Cumulus.ini (Beta)
Introduction
The main cumulus.ini configuration file is located in the directory in which you installed Cumulus.exe. It is a text file containing initialization parameters used by the Cumulus application, and is read only when Cumulus starts up. Parameter lines are in the form 'attribute=value' and grouped into sections. Cumulus re-writes the contents of the application configuration screens to the file when it shuts down.
Each new version of cumulus may add additional parameters set by revised configuration screens (these initially appear at the end of the relevant section), and/or permit additional parameters to be added manually (these can be inserted anywhere within the section). If you are using an old version, then checking the release information may be advisable to identify the sections applicable to your build and the parameters allowed within those sections may be a subset of those listed below.
Live Version
See cumulus.ini for list of sections, attributes and allowed values for the current live version of Cumulus. Below is a list of the additional items available in this beta version. These details will be explained fully and transferred to the main page when the beta version becomes 'live'.
Beta builds
If you are using a beta build, there may be additional sections and/or additional parameters (attribute=value) under test. Brief details of such changes will be given in the support forum announcement for the relevant build. Once such changes seem established they should be added here.
Currently, this page reflects some experimental changes in version 1.9.4 beta regarding proxies, and in MX version regarding Davis stations.
File Contents
Introduction
The entries shown include the default value from the configuration screen where applicable, a typical example value where appropriate, or just the attribute and an equals sign where there is no typical value.
Section: Station
Cumulus MX builds only.
UseDavisLoop2=1 Cumulus MX will use the LOOP2 packet for Davis Weather Stations by default.
The current MX code uses this for two purposes. First, it uses the 'peak 10-minute gust' value, to avoid the problem where a gust might be missed, and secondly it uses the 'absolute pressure' value to make calculation of 'altimeter pressure' easier and more accurate. This is mainly used if you upload to CWOP.
The LOOP2 packet is supported on the VP2 with firmware version 1.90 or later, and on the Vue. If you have a Vantage Pro (i.e. the original 'VP1'), or a VP2 with pre-1.90 firmware, or if you are using Virtual VP, none of these support the LOOP2 packet. In these cases, you should edit cumulus.ini (with Cumulus stopped) and add a line to the [Station] section:
UseDavisLoop2=0
With this setting, Cumulus will revert to calculating the 10-minute gust value itself from the individual wind speed readings, but it will not currently attempt to calculate altimeter pressure correctly, it will simply use the sea-level pressure instead. This is likely to be an issue if you are at high altitude and you upload to CWOP using Cumulus MX.
Section: Offsets
No changes.
Section: Web Site
No changes.
Section: FTP Site
No changes.
Section: Display
No changes.
Section: Graphs
No changes.
Section: Alarms
No changes.
Sections dealing with interfaces to external sites
No changes.
Section: NOAA
No changes.
Section: Solar
No changes.
Section: MainForm
No changes.
Section: Proxies
Cumulus 1.9.4 beta build 1061 introduced these. Their inability to work with current Twitter set up is covered on this forum posting. You can search the forum using the term 'proxy' for more background.
Quote from Release announcement:"Support for HTTP proxies - completely untested and will probably need further work. Feedback requested!"
Note (November 2013): Although version 1.9.4 is now current release [Release Date: October 27, 2013 (build 1085)], the proxies work is not confirmed as finished, hence the information below has not been copied to the main Cumulus.ini page.
HTTPProxyName=
HTTPProxyPort=
HTTPProxyUser=
HTTPProxyPassword=