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There is no automatic installer (this may change). Cumulus MX is supplied as a zipped package on a link from [[software|download page]].
When running Cumulus MX, you either have a package that runs it for you, or you type '''CumulusMX.exe''' in your command type interface (or click a shortcut). You can however add parameters to the run instruction e.g. '''CumulusMX.exe -lang en-GB''' (to select the GB locale)
== Optional parameters to add to the instruction to run the MX engine ==
=== Parameter for changing Locale ===
On Linux and (in particular) OS X, Cumulus MX may not be given the correct locale to use, and you may get the default US locale even if that is not your locale. It will output the local it is using when it starts; if it is not correct, close it down and start it again, this time specifying your locale on the command line, using the -lang parameter . For example, in the UK, on a non-Windows device type:
<pre>
sudo mono CumulusMX.exe -lang en-GB
</pre>
Other local examples: '''CumulusMX.exe Current culture: English (United States)''', '''CumulusMX.exe -lang de-DE''', '''CumulusMX.exe -lang el-GR''' (this is one of the locales that reads numbers with '''integer,decimal''' format), '''CumulusMX.exe -lang nl-NL'''.
If you are not sure what value you need to supply for the -lang parameter, there is a list here - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee825488%28v=cs.20%29.aspx. You need to supply the code in the first column ("Language Culture Name"). Note that this does not affect the language used by Cumulus MX (although it may in the future), it affects the decimal separator and the list separator.▼
▲If you are not sure what value you need to supply for the -lang parameter, there is a list here - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee825488%28v=cs.20%29.aspx. You need to supply the code in the first column ("Language Culture Name")
Note that this does not affect the language used by Cumulus MX (although it may in the future), it affects the decimal separator and the list separator.
Note that you ''may'' need to supply your administrator password after typing the 'sudo ...' command line. The system will prompt you for this if it is needed.
== Running Cumulus MX ==
# Make sure your weather station (and any extra sensors) is connected to the device on which you have installed Cumulus MX, before you try to run Cumulus MX.
If you are running MX for the first time, without a configuration file (none is included in download package), see [[Cumulus.ini#Cumulus_MX|here]] for screen shots and instructions.
=== Requirements for running on Windows ===
To run MX on Windows, you need .Net version of at least 4.5.2 installed. This is only available for Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1.
# Next start the user interface, it does not need to run all the time, but only when you need it (when you first use MX you will need it to access the settings where you tell MX what type of station you have and what units you want to use, and set various timing options), it normally runs on port 8998 (to vary that there is a '''-port''' parameter that is followed by required port and that port parameter has to be entered every time you start MX if you are not using the default port).
=== Requirements for running on Linux and OS X ===
You will need to install the Mono runtime (the latest version of Mono should work with all functionality of latest MX in all locales).
Next start the user interface, basically same as described for Windows above. More information on user interface later.
==== Notes by ExperiMentor (in Switzerland) ====
These comprehensive notes describe how to install Cumulus MX on a Pi Zero, using a PC to do some of the work:
''please note these notes may now be obsolete, library routines have changed a lot since this was written in 2014''
**If you have a Raspberry Pi 2, there is a later version of Mono available, which you may find works better that the one in the standard distribution, particularly if you use decimal commas. Mono 3.2.8 (which is the default in some Linux distributions) will not work if you use commas for decimals, as in some countries.
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