My faithful old LaCross 2310 failed about 8 months ago and I contemplated what to do. I have had trouble with Cumulus periodically freezing up after the latest 1.9.4 update and spent over a year trying to correct it without success. I was very looking forward to Cumulus MX so I could run it on a pi and maybe eliminate some of the issues I was having, but forward movement was lacking.
With Steve retiring and deciding to travel, I decided that after 8 or so years of using Cumulus it may be reaching it's end of life and with a change in weather stations, it was time to not look specifically for a W/S that Cumulus supported. So, I stepped to the dark-side and bought an AcuRite at a really good sale price. AcuRite didn't support a web page like Cumulus did, so I had to go find other software to do that. I found some really good software that is donation supported and has great tech support. During the transition, I disabled my Cumulus just in case I didn't like the alternatives.
The time came over the weekend and I unloaded the Cumulus software. Good-bye old friend.
I will stay a member of the group as Cumulus has been great. I hope some of you get Steve to let you pick up and continue the MX development and update it as he enjoys a well deserved retirement.
Steve, thanks for the support over the years. Enjoy your retirement!
Please read the posts in the Announcements section about the current status of Cumulus development now that I have retired
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Latest Cumulus release v1.9.4 (build 1099) - Nov 28 2014
Latest Cumulus MX release - v3.0.0 build 3043 Jan 20 2017. See this post for download
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Latest Cumulus release v1.9.4 (build 1099) - Nov 28 2014
Latest Cumulus MX release - v3.0.0 build 3043 Jan 20 2017. See this post for download
The time was right
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Re: The time was right
I too am considering a new Acurite weather station. Which software did you settle on?
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Re: The time was right
I settled on meteotemplate. The learning curve was a little steep for a short while but the author of the program is great with support. I did find out that most of my issue was my web hosting company but I got great direction on how to handle it with them. I highly recommend the program.
I still miss my simple cumulus but I didn't realize until today that it has been over 2 years since I changed. Probably because after the initial set up, things have run without any problems.
Good luck on your choice!
I still miss my simple cumulus but I didn't realize until today that it has been over 2 years since I changed. Probably because after the initial set up, things have run without any problems.
Good luck on your choice!
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Re: The time was right
Is Meteotemplate free, Foresight? Great to hear that they're good with support, that's what I'm looking for as a beginner if I decide to go with it.
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Re: The time was right
Meteotemplate is now shown as donationware. Details are provided in the Meteotemplate Wiki http://www.meteotemplate.com/web/wiki/wiki1GB.php
Enjoy,
Paul
Enjoy,
Paul
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