05, 2011 (build 990) <br>
For inbetween builds see [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5247 here]<br>
October 5, 2011 (build 1017) <br>
October 12, 2011 (build 1018)<br />
October 19, 2011 (build 1019)<br />
November 1, 2011 (build 1020)<br />
November 28, 2011 (build 1021)<br />
December 1, 2011 (build 1022)<br />
December 11, 2011 (build 1023)<br />
December 16, 2011 (build 1024)<br />
December 25, 2011 (build 1025)<br />
December 27, 2011 (build 1026)<br />
January 6, 2012 (build 1027)<br />
January 20, 2012 (build 1028)<br />
January 25, 2012 (build 1029)<br />
February 10, 2012 (build 1030)<br />
March 12, 2012 (build 1031)<br />
March 20, 2012 (build 1032)


Changes from version 1.9.1:
Changes from version 1.9.1:  


*Web service (e.g. WU) 'catch up' is now optional
*Web service (e.g. WU) 'catch up' is now optional  
*New 'catch up' indicator to show when 'catch up' is taking place
*New 'catch up' indicator to show when 'catch up' is taking place  
*Display update during logger download can be turned off
*Display update during logger download can be turned off  
*Fix incorrect 'rain since midnight' value if Cumulus restarted on first of month
*Fix incorrect 'rain since midnight' value if Cumulus restarted on first of month  
*Change sunshine hours total to be midnight to midnight on all systems
*Change sunshine hours total to be midnight to midnight on all systems  
*Correct CWOP upload to send 'rain since midnight' rather than 'rain since rollover' (for 0900 rollover users)
*Correct CWOP upload to send 'rain since midnight' rather than 'rain since rollover' (for 0900 rollover users)  
*Added support for Weatherbug Backyard
*Added support for Weatherbug Backyard  
*Added support for UK Met Office Weather Observations Website
*Added support for UK Met Office Weather Observations Website  
*Added support for Oregon Scientific WMR88/100/200 stations
*Added support for Oregon Scientific WMR88/100/200 stations  
*Increase allowed range of WH3080 UV readings
*Increase allowed range of WH3080 UV readings  
*Add rain rate and 'rain last hour' spike filters
*Add rain rate and 'rain last hour' spike filters  
*Graph titles configurable via strings.ini - see samplestrings.ini file
*Graph titles configurable via strings.ini - see samplestrings.ini file  
*Added 'web update' to task bar icon menu
*Added 'web update' to task bar icon menu  
*Added ability to edit today's rain total - see edit menu
*Added ability to edit today's rain total - see edit menu  
*Option to restart if data stops
*Option to restart if data stops  
*New web tags - <#wetbulb> and <#timeUTC>
*Added calibration offset for UV readings  
*Added calibration offset for UV readings
*Added "Chill Hours" (for fruit growing)  
*Added "Chill Hours" (for fruit growing)
*Option to ignore La Crosse clock on archive downloads  
*Option to ignore La Crosse clock on archive downloads
*This Month/Year/all-time record daily wind run + web tags  
*This Month/Year/all-time record daily wind run + web tags
*Round start time on Select-A-Graph down to nearest minute  
*Round start time on Select-A-Graph down to nearest minute
*Add new 'this month' and 'this year' web pages  
*Add new 'this month' and 'this year' web pages
*New web tags:
*<#forecastnumber> is always set even if Cumulus forecast not in use
**&lt;#forecastnumber&gt; is always set even if Cumulus forecast not in use  
*New web tag <#cumulusforecast> - always gives Cumulus (Zambretti) forecast
**&lt;#cumulusforecast&gt; - always gives Cumulus (Zambretti) forecast  
*New web tag <#wsforecast> - always gives station forecast (if available)
**&lt;#wsforecast&gt; - always gives station forecast (if available)  
*Don't plot wind chill until first value calculated
**&lt;#HighWindrunRecordSet&gt; (=1 if 'all time high wind run' LED is lit, otherwise 0)
*Don't reset rain counter if Davis logger doesn't go back far enough to fill the gap since previous run
**&lt;#wetbulb&gt;
*New tag <#HighWindrunRecordSet> (=1 if 'all time high wind run' LED is lit, otherwise 0)
**&lt;#timeUTC&gt;
*Change La Crosse station forecast to 'Clear' instead of 'Sunny', at night
*Don't plot wind chill until first value calculated  
*Today's dominant (i.e. average) wind direction (in degrees) added to dayfile.txt
*Don't reset rain counter if Davis logger doesn't go back far enough to fill the gap since previous run  
*New 'dominant wind direction' web tags.
*Change La Crosse station forecast to 'Clear' instead of 'Sunny', at night  
*Heating and Cooling Degree Days added to dayfile.txt
*Today's dominant (i.e. average) wind direction (in degrees) added to dayfile.txt  
*New heating/cooling degree days web tags:
*New 'dominant wind direction' web tags.  
*Heating and Cooling Degree Days added to dayfile.txt  
*New heating/cooling degree days web tags:  
*NOOA-style monthly and annual reports  
*NOOA-style monthly and annual reports  
*Internet uploads are now on the hour and every N minutes after, if the supplied interval is a factor of 60.
