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I have used Cumulus 1 for a decade or so, and been very happy with it, but I wanted to give MX a go without affecting my Cumulus 1 installation.
Here is exactly what I did on my ex NHS Windows 10 Pro PC, step by step; I am hoping this list might help some readers who choose to stay with a Windows PC. Once I was happy with MX, I moved to using a Raspberry Pi computer, and what I did then is on the [[Setting up Raspberry Pi]] page.
Can I just stress I downloaded version 3.4.5 (build 3069)
<big>Somebody who transfers from the original Cumulus software to a later release of MX should add a new section to this page describing their experience</big>
== Download and unzip==
#I downloaded the CumulusMXDist3069 zip from the Current Release section on the [[Software|downloads page]]. Although 3069 is no longer the latest distribution, still use the same link as it will always give you latest available.
# I unzipped the contents into a partition I use just for software downloads.
#* You don't have to have somewhere separate to the installation, but many people will want to download on a separate device to the device where they will install MX
#* If you intend to use the standard MX web pages, then you will need to:
#** Ensure you do copy these files from download into where you are installing MX.
#** You will also need to FTP all files and sub-folders within the '''webfiles''' folder (not the actual folder itself), to whatever folder on your web server you specify as the directory in the Web/FTP site part of the settings for MX.
== Copying Cumulus 1 files into MX folder==
== Aside on .ini files in data folder==
I find after running the CumulusMX engine, that it edits those '''.ini''' files it needs to, and the new versions contain date-time entries in the "2019-03-16T12:45:00" style, but despite what I worried about from reading on the forum, I found you don't need to edit beforehand these entries in log files like '''month.ini''' as Cumulus MX (at the release I installed) can read the old formats like "12/03/2019 14:50:45" as well as the new year first formats.
== Creating the shortcut to run MX==
* On the same right click menu I also selected Pin to taskbar.
* When I am happy with MX, I will copy the shortcut into C:\Users\Personal\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ and then MX will start automatically after I (or Windows Update) reboot my PC.
''Please note, later releases of MX can be run as a service, the above details relate to a release that could not be run as a service''.
== One-off extra installation steps==
== Testing MX while still using Cumulus 1==
Obviously, you cannot have Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX running at same time, accessing same weather station. As already noted, MX changes some files making it impossible for the legacy Cumulus to understand them. ''Depending on the locale you use, the notes here that applied to me, might not fully cover all the file changes you need to do''.
If you (like I was to begin with) are just experimenting with MX you may sometimes run one flavour (say MX) and sometimes the other (Cumulus 1).
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