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Cumulus.ini (preserving history)

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The cumulus.ini configuration file is a text file containing initialization parameters used by the Cumulus application. It is located in the directory in which you installed Cumulus and is updated whenever you change any configuration parameters from the application configuration pages. Cumulus also re-writes the file when it shuts down, so if you want to edit the file yourself, make sure Cumulus is stopped.

INI Line Entry Function
[Station] Section name - the following parameters relate to the station location.
Type=-1 Station Type as set by the checked radio box in the Station Configuration Screen Station Type block
  • 0=Vantage Pro
  • 1=Vantage Pro2
  • 2=WMR-928
  • 3=WM-918
  • 4=EasyWeather (using .dat file)
  • 5=Fine Offset/Watson/MyDel etc
  • 6=WS2300
Model="yourModel" Whatever you have entered for Station Model on the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
Port=0
Latitude=0 Latitude in Decimal Degrees based on what you have entered for Latitude Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the Station Configuration Screen Location block

Positive for North, Negative for South

Longitude=0 Longitude in Decimal Degrees based on what you have entered for Longitude Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the Station Configuration Screen Location block

Positive for East, Negative for West

LatTxt= Latitude in text string format of hemisphere degrees minutes and seconds. HTML ampersand codes are used for spaces and DMS characters.
LonTxt= Longitude in text string format of hemisphere degrees minutes and seconds. HTML ampersand codes are used for spaces and DMS characters.
Altitude=0 your station altitude as entered in the Station Configuration Screen Location block.
AltitudeInFeet=1 Altitude measurement unit as set in the Station Configuration Screen Location block.
  • 0 = meters ASL
  • 1 = feet ASL
Humidity98Fix=0
Wind10MinAverage=0
CalculatedDP=0
CalculatedWC=0
RolloverHour=0 Log roll over time as selected on the Station Configuration Screen
  • 0 = midnight
  • 9 = 9am
Use10amInSummer=1 Daylight saving correction for 9am roll over
  • 0 = Use 10am in summer not checked on Station Configuration Screen
  • 1 = Use 10am in summer selected on Station Configuration Screen
ConfirmClose=0 Confirm you wish to close Cumulus application after telling it to close
  • 0 = Disabled, application will close immediately
  • 1 = Enabled, application will prompt for conifirmation that you wish to close it
CloseOnSuspend=1 If this is selected, Cumulus will close if you suspend/standby/hibernate your computer. You should not select 'Confirm shutdown' if you use this option.
  • 0 = Disabled, application will not close if you suspend/standby/hibernate your computer
  • 1 = Enabled, application will close on suspend/standby/hibernate of your computer
RestartIfUnplugged=0 Cumulus will restart if it detects that a Fine Offset station is unplugged.
  • 0 = Disabled
  • 1 = Enabled
SyncDavisClock=0 When set, at start-up, Cumulus will set the Davis VP/VP2 clock to the same time as the PC
  • 0 = Disabled
  • 1 = Enabled
DataLogInterval=2 Data log interval as selected in the Station Configuration Screen Data log interval block
  • 0 = 1 min
  • 1 = 5 mins
  • 2 = 10 mins
  • 3 = 15 mins
  • 4 = 20 mins
  • 5 = 30 mins
WindUnit=0 Wind measurement unit Cumulus records in as selected in the Station Configuration Units block
  • 0 = m/s
  • 1 = mph
  • 2 = km/h
  • 3 = kts
PressureUnit=0 Pressure measurement unit Cumulus records in as selected in the Station Configuration Units block
  • 0 = mb
  • 1 = hPa
  • 2 = in
RainUnit=0 Rain measurement unit Cumulus records in as selected in the Station Configuration Units block
  • 0 = mm
  • 1 = in
TempUnit=0 Temperature measurement unit Cumulus records in as selected in the Station Configuration Units block
  • 0 = Centigrade
  • 1 = Fahrenheit
LocName= Location Name as entered on in the Station Configuration Screen
LocDesc= Location Description as entered in the Station Configuration Screen
StartDate=13/08/2009 The date at which your records commenced. By default this will set to the date of initial installation of the application.
WindComp=1
LastLoggerDownload=13/08/2008 12:48:52 The date/time of the last down load from your weather station (note: no longer used)
