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#See pages already referenced for how to edit your '''.ini''' files to work with MX.
== What I did to Install MX ==
I have used Cumulus 1 for a decade or so, and been very happy with it, but I wanted to give MX a go without affecting my Cumulus 1 installation. Here is exactly what I did on my ex NHS Windows 10 Pro PC, step by step; I am hoping it might help some readers.
#I downloaded the '''CumulusMXDist3069''' zip from [[Software#Current_Release|the Current Release section]] on the downloads page.
#**# I mentioned some of my web pages are generated from my own Cumulus templates. Despite now having Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX templates with different names, these still both generate web pages given the same names, so I don't need to alter any navigation between pages on my web server.
#**In the "'''[NOAA]'''" section I had '''MonthFileFormat="NOAAMO"MMMyyyy".txt"''' on a line, I checked at [[Webtags#List_of_allowed_modifiers|List of allowed date/time modifiers]] that 'MMM' and 'yyyy' were valid in Cumulus MX as well as in Cumulus 1, they were so no edit needed either to that line or to "YearFileFormat="NOAAYR"yyyy".txt" line.
#*The file "\CumulusMX\Reports\.gitignore" is joined in the '''\CumulusMX\Reports''' folder by copying in what I currently have in "\Cumulus\Reports". These are another "Cumulus.ini" (I am certain this is not used, but I am playing safe by coping it in) and the existing monthly and annual NOAA reports. I don't need to change those file names as I will continue to use the same format (see change to main Cumulus.ini mentioned above).
#*Next I compare "\Cumulus\web" with "\CumulusMX\web", I notice the subfolder "images" has gone, I expected that from what I already know about MX and its use of Highcharts instead of uploading weather time-series graphs (and the moon image). Also "realtimegaugesT.txt" is only in MX, I expected that knowing the gauges pages supplied with Cumulus 1 and MX are different. I mostly use my own web pages, so I don't worry about the template files.
#* Next I see there is a "MXdiags" folder, so I don't copy across the Cumulus 1 "diags" folder. Equally I don't change anything in the new MX "webfiles" folder, but I do copy across to my web server the "cumuluscharts.js" and "logoSmall.png" files I see there that I have not seen before.
#* So left to last is the "data" folder:
#** I have copied all files from "\Cumulus\data" to "\CumulusMX\data", and will see what edits I need to make later. Some of my '''.ini''' contain date-time entries like "12/03/2019 14:50:45".
#** I find after running the CumulusMX engine, that it edits those '''.ini''' files it needs to, and the new versions contain date-time entries in the "2019-03-16T12:45:00" style,
# I right clicked on the "CumulusMX.exe" entry in the top level folder and selected '''Send to ... desktop (create shortcut) '''. On the same right click menu I also selected '''Pin to taskbar'''.
# I clicked on one of my new shortcuts. '''Windows Defender''' popped up, so I told it '''allow all''' for Cumulus MX.
# I right clicked on my desktop (you may need to do this on the windows symbol at bottom left), selected '''command prompt as administrator''' and typed
netsh http add urlacl url=http://*:8998/ user=\users
to allow all users to bind to port 8998 (i.e. that used for the Cumulus interface).
I now type "http://192.168.1.64:8998/" into my browser while the MX engine command window remains open so MX is actually running, and I see the user interface.
When I am happy to stop using MX, I type '''Control + C''' into that MX command window and MX closes.
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== Editing the User Interface ==
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