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[[Category:Ini Files]] [[Category:Cumulus 1]] [[Category:Cumulus MX]] This Wiki page previously only covered Cumulus 1; it still covers the legacy software, but has been updated so it focuses on MX.
= Introduction to tracking of Daily Extremes/Totals/Averages =
During that catch-up of historic data, internally held daily extremes, and the "today.ini" file, will be updated with revised highs and lows as Cumulus processes the historic data from the station's memory; and if necessary Cumulus will do a roll-over (see [[#End of day actions]]) as it processes the readings for the relevant time.
On restart Cumulus writes a backup of today.ini (and some of the other Cumulus files) into the [[Backup_folder|backup folder]] found below the folder with the cumulus.exe (or CumulusMX.exe). With Cumulus stopped, you can copy the today.ini file in either a restart backup, or a daily backup (see [[#Where are the files stored?]]),
If your weather station reports a rogue value, an incorrect update to a High, Low, or Total, may get stored in this file. At end of day, it will then be stored in [[dayfile.txt]]. Cumulus developer advice is that instead of manually editing "today.ini", you should wait until the day has been stored in "dayfile.txt" and then use the editor for that log file to make the desired changes.
The rogue value may also affect extreme records held for this month, this year, monthly-all-time, and/or all-time. Cumulus does provide editing functionality for most (not all) entries in the files holding
* [[File:Badge vMx.png]] [[MXdiags folder]]
* [[File:Badge v1.png]] [[Diags_folder]]
=== Manual editing of "today.ini" ===
The developer advice to wait until next day has a flaw
Therefore this Wiki page will now give some advice on how to manually edit the file:
# You must stop Cumulus (please see earlier in this page for details as reason depends on flavour you are running)
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# Any plain text file editor can be used (that includes coding editors like Geany, Notepad++, NoteTab, and many others)
# Be careful to ensure any change maintains existing format (integer, decimal,time, date/time, text) paying attention to any punctuation (including decimal commas or decimal points, direction type of any slashes)
Other derivatives like "maximum hourly rain", "highest rainfall rate", or "highest 24 hour rainfall", all will have to be guessed or recalculated manually, there is no easy way to work these out as past values for the day are not logged anywhere.
==Cross-references for explanations of key parameters==
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