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== Comparing Cumulus 1 and MX ==
Cumulus MX aims to be as compatible with Cumulus 1 as possible. Initially MX, as developed by Steve Loft, lacked a lot of features that were available in Cumulus 1, but the developments headed by Mark Crossley have now added the majority of the missing features. There are also many features that have been added to MX that were either on the now lost list of enhancements for Cumulus 1 that never got implemented, or they are extra functionality to reflect recent changes in weather station features.
*Version 3.1.1 - This release is mainly part of my attempts to add some of the Cumulus 1 features that are missing from CMX.
** build 3054 - Adds a Current Conditions editor and an All Time Records editor to admin interface
*Version 3.4.5 - This release continues attempts to add some of the Cumulus 1 features that are missing from CMX.
** Build 3069 - Adds Editors for: Dayfile, Monthly Logs, Extra Logs
Cumulus 1 was an all in one application, it both read the data from the weather station and provided the user interface for you to see the derived data and change the settings. MX is different, it consists of a stand-alone 'engine' which performs the reading and logging of data, uploading to a web site etc. This 'engine' is a command-line/console application which has no user interface. The separate user interface is provided by virtue of the engine acting as a web server. Once the engine is running, you can view the user interface by typing the URL of the built-in web server into your browser, either on the same machine, or on a separate machine sharing the same local network. The default URL if the browser is on the same machine as MX is http://localhost:8998/ - substitute the machine's IP address for 'localhost' if the browser is on a different machine. For security reasons, the user interface should not be accessible via the public internet.
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