*Internet uploads are now on the hour and every N minutes after, if the supplied interval is a factor of 60.  
*Current log file can be specified as a web upload - <currentlogfile>
*Current log file can be specified as a web upload - &lt;currentlogfile&gt;
*Graph display interval can now be set to any value
*Graph display interval can now be set to any value  
*Added Davis reception stats
*Added Davis reception stats  
*Option to execute external program after daily rollover
*Option to execute external program after daily rollover  
*Initial support for Blake-Larsen sun recorder
*Initial support for Blake-Larsen sun recorder  
*Dayfile.txt editor
*Dayfile.txt editor  
*Consecutive rain/dry days
*Consecutive rain/dry days  
*Multiplier calibration for UV
*Multiplier calibration for UV  
*Graphs window can appear on task bar
*Graphs window can appear on task bar  
*Last 24 hour rain total
*Last 24 hour rain total  
*Daily temperature range, with highs and lows
*Daily temperature range, with highs and lows
1018
*Fixes a problem with the creation of the 'wxnow.txt' file
1019
*Corrects a few tooltips
*Prevents a crash in the dayfile.txt editor if dayfile.txt doesn't exist
*Fixes a bug in the dayfile.txt editor which caused the 'create missing' facility to miss certain days
1020
*Fixes a problem with monthly rain calculation at start up for people who use an 0900 start of day
1021
*Shows number of logger entries downloaded for WMR200 stations
*Support for pond sensor for WMR88/100
*Background colour of data value digits on main screen can now be configured
*New web tag <#IsSunUp> gives 1 between sunrise and sunset, otherwise 0
1022
*Fixes <#IsSunUp> web tag
*Error log window now has 'clear' button
*Attempt to fix problem of La Crosse rain counter calculation going negative
1023
*Correct wind chill decode on WMR88/100/200
*Encode colon as &3A in PWS Weather upload timestamps, to see if unencoded was causing a problem with 'catch up'
1024
*Reduces default height of NOAA report displays so that the controls are available on smaller screens
*Correct 'days of rain' counts on NOAA annual reports
*Correct max rain amount and date on NOAA annual reports
*Increase precision of pressure sent to WOW/WU/PWS
1025
*Fix <#IsSunUp> time zone problem
*Fix Davis 'wake up' issue so AltimeterPressure reported to CWOP doesn't get stuck at the same value
*NOAA reports now label the 'days of rain' with '<=' to match what the code actually does
*New web tags:
**<#DavisFirmwareVersion> - The console firmware version (Davis stations only)
**<#TempChangeLastHour> - The change in temperature over the last hour. The value can also be seen on the main screen as a 'mouseover' on the temperature trend value
**New web tags giving the recent wind bearing extremes: <#BearingRangeFrom>, <#BearingRangeTo>, <#BearingRangeFrom10>, <#BearingRangeTo10>
1026
*Stops the dayfile.txt editor crashing if an empty dayfile.txt exists
*Fixes a problem with rain rate calculation on La Crosse stations when logger data is used
1027
*Fix WS23xx apparent temperature values at start up
*Fix WMR100 (etc) 'last data read' in status bar, and also allow 'data stopped' detection
*Option in cumulus.ini to stop new Longest Wet/Dry Period records being 'flashed'. Add a line to the [Station] section:
  NoFlashWetDryDayRecords=1
*Send average wind bearing to CWOP/APRS instead of instantaneous, as they require
*Option to flash error light when 'spike removal' operates - see calibration screen for setting
1028
*Fix 'wind bearing range' web tags when wind is/has been calm
*Fix negative (°F) temperatures in wxnow.txt
1029
*Fix high gust bearing in 'create missing' facility in dayfile.txt editor
*Use configured filename format for manual saves of NOAA annual reports
*New HTML-encoded versions of some web tags:
**<#currcondenc> - the same as <#currcond> but also has characters above code 159 encoded as HTML entities
**<#forecastenc> - the same as <#forecast> but with all reserved HTML characters, and those above character code 159, encoded as HTML entities
**<#cumulusforecastenc> - the same as <#cumulusforecast> but with all reserved HTML characters, and those above character code 159, encoded as HTML entities
**<#wsforecastenc> - the same as <#wsforecast> but with all reserved HTML characters, and those above character code 159, encoded as HTML entities
1030
*Fix '0.0' entries in dayfile editor when decimal comma is in use
*Put time of last rain tip as a mouseover on today's rain total on main screen
*Allow Cumulus pressure trend names to be used with Davis stations if the station won't supply its own strings (it seems the original Vantage Pro won't)
*Allow plots on Select-A-Graph to be assigned to the left or right axis. This allows two items to be compared when they have large differences in their scales, e.g. UV and solar.
1031
*Fix bug with download of logger data from Fine Offset with solar sensor when station is logging to first address
*One or both grids can be turned off on Select-A-Graph
*Fix wind chill read from WMR88/100/200 when less than 0 Fahrenheit
*Added a bit more diags logging at start up
1032
*Prevents a crash in the USB code at start up on some systems
*Added a command-line parameter - "noUSB" to prevent the USB code being initialised.