YTDrain=0 Year to date correction if starting part way through year as entered in the Station Configuration Screen. Default is 0.
YTDrainyear=0 The year for which the YTDrain is to be applied. Default is 0
EWInterval=0 Easyweather interval in minutes as entered in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
EWFile= Easyweather.dat file path/name as entered in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
UseDataLogger=1 If selected, at start-up, Cumulus will download data from the stations data logger (if it has one) to catch up from the point where Cumulus was last shut down.
  • 0 = Disabled
  • 1 = Enabled (Default)
UseCumulusForecast=0 From the Station Configuration Screen Forecast block, if selected Cumulus will generate a simple weather forecast, if your station does not supply one, or as an alternative to the one supplied by your station.
  • 0 = Disabled (default)
  • 1 = Enabled
UseCumulusPresstrendstr=0 Set in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. If selected Cumulus will generate the name for the current pressure trend, e.g. "Falling", "Rising quickly" etc, instead of the one supplied by your station. The names used are those in the UK Shipping Forecast. Note that some stations do not supply this anyway, so setting this has no effect (Cumulus always generates the names for those stations).
  • 0 = Disabled
  • 1 = Enabled
FCpressinMB=1 Forecast pressure unit as selected in Station Configuration Forecast block
  • 0 = inches
  • 1 = mb
FClowpress=950 Low Pressure extreme limit as entered in the Station Configuration Forecast block. Default is 950mb
FChighpress=1050 High Pressure extreme limit as entered in the Station Configuration Forecast block. Default is 1050mb
ForceVPBarUpdate=0 Set this in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. Select to force the Vantage Pro (and Pro2) barometer to update once a minute instead of the default 15 minutes. Note that you may not need this, more recent stations already update every minute
  • 0 = Disabled
  • 1 = Enabled
UseZeroBearing=0 Set this in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
  • 0 = Disabled, Cumulus displays the current bearing read from the station (i.e. the last direction the wind was blowing from before it became calm). Note that the average wind bearing will always display zero bearing if there has been no wind for the last 10 minutes, as the average bearing takes wind speed into account.
  • 1 = Enabled, Cumulus display a bearing of zero (and '---' for the compass point) when the wind is calm
VP2ConnectionType=0 Weather station connection type as selected in the Station Configuration Screen VP type block
  • 0 = serial
  • 1 = usb
  • 2 = TCP/IP
VP2TCPPort=22222 Comunications port used if VP type has TCP/IP selected. Default is 2222
VP2IPAddr=0.0.0.0 Weather station IP address if VP type has TCP/IP selected. Default is 0.0.0.0
WarnMultiple=0
CloudBaseInFeet=1
[Web Site] Section Name - the following parameters replate to your website
ForumURL=http://sandaysoft.com/forum/ Your website URL
WebcamURL=http://www.sanday.org.uk/webcam/webcam.php URL for your Webcam
[FTP site] Section Name - the following parameters relate to your website FTP parameters
Host=
Port=21
Username= your web site FTP login Username as entered in the Internet Configuration Screen
Password= your web site FTP login password as entered in the Internet Configuration Screen
Directory=
AutoUpdate=0
ActiveFTP=0
EnableRealtime=0
RealtimeInterval=3000
UpdateInterval=15
IncludeSTD=1
IncludeSTDImages=1
FTPRename=0
DeleteBeforeUpload=0
ResizeGraphs=0
GraphHeight=300 Graph height, default is 300 (pixels)
GraphWidth=750 Graph width, default is 750 (pixels)
ImageFolder=
ImageCopyRealtime=0
ExtraLocal0=
ExtraRemote0=
ExtraProcess0=0
ExtraBinary0=0
ExtraRealtime0=0
ExtraFTP0=1
ExtraLocal1=
ExtraRemote1=
ExtraProcess1=0
ExtraBinary1=0
ExtraRealtime1=0
ExtraFTP1=1
ExtraLocal2=
ExtraRemote2=
ExtraProcess2=0
ExtraBinary2=0
ExtraRealtime2=0
ExtraFTP2=1
ExtraLocal3=
ExtraRemote3=
ExtraProcess3=0
ExtraBinary3=0
ExtraRealtime3=0
ExtraFTP3=1
ExtraLocal4=
ExtraRemote4=
ExtraProcess4=0
ExtraBinary4=0
ExtraRealtime4=0
ExtraFTP4=1
ExtraLocal5=
ExtraRemote5=
ExtraProcess5=0
ExtraBinary5=0
ExtraRealtime5=0
ExtraFTP5=1
ExtraLocal6=
ExtraRemote6=
ExtraProcess6=0
ExtraBinary6=0
ExtraRealtime6=0
ExtraFTP6=1
ExtraLocal7=
ExtraRemote7=
ExtraProcess7=0
ExtraBinary7=0
ExtraRealtime7=0
ExtraFTP7=1
ExtraLocal8=
ExtraRemote8=
