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= Features of Cumulus Software =
== Key Features ==
*Free for personal and non-profit use, (Steve Loft said "but a donation would be appreciated if you continue to use Cumulus after trying it", since he retired from developing Cumulus, the donation option has ended)
*Cumulus 1 runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10
*Cumulus 2 and 3 (MX) runs on the last two Windows versions plus all devices running a Unix type environment (such as Linux and Mac OS X).
*Cumulus 1 Supports Davis Vantage Pro and Pro2; Oregon Scientific WM918, WMR-918, WMR-928, WMR-968 weather stations; EasyWeather stations (MyDEL, Nevada, Watson, Fine Offset, WH1080, WH1081, W8681, FWS-20 etc); La Crosse WS-2300, and other models in the WS23xx range.
*Easy to use, clean display (Cumulus 1 has display/editing screens appearing directly on PC running the software, Cumulus MX generates a user interface that is viewed (on your local network) using a browser)▼
Cumulus MX adds further modern stations to the list see [[Supported_Devices|Supported Devices page]] for up-to-date details.
▲*Easy to use, clean display
*Choice of meteorological day - midnight to midnight or 0900 to 0900 (optionally during summertime only 1000 to 1000)
*Cumulus 1 offered real time web display of wind speed and direction using Silverlight software that is no longer functional
*Comprehensive help file included
*Free support available in the support forum
== Periodic Actions ===
=== Reading Weather Station ===
When Cumulus software (of any flavour) interrogates the weather station for more readings, (which is done very frequently) it compares the readings against those read earlier, so it can maintain a whole series of extremes (maximum and minimum in each day, each month, that month in all years, each year, and all-time).
=== Real Time Interval ===
These actions are optional, you need to enable the various possible actions at a real time interval, as well as selecting the time interval between the end of one set of actions and the start of the next set of actions.
=== Standard Upload Interval actions ===
At this interval, and you can change the time between these actions, Cumulus (of all flavours) will process templates that create web pages, upload other files, and (MX only) run SQL to update a database for you.
=== Logging Interval ===
This is when Cumulus stores, the set of readings it has processed, in a detailed log created specially for each individual month. It does NOT record the maximum and minimum since the last log entry, it just a snapshot of the readings at that logging time, so it is unlikely to capture extremes.
=== End of Day Actions ===
Cumulus software of all flavours as already mentioned can support various times when the meteorological days end. As the new day starts, Cumulus does a lot of actions, here is the list for MX:
<pre>Entering Day Reset (message about current day of month)
Day Reset (message about date ending, time shown as 00:00:00 because time not defined, not because it is midnight, it might be 9am or 10am)
Run EOD standard or custom SQL (the SQl is updated every time readings are updated)
Custom Http EOD call
Create line to append to dayfile.txt (this does hold extremes for each day)
Open dayfile.txt
Update dayfile.txt
Read Rain Counter
Update today.ini with yesterday's rain
Write yesterday.ini
Create NOAA monthly
Save NOAA monthly
Create NOAA yearly
Save NOAA yearly
Run EOD External Program
Processs any Extra Files with EOD option selected
Day reset complete
Read readings from weather station to assign to start of new day
Create daily backup folder to hold files as at start of new day
Copy all files from data folder (plus Cumulus.ini) into new daily folder
Resume normal operation of reading station, processing real-time and standard time interval functions
In the first Extra Files with standard interval FTP upload, add upload of Extra Files processed at end of day</pre>
== Special Features ==
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