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<big>Please note this page was created 13 June 2021. This new page was created to reflect parameters added to Cumulus.ini in releases 3.8.0, 3.9.2, 3.10.0, 3.12.0, and after that. It excludes all parameters removed
MX has been developed very dramatically by Mark Crossley (away from the beta begun by Steve Loft) and as a consequence the "Cumulus.ini" file content has considerable differences between current MX and the original 3.0.0 beta. Therefore, the decision was taken to abandon maintaining the page previously called "Cumulus.ini" and start again with a brand new empty page!</big>
If you are using the final 1.9.4 legacy Cumulus software, or an old release of MX, please go to the owning [[:Category:Configuration Files|category]],
If you are interested in the editing history, associated with the page that previously was called "Cumulus.ini", and some information describing how it was previously used, the old page was moved (before this page was created) so that the editing history of that former page is now preserved at [[Cumulus.ini_(preserving_history)]]. That page also expands on the
[[Category:Configuration Files]]
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* File Section is '''[Display]'''
* MX Section is '''Station Settings → Display Options'''
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!style="width:30px" | Parameter Line Entry
!style="width:100px" |
!style="width:60px" | Label on Settings page
!style="width:20px" | Default
!style="width:600px" | Description
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| DisplaySolarData=0
| ??? 3.10.0 ???
| Display Solar data
| Unticked (shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini)
| 0 (don't)
| Simple tick or not
* Tick (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini) if you want MX to display solar data in tables shown on the [[New_Default_Web_Site_Information|web pages]] provided in [[Webfiles folder|webfiles folder]] (from release 3.10.0 onwards)
* Don't tick (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini) if you want MX to suppress the table cells that would display solar data
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| DisplayUvData=0
| ??? 3.10.0 ???
| Display UV-I data
| Unticked (shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini)
| 0 (don't)
| Simple tick or not
* Tick (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini) if you want MX to display ultra-violet intensity data in tables shown on the [[New_Default_Web_Site_Information|web pages]] provided in [[Webfiles folder|webfiles folder]] (from release 3.10.0 onwards)
* Don't tick (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini) if you want MX to suppress the table cells that would display UV intensity data
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| NumWindRosePoints=16
| Legacy Cumulus
| Number of wind rose points
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| Drop-down determining if weather station bearing supplied by weather station is to be converted to 8 or 16 compass directions (i.e. whether to include or exclude (in English) NNE, ENE, ESE, SSE, SSW, WSW, WNW, and NNW
* 8 points
* 16 points
Despite what it says in the hint on the settings page, leave at default whichever weather station type you use, unless this actually causes you a problem. The parameter was introduced by Steve Loft. Davis wind vanes use a potentiometer to measure wind direction so send Cumulus a bearing that can vary continuously between 1 and 360 degrees. Fine Offset wind vanes use magnetic switches that depend on the magnet under the moving part selecting two switches in the fixed part for the vane being exactly in-beteween compass directions, and selecting one switch for the main 8 directions and slightly away from the main directions; so they have a bias against sending Cumulus the in-between directions.
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| ??? MX 3.6.0 or 3.10.0 ???
| Use Apparent Temperature
| Ticked (shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini)
| Simple tick or not
* Tick (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini) if you want MX to display apparent temperature in tables shown on the [[New_Default_Web_Site_Information|web pages]] provided in [[Webfiles folder|webfiles folder]] (from release 3.10.0 onwards) for consistency with Cumulus prior to release 3.6.0
* Don't tick (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini) if you want MX to display feels like temperature in tables shown on the [[New_Default_Web_Site_Information|web pages]] provided in [[Webfiles folder|webfiles folder]] (from release 3.10.0 onwards) for consistency with Cumulus from release 3.6.0
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==Extra Web Files==
*Tick (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini) if your file is to be uploaded during the [[MX_Basic_info#MX_End_of_Day_Process|End of Day process]]
* Don't tick (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini) if you want uploading to happen at a different interval (e.g. [[#Interval Settings|Standard interval]])
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== Location==
* Introduced for legacy Cumulus
* File Section is [Station]
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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!style="width:30px" | Parameter Line Entry
!style="width:100px" | MX Section
!style="width:60px" | Label on Settings page
!style="width:20px" | Default
!style="width:600px" | Description
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| LocName=
| Station Settings → Location
| Name
| (empty)
| A short name for the location
|-
| LocDesc=
| Station Settings → Location
| Description
| (empty)
| A longer description for the location
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| Altitude=0
| Station Settings → Location
| Altitude
| 0
| The height above mean sea level where the (pressure) sensor is positioned
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| AltitudeInFeet=1
| Station Settings → Location
| Altitude Units
| 0 (labelled metres)
| Radio Setting
* feet (value shown as 1 in Cumulus.ini)
* metres (value shown as 0 in Cumulus.ini)
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| "Latitude=0" and "LatTxt="
| Station Settings → Location → Latitude
| "Degrees", "Minutes", "Seconds", and "Hemisphere → North or South"
| (blank)
| The selections made on this Settings Page sub-section will place the appropriate content in the two parameters in the file
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| "Longitude=0" and "LongTxt="
| Station Settings → Location → Longitude
| "Degrees", "Minutes", "Seconds", and "Hemisphere → East or West"
| (blank)
| The selections made on this Settings Page sub-section will place the appropriate content in the two parameters in the file
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