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*So tick this option, if you have a standard Cumulus implementation and then you can be sure to upgrade the standard templates. | *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]]). | *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]]). | ||
== Changing to different weather station == | |||
Just change the station type. If Cumulus doesn't start reading the data from the new station, stop Cumulus and start it again. Some of the rain figures may be odd for a while (e.g. rain in last 24 hours). It is as simple as that. | |||
In testing planned changes to Cumulus, I switch backwards and forwards between a Fine Offset and a WMR200 frequently, the only thing that happens is that the rain figures go wrong initially (because the two stations have different counters). | |||
== Moving Cumulus software to a new PC (or updating Windows Operating System) == | == Moving Cumulus software to a new PC (or updating Windows Operating System) == | ||
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#Your Windows regional settings are the same (i.e. date format unchanged, same time zone, decimal point symbol unchanged, list separator character unchanged) - if there is a difference, the new installation cannot understand the old lines in the log files and will give an error when Cumulus is restarted. | #Your Windows regional settings are the same (i.e. date format unchanged, same time zone, decimal point symbol unchanged, list separator character unchanged) - if there is a difference, the new installation cannot understand the old lines in the log files and will give an error when Cumulus is restarted. | ||
#You may need to 'tweak' a few things (serial port number etc) in [[cumulus.ini]]. | #You may need to 'tweak' a few things (serial port number etc) in [[cumulus.ini]]. | ||
# | #In the folder with cumulus.exe in it, copy across 'cumulus.ini', and if you have created a 'strings.ini' that file must be copied across too. | ||
#The Cumulus 'data' sub-folder has been copied across. | |||
#Obviously if you use customised web pages, then you need the corresponding templates in the new installation. | #Obviously if you use customised web pages, then you need the corresponding templates in the new installation. | ||
#Any other customised files (images and/or a twitter.txt file, for example), you may want to copy those over too. | #Any other customised files (images and/or a twitter.txt file, for example), you may want to copy those over too. | ||
