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==== Davis family specific: ====
{{Version badge 1}}These settings apply to Cumulus 1.9.x, check with release notes for your version and previous versions to see all settings applicable to any earlier version you use. '''Some''' of the settings below apply to Cumulus MX too, but check the MX support forum to check if individual ones do or do not apply.▼
{{Version badge 1}}Support for Davis Vantage pro 2 was introduced at version 1.6.0. Prior to 1.9.x, not all parameter settings listed were available, check with release notes for your version and previous versions to see all settings applicable to any earlier version you use.
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* For example 'Port=' is specific to Cumulus 1.
* 'DavisRainCollectorModel' is not available to Cumulus MX users as that does not use the DLL interface.
*(1 = usb - setting no longer available on screen, remains as default in cumulus.ini for those not using a Davis)
*2 = TCP/IP (see later parameters to specify ports)
Default is type 1, i.e. neither option on screen selected, so if you use a Davis you must select either serial or TCP/IP
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|Port=0▼
|{{Version badge 1}}Set this in the Station Configuration Screen '''Serial Port''' block.▼
Identifies COM Port used if Davis type is serial. Default is 0.▼
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|VP2TCPPort=22222
|LogExtraSensors=0
|This is set in the '''Settings''' block on the Station settings screen off the configuration menu. Set this to 1 if you have additional sensors (e.g. a Davis Leaf Wetness probe) to make Cumulus read, display, and log the readings from the sensors. You don't select this for Solar/UV sensors.
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|colspan="2" style="background:lightblue;"| Cumulus 1 only: edit in Station Configuration Screen or file as indicated
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▲|Port=0
▲|{{Version badge 1}}Set this in the Station Configuration Screen '''Serial Port''' block.
▲Identifies COM Port used if Davis type is serial. Default is 0.
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|RestartIfDataStops=0
|{{Version badge 1}}This parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen.
Cumulus 1 attempts to restart itself if it has had no data from the station for 60 seconds. Davis stations can use this option explained in the [[#La_Crosse_specific:|La Crosse]] table if Cumulus sometimes fails to read information from the logger. As it says in the help, it may not fix the connection problem, but at least it stops Cumulus logging, so once you have fixed the problem it will download the missing data when you start it up again.
This parameter is not available in MX.
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|Port=0
|{{Version badge 1}}Set this in the Station Configuration Screen '''Serial Port''' block.
Identifies COM Port used if Davis type is serial. Default is 0.
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|colspan="2" style="background:lightblue;"| Only available in Cumulus MX: edit in Station Settings
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|UseDavisLoop2=1
|This parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen.
The current MX code uses ''LOOP2'' for two purposes. First, it uses the 'peak 10-minute gust' value, to avoid the problem where a gust might be missed, and secondly it uses the 'absolute pressure' value to make calculation of 'altimeter pressure' easier and more accurate. This is mainly used if you upload to CWOP.
*1 (default) = Cumulus MX will use the LOOP2 packet for Davis Weather Stations by default.
The LOOP2 packet is supported on the VP2 with firmware version 1.90 or later, and on the Vue.
*0 = Select this if you have a Vantage Pro (i.e. the original 'VP1'), or a VP2 with pre-1.90 firmware, or if you are using Virtual VP, none of these support the LOOP2 packet.
Without this setting, Cumulus will revert to calculating the 10-minute gust value itself from the individual wind speed readings, but it will not currently attempt to calculate altimeter pressure correctly, it will simply use the sea-level pressure instead. This is likely to be an issue if you are at high altitude and you upload to CWOP using Cumulus MX.
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|DavisIPResponseTime=500
|This parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen.
The length of time in milliseconds which Cumulus waits to allow a response from the console to a command (i.e. a request for any kind of data) from an IP logger . Default is 500ms, see Cumulus MX forum where times up to 2000ms are suggested.
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|ForceVPBarUpdate=0
|This parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen. The default (value=0) is to assume standard barometer updates on Davis stations. Set to 1, by adding ForceVPBarUpdate=1 in [Station] section to force more frequent barometer updates on Davis stations. Steve says "Having checked the code, I see it asks for 20 packets from the 'LOOP2' if the barometer forcing is on, otherwise it stops receiving LOOP data after 50 packets". Added in build 3042 (January 2017). Note that ForceVPBarUpdate=1 is only useful on very old versions of the console firmware.
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|DavisIncrementPressureDP=0
|(from version 3.0.0 build 3042) A Cumulus.ini setting to turn off the 'extra' decimal place in pressure values on Davis stations. To limit the pressure to 1 decimal for mb/hPa and 2 for inHg, add this to the [Station] section
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|VPrainGaugeType=0
|This parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen. The default is to assume that people using MM units to display rain in Cumulus have a Metric Rain Adapter fitted to their rain gauge so it tips for every 0.2mm, and those selecting inches as their unit have the unmodified 0.01" rain gauge. This parameter over-rides that assumption, but note that conversion rounding errors will then occur.
Specifies the units selected on your Vantage Pro Rain Gauge. Set to 0 for a 0.2mm gauge and 1 for a 0.01" gauge.
NOTE: This setting supersedes the setting "DavisRainCollectorModel" used in Cumulus 1
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|DataLogging=0
|This parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen. Default is 0, change to 1 for more detailed Davis logging.
*0 (default) = Cumulus MX will not add extra logging.
*1 = To add extra logging to the diags file for data received from Davis stations. Use this with care, the log will get very large. (Build 3018 onwards).
I've also added some more diagnostics to try to find the cause of the problem where data stops being read from Davis stations. Debug logging is required to be turned on. (Build 3022 onwards).|-
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|AutoUpdateIpAddress=1
|(read-only, you cannot edit this on station settings screen, you must type it directly into file) default = 1, set to 0 to switch off the WLL autodetection of IP address. This is a workaround for a WLL firmware bug that does not update the IP address when it changes using DHCP.
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|ZeroConfig
|set this on station settings screen; to enable/disable the entry/update of the stations IP address via auto-discovery
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