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Take a copy of the realtime.txt file being produced by Cumulus and keep a running log of this valuable data. Upload it to your website for processing too! Excellent if you wish to use [http://cumulus.tnetweather.com/projects/jpgraphgraphs JpGraphs] but do not have the ability to create a 'cron' job on your server. Send an email into ‘Toolbox’ which will in turn update the Current Condition within Cumulus and therefore your website. For example, send it ‘Very windy’ via email and have it appear to your website viewers. The ability to run remote commands (either an executable/batch file on the PC or send requests via the internet). For example, if you need to run a script each day on your web server to process data you can create an Remote Command HTTP request on the Toolbox. 'HTTP Requests' gives you the ability to schedule tasks on your web server by sending a standard HTTP requests. For example, you have a script on your webserver which processes your dayfile.txt each day. With 'Toolbox' you can add an entry to call the task via a normal web address. Any script you can run via a browser can be scheduled in Toolbox, and the results can be captures to a file too. 'Remote eMail control' is still in testing. It allows you to send messages to the Toolbox via email. Currently you may update the new 'Current Condition' text remotely. (available from build 907 in Cumulus). For example, if you are away from your station you may send an email saying "Heavy rain and windy"; Toolbox will intercept this and update Cumulus, and your website. See the text on the relevant 'tab' within Toolbox Setup for more details. The 'realtime.txt' tab allows you to take a regular, and running log of the realtime.txt file produced by Cumulus. For example, Cumulus may produce a realtime.txt file every 15 seconds. Within Toolbox you can ask it to keep a running log every minute. This log can then be uploaded to your website periodically (using the Upload Files tab) and services on your website may make use of this file. (e.g jGraphs) 'Backups' tab sets up regular backups of the key Cumulus data. This can be done daily or hourly and the files can be compressed into a single file if required. =Toolbox files= The product is still in beta testing.. Build 45 - Added the backup of new files in 1.8.9 Build 924 of Cumulus; specifically alltime.ini and alltimelog.txt. Added alltime.ini to the list of possible files to Edit from within 'Toolbox'. Removed the Remote Email commands feature. Build 44 - Changed HTTP Remote Request to Remote Commands tab allowing you to run local files or web commands. Fixed a bug where the Time for a back would not show in the setup screen. Increased font size on the display generally Build 43 - added automatic backups of key Cumulus data

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