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Cumulus 1.8.9 available

Post by steve »

Version 1.8.9 (build 930) is now available from the downloads section: http://sandaysoft.com/downloads

Changes from 1.8.8:

- Option to send either 'latest' or 'average' wind speed and bearing to Wunderground
- Added web tag, realtime.txt item, and alarm for 'sensor contact lost' (Fine Offset Only)
- Added web tags for current alarm states
- Improved wind rose
- Cater for VantagePro.DLL returning 'error' from logger for wind direction when calm
- Allow second chance before assuming rain counter reset
- Add <#snowdepth> web tag
- Fix problem with CWOP temps below zero Fahrenheit
- Add missing space between last two realtime.txt fields
- Add <#txbattery> web tag (Davis only)
- Change the way dayfile.txt is written
- Fix 100% humidity CWOP bug
- Correct WMR928 pressure readings for high altitudes
- Add some diagnostics for ftp setup problems
- Hide tx battery status from non-Davis users
- Option to send solar radiation to CWOP/APRS
- Fix diary problem caused by <#snowdepth> tag
- Attempt to fix inter-thread message problem for Davis users
- Fix problem with shortdateformat with month names (all-time record start date)
- Attempt to fix another problem caused by <#snowdepth> tag
- Altimeter Pressure now same as SL pressure for non-Davis
- Add <#altimeterpressure> web tag
- Fix heat index in realtime.txt when 'display humidex' option is set
- Ensure humidex is never less than ambient temperature
- Attempt to improve pressure graph scale for inHg
- New ini-file option to set wind direction average period (AvgBearingMinutes in [Station] section)
- Option to use 'speed' for 10-minute wind speed average calculation (see station settings)
- Optional manual 'current conditions' box (see display settings) and web tag <#currcond>
- Allow '48 hours' as a recognised setting for 'graph hours'
- Initialise wind speed data from data logs for average calculations
- Option of 8 or 16 compass positions for Wind Rose (see display settings)
- Fix problem with shortdateformat with month names (timestamp in today.ini)
- Add high (average) wind speed to dayfile.txt
- Add 'currentconditions.txt' option for <#currcond> web tag
- currentconditions.txt updates main display when tag is processed (and deletes file)
- Installer now offers option of not installing web templates
- Added alarms for temperature and pressure change (see help for new web tags)
- Handle (by ignoring) errors from creation of moon bitmap - for 'normal' ftp
- configurable time for average wind speed - AvgSpeedMinutes in cumulus.ini
- Draws (optional) horizontal line at freezing point on temperature graphs
- Added wind direction to Select-A-Graph
- Attempt to work around Windows 7 date format problem
- Change wording of <#tomorrowdaylength> web tag
- Fix freezing point line appearing below the axis
- Fix a problem with colours of wind direction graph
- Change small wind direction graph to plot average
- Add check for WS2300 'error' wind speed value in history data
- Improve small pressure chart X-axis max/min for inHg
- Remove work around for freezing point line off-graph (causes other problems)
- Change single quote (minutes) in latitude and longitude web tags to '
- Attempt to stop the sporadic crashes at close down
- Add logging of all time record changes
- Change all-time records file to an 'ini' file
- Fix single quotes in lat/lon in existing settings
- Fix a problem where rain total sometimes doesn't reset at start of day
- Added 'please wait' box when closing, to make sure logging has finished
- Set location of alltime.ini file explicitly, to avoid working directory problems
- Truncate Twitter messages at 140 chars
- make graphs window resizeable, so scroll bars appear when necessary
Steve
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