ExtraProcess8=0
ExtraBinary8=0
ExtraRealtime8=0
ExtraFTP8=1
ExtraLocal9=
ExtraRemote9=
ExtraProcess9=0
ExtraBinary9=0
ExtraRealtime9=0
ExtraFTP9=1
[Display]
Heading=My Weather
MinimizeToTray=0
ForecastCentred=0
FontColour=4227327
BackColour=12632256
HeadingColour=10485760
ClockColour=-16777201
DisplaySolarData=0
DisplayCloudBase=0
TwelveHourClock=0
WMR928Channel1Caption=Extra channel 1
WMR928Channel2Caption=Extra channel 2
WMR928Channel3Caption=Extra channel 3
WindGaugeRange=50
SnowUnitText=cm
DisplayHumidex=0
[Wunderground]
ID=
Password=
Enabled=0
RapidFire=0
Interval=15
SendUV=0
SendSR=0
[Twitter] Section Name - the following parameters relate to your Twitter site parameters
User= your Twitter login username
Password= your Twitter login password (note: this is not encrypted)
Enabled=0
Interval=10
[PWSweather] Section Name - the following parameters relate to your PWS weather site parameters
ID=
Password= your PWS weather site login password (note: this is not encrypted)
Enabled=0
Interval=15
SendUV=0
SendSR=0
[APRS] Section Name - the following parameters relate to your APRS weather site parameters
ID=
pass=-1
server=cwop.aprs.net
port=14580
Enabled=0
Interval=9
[Graphs] Section Name - the following parameters relate to your graph settings
GraphHours=12 The number of hours data (12 or 24) to be displayed in each graph
Background=12632256 Decimal value for the Graph background color.
WindColour=65535 Decimal value for the 10 minute average wind speed plot color
GustColour=8421376 Decimal value for the Wind Gust plot color
RainColour=9527753 Decimal value for the Rain plot color
RainTodayColour=9527753 Decimal value for the Rain Today plot color
TempColour=9527753 Decimal value for the Temperature plot color
HeatIndexColour=16711680 Decimal value for the Heat Index plot color
PressColour=9527753 Decimal value for the Pressure plot color
WindDirColour=255 Decimal value for the Wind Direction plot color
DewPointColour=255 Decimal value for the Dew Point plot color
WindChillColour=32768 Decimal value for the Wind Chill plot color
MinTempColour=16711680 Decimal value for the Minimum Temperature plot color
MaxTempColour=255 Decimal value for the Maximum Temperature plot color
AvgTempColour=32768 Decimal value for the Average Temperature plot color
DailyRainColour=32768 Decimal value for the Daily Rain plot color
InsideTempColour=0 Decimal value for the Inside Temperature plot color
InsideHumColour=255 Decimal value for the Inside Humidity plot color
OutsideHumColour=16711680 Decimal value for the Outside Humidity plot color
Graph3D=0 3D or normal graph selection as selected in the Display Configuration Graphs block
  • 0 = normal graph selected
  • 1 = 3D graph selected
PlotLatestGust=0 Plot Latest Gust selection as selected in the Display Configuration Graphs block
  • 0 = Disabled
  • 1 = Enabled
OriginIsSouth=0
[Alarms] Section Name - the following parameters relate to your alarm settings
alarmlowtemp=0
LowTempAlarmSet=0
LowTempAlarmSound=0
LowTempAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav
alarmhightemp=0
HighTempAlarmSet=0
HighTempAlarmSound=0
HighTempAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav
alarmlowpress=0
LowPressAlarmSet=0
LowPressAlarmSound=0
LowPressAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav
alarmhighpress=0
HighPressAlarmSet=0
HighPressAlarmSound=0
HighPressAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Pressure Alarm
alarmhighraintoday=0
HighRainTodayAlarmSet=0
HighRainTodayAlarmSound=0
HighRainTodayAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Rain Today Alarm
alarmhighrainrate=0
HighRainRateAlarmSet=0
HighRainRateAlarmSound=0
HighRainRateAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Rain Rate Alarm
alarmhighgust=0
HighGustAlarmSet=0
HighGustAlarmSound=0
HighGustAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Gust Alarm
alarmhighwind=0
HighWindAlarmSet=0
HighWindAlarmSound=0
HighWindAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Wind Alarm
[Offsets] Section Name - the following parameters are the correction factors for your specific sensors
PressOffset=0
TempOffset=0
HumOffset=0
WindDirOffset=0
InTempOffset=0
WindSpeedMult=1
WindGustMult=1
TempMult=1
HumMult=1
RainMult=1
[xAP] Section Name - the following parameters are used if you have enabled xAP in the Station Configuration xAP Settings block
Enabled=0
UID=4375
Port=3639
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