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From build 3035 onwards, MX archives the month.ini and year.ini file at the end of the month/year as monthYYYYMM.ini and yearYYYY.ini. This means that although the file saved in the back up daily folder contains the month.ini for the new month and so does not back up the end of month position, the old monthly log ini file is preserved for true end of month state in the data folder with a new name.
==Cumulus 1==▼
=== Viewing month.ini in Cumulus 1 ===▼
[[File:Cumulus_1_View_menu.png]]▼
These lows and highs and their timestamps can be seen (in Cumulus 1) by picking the ''Highs and Lows - This month'' screen from the '''View''' menu, see screenshot above. Like [[alltime.ini]] the file has section headings with lists of properties (attribute = value). For more information on this file see in the Cumulus help file, in the section “Data log file format”. ▼
===Editing in Cumulus 1===▼
This monthly ini log file can be edited in Cumulus 1 using '''Edit''' menu ''This month's records'' screen.▼
There is limited viewing functionality prior to version 3.2.2 build 3058. From then onwards there is a monthly records viewer (that also works as editor) in the admin interface for each month in all years, consequently in first year of operation this effectively allowed editing of any single month. An editor specifically for this file for the current month is not available in MX until version 3.2.5 build 3061.▼
[[Category:Log Files]]▼
▲== Differences between Cumulus 1 and MX versions of file ==
Any date/time entries are in different formats as this example from the wind section shows.
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== Retaining month.ini after month changes ==
== Meaning of the different parameters ==
You have probably worked out that the attribute ''Speed'' in the examples in the above table is the maximum wind speed, that ''Gust'' is the maximum gust speed in the month and that ''Windrun'' is the maximum daily wind run. Those are the three rows that appear in the wind section of the table in the '''thismonth.htm''' web page. But you might be puzzled that the web page only shows a date for the maximum daily wind run, yet the month.ini entry includes a time. All that means is there was no wind after that time on that day, in Cumulus 1 if you edit your template '''thismonthT.htm''' and specify ''<#MonthWindRunHD format=HH:nn>'' you will see the time appear instead of the date. Put simply, the date/time entry is when Cumulus last updated that figure. In this particular case its calculated wind run never exceeded that figure in this month, so the entry has not been updated.
== Dealing with Errors ==
For full details see [[Correcting Extremes]] page.
The diagnostic logs in the 'diags' sub-folder record before and after values for updates to highs and lows for monthly and annual extreme records, and can help if this file is corrupted by a false extreme. The stored values can be corrected in Cumulus 1 using the ''This month's records'' screen on the '''Edit''' menu. In MX the equivalent editor is accessed via the user interface you see in a browser.
If you cannot find the file [[FAQ#I_can.E2.80.99t_find_my_data_files.21|see this FAQ]].
▲There is limited viewing functionality prior to version 3.2.2 build 3058. From then onwards there is a monthly records viewer (that also works as editor) in the admin interface for each month in all years, consequently in first year of operation this effectively allowed editing of any single month. An editor specifically for this file for the current month is not available in MX until version 3.2.5 build 3061.
==Cumulus 1 functionality==
▲=== Viewing month.ini in Cumulus 1 ===
▲[[File:Cumulus_1_View_menu.png]]
▲These lows and highs and their timestamps can be seen (in Cumulus 1) by picking the ''Highs and Lows - This month'' screen from the '''View''' menu, see screenshot above. Like [[alltime.ini]] the file has section headings with lists of properties (attribute = value). For more information on this file see in the Cumulus help file, in the section “Data log file format”.
▲===Editing in Cumulus 1===
▲This monthly ini log file can be edited in Cumulus 1 using '''Edit''' menu ''This month's records'' screen.
▲[[Category:Log Files]]
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