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:A minimum size of 16GB is recommended. Be sure to buy a good quality card.
* An image installer to copy the image file to the SD card
:The [https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/ Raspberry Pi site] has a list of suitable software for your operating system. Scroll down to "Writing the image".<br />
: This guide with use Win32DiskImager
* The image file to install
:Download the latest image file [from here].
* An SSH terminal program to configure your Raspberry Pi
: For Windows we recommend using [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html PuTTY]
* A file transfer program - though you will not need this right away, you will need it at some point. The main uses will be...
:* Copying Cumulus MX updates to your Raspberry Pi
:* Extracting the diagnostic files from Cumulus MX if this go wrong
:* Setting up a web site<br />
:A popular program for Windows is [https://winscp.net/eng/download.php WinSCP]
:* Save the file<br /><br />
* Eject the SD card from your computer and insert it into your Raspberry Pi
=== First Boot ===
* Connect the Pi to your wired network if you did not configure the WiFi as per the steps above.
* Power on the Pi.
* Now wait 5 minutes. The first boot will be resizing your disk and optionally configuring your WiFi
* Start your browser and see if you can connect to this URL: http://cumulusmx:8998
:* If you can great - you should now see the Cumulus MX console
:* If not, then you will have to find out the Raspberry Pi's IP address from your router. Then try connecting to this URL: http://<ip_address>:8998
=== Verify your SSH Connection ===
* Fire up your SSH Client - we use PuTTY here
:* Enter the hostname as "cumulusmx", and check the protocol is set to SSH. Then open the connection.<br />
: (You can use the IP address instead of the hostname if that does not work)
:*; [PuTTY-01.png]
* You will have the accept the SSH key the first time you connect
* Enter the username "pi" and password "raspberry" - these are the default Raspberry Pi username credentials
* When you login it will display a warning about you using the default password and ask you to change it
:* Use the '''passwd''' command to do this now...
<nowiki>pi@cumulusmx:~ $ passwd
Changing password for pi.
Current password:
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully</nowiki>
* Check the status of the Cumulus MX service with the command '''sudo systemctl status cumulusmx'''<br />
: You will get some information back, the important bit to note is the line starting '''Active:''', it should say '''active (running)'''
* You can leave the SSH session open, you will need it again soon...
=== Configure Cumulus MX ===
Now it is time to configure Cumulus MX for your station.
* Start your browser and connect to the same URL as before - http://cumulusmx:8998
* From the menu select '''Settings | Station Settings''', then follow the guide on [this page?] for configuring your station
* Once your have completed all the settings for for station, and successfully saved them, Cumulus MX will need to be restarted.
* Back in your SSH session, send the command '''sudo systemctl stop cumulusmx''', this stops the Cumulus MX service.
* Wait a few seconds, then enter the command '''sudo systemctl start cumulusmx''', this starts the Cumulus MX service again.
* Back to your browser and check that URL - http://cumulusmx:8998 - again. If all is well, the default dashboard page should start showing the data from your weather station.
:* If it does, congratulations, you have successfully started recording your weather data
:* If it doesn't, then check back over this process carefully for any mistakes or omissions you may have made.
:* If you cannot resolve the problem, then ask for [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/ help on the forum]
=== Additional Steps ===
* Configuring WiFi from SSH
* Stopping Cumulus MX starting up when the Pi boots
* Give your Pi a fixed IP address
:* Add a DHCP reservation
:* Assign a static IP address
=== Information ===
* Install location
* systemctl commands
* Starting Cumulus MX from the command line
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