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==Remove redundant parameters from file==
Best done after, not before, you [[Updating MX to new version|upgrade]] MX, as installing a new release might add/remove parameters to/from Cumulus.ini.
If you have been using Cumulus for a while, there might be parameters that are now obsolete left in file, and as newer parameters are appended at end that might make the
You must do this while Cumulus MX running (to preserve existing settings)...
# In Cumulus go to one of the settings screens - say Alarms - and click the Update Alarms button▼
# Rename your existing '''Cumulus.ini''' to say '''Cumulus.ini.sav''' (this keeps the file, but stops MX finding it)
▲# In Cumulus go to one of the settings screens - say Alarms - and click the Update Alarms button (i.e. any action that makes MX save settings to its configuration file)
# Cumulus should create a brand new Cumulus.ini file,
#This will have all the settings you have chosen
#They will now be in the order MX is expecting
#Any redundant MX (or legacy Cumulus) settings will
A major change is likely in the <nowiki>'''[Station]'''</nowiki> section as that is seeing a lot of changes as MX is developed.
The most dramatic change may happen in <nowiki>'''[FTP Site]'''</nowiki> as any changes to the list of parameters for '''Extra Web Files''' are reproduced 100 times.
=The settings pages in admin interface=
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