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'''IMPORTANT: Cumulus 1 is no longer supported, its source code is not available, and its development environment is obsolete. Consequently, there is no installation package available any more. These instructions remain to simply have a record of how it used to work.'''
The Setup process for Cumulus is briefly mentioned in the 'readme.txt', and of course '''you''' did read that when it was displayed as shown here during the ''Cumulus installation process''. For those who did not read that, this article briefly covers installation and some key setting-up issues.
== Installation of Software ==
As the picture shows, in ReadMe.txt it is suggested that Cumulus is installed directly below the root on your C drive, but if you have more than one drive available, installing it below the root of a drive other than that containing the operating system allows you to either upgrade the operating system or do system restores without affecting Cumulus.
There is a handy installation guide [https://cumuluswiki.org/Downloads/Cumulus%20basic%20installation%20guide.pdf here] that describes how the requirements vary for each make of weather station.
=== Upgrading to a new release ===
The executable file in the release is the windows installer for the new version.''' Your data and settings are not affected, but it is still best if you back up your data (sub-folder 'data') and any settings files (e.g. cumulus.ini and strings.ini) before you run the installer.
You can install the new version where you like, but the Cumulus 1 installer will offer the same place as the previous version as the default.
''Occasionally, there may be actions you need to perform before or after the upgrade.'' Required actions usually appear in the announcement of the build you are installing, and for Cumulus 1 may be documented in the readme.txt file that will appear as you run the installer. Read such announcements for every release since your existing build in case any of the in-between changes affect you.
The Cumulus 1 installer will always upgrade the following files (replacing them, ignoring whether same or different to existing versions):
# "cumulus.exe"; - the latest build executable (not the installer, although confusingly they both have same name)
# "unins000.exe";
# "libeay32.dll";
# "ssleay32.dll";
# "readme.txt"; - advice for you to follow at installation time
# "licence.txt"; - reminder about restrictions on use
# "alert.wav"; - default alarm sound
# "web\originals\*.*"; - Cumulus will always install the HTML template files here
# "webfiles\*.*"; e.g. weatherstyle.css, wz_jsgraphics.js
# "webfiles\images\picture.jpg";
# "Help\Cumulus.chm"; - the latest help including lists of log files and web tags
There may be extra files automatically upgraded by particular builds - see announcement for whichever builds are between your current one and the one you are trying to install.
During the install, you will see a '''Select Components''' screen , if you tick the ''HTML templates'' (the default) it will also upgrade the HTML template files in the web folder.
*So tick this option, if you have a standard Cumulus implementation and then you can be sure to upgrade the standard templates.
*Untick this option if you have [[Customised_templates#Creating_Your_Own_Templates|customised the existing pages]], so that if your customised versions are in "web\*.*" they don't get overwritten. It is recommended that you store any customised pages in a directory outside the Cumulus folder, as you can specify up to 10 such files on the local side of the files tab in the Configuration menu Internet settings screen and (if you are not using standard files) untick ''Include Standard Files'' on the same screen. (100 such files can be specified in [[Cumulus.ini]]).
=== Dates (and separator requirements) ===
Cumulus does require your '''computer System Short Date''' to use a format with a separator between day, month (in digits) and year. This separator will be used in the [[:Category:Log_Files|log files]].
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