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== Documentation for MX ==
=== Message from Steve Loft about documentation ===▼
There's quite a lot to read before you start - please do read all of this page and all the references it mentions, most of it is very important. ▼
Note that most of the Cumulus 1 documentation also applies to Cumulus MX. MX specific documentation is currently in very early stages and some settings may not be obvious. Looking at the [[FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions for Cumulus 1]], [[Cumulus MX FAQ|Frequently asked questions for MX]], and articles elsewhere in this wiki will help, as will looking at the Cumulus 1 help file, it is available on the [[Software#Resources|Software Resources page]]. If you already use Cumulus 1, the help is part of the standard installation. ▼
If MX is your first encounter with Cumulus, you will be at a disadvantage regarding documentation of many of the features, while those who have previously been familiar with Cumulus 1 will find most aspects of MX easier to pick up.▼
=== Message about this update to documentation ===▼
The update made to this page draws on what has been said spread over lots of posts on the support forum and attempts to make it more accessible by repeating it on this page. Consequently, you don't now need to search in the way that Steve Loft's original text above implies.▼
In writing this update, I have drawn on my own experience of moving from Cumulus 1 to MX, and thus my knowledge of Cumulus is from over a decade of experience with this software and a detailed study to check MX could do all I used to do with Cumulus 1 and much more. Before I add items to this article I play around with MX experimenting with what works and what does not work, but I have saved you the pain of where I went wrong, just telling you what is correct. I do need to add, that I don't have a separate testing environment, and therefore I am not willing to attempt anything that might muck up my collecting of weather information, plus currently I only have a second-hand (ex-NHS) PC and a simple smart phone, so my technology, as well as being from a generation who did not have computers, places restrictions on what I can say and do.▼
If this page, and those other Wiki pages it links to (e.g. [[Cumulus MX FAQ]]), do not answer all your questions then see [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=40 the support forum for current Cumulus MX] as that will let you see what other people have asked about, any posts I have not yet incorporated into this page, and there you get the opportunity to post your own query.▼
▲=== Cross-reference to What to do if you have a problem ===
The text that was here has been moved to a separate article, that makes it more accessible, please see [[What to do when I have a problem with MX|What to do when I have a problem with MX article]]
Many MX specific questions, such as those related to installation are now covered by the updated text on this "Cumulus MX" page.
=== Cross reference to [[MX
The [[MX Issues|Cumulus MX Known Issues]] article is based on [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=12943 Steve Loft's forum post], but there has been an attempt to update the contents. Anyone willing to check it and do a further update?
=== Cross reference to article on [[Updating MX to new version]] ===
Because If you are doing an update you don't want to read a long article, this topic has an article to itself, reached from link in heading for this section.
▲=== Message from Steve Loft about documentation ===
▲There's quite a lot to read before you start - please do read all of this page and all the references it mentions, most of it is very important.
▲Note that most of the Cumulus 1 documentation also applies to Cumulus MX. MX specific documentation is currently in very early stages and some settings may not be obvious. Looking at the [[FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions for Cumulus 1]], [[Cumulus MX FAQ|Frequently asked questions for MX]], and articles elsewhere in this wiki will help, as will looking at the Cumulus 1 help file, it is available on the [[Software#Resources|Software Resources page]]. If you already use Cumulus 1, the help is part of the standard installation.
▲If MX is your first encounter with Cumulus, you will be at a disadvantage regarding documentation of many of the features, while those who have previously been familiar with Cumulus 1 will find most aspects of MX easier to pick up.
▲=== Message about this update to documentation ===
▲The update made to this page draws on what has been said spread over lots of posts on the support forum and attempts to make it more accessible by repeating it on this page. Consequently, you don't now need to search in the way that Steve Loft's original text above implies.
▲In writing this update, I have drawn on my own experience of moving from Cumulus 1 to MX, and thus my knowledge of Cumulus is from over a decade of experience with this software and a detailed study to check MX could do all I used to do with Cumulus 1 and much more. Before I add items to this article I play around with MX experimenting with what works and what does not work, but I have saved you the pain of where I went wrong, just telling you what is correct. I do need to add, that I don't have a separate testing environment, and therefore I am not willing to attempt anything that might muck up my collecting of weather information, plus currently I only have a second-hand (ex-NHS) PC and a simple smart phone, so my technology, as well as being from a generation who did not have computers, places restrictions on what I can say and do.
▲If this page, and those other Wiki pages it links to (e.g. [[Cumulus MX FAQ]]), do not answer all your questions then see [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=40 the support forum for current Cumulus MX] as that will let you see what other people have asked about, any posts I have not yet incorporated into this page, and there you get the opportunity to post your own query.
= Installing and Running Cumulus MX =
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