Cumulus Support

Having some problems.
I was using a WMR968 and all worked well as long as the OS components didn't break down which was frequently. The Cumulus software worked great.
I have just put up a Davis VP2. We are in the process of moving from WA to NM and I wanted to save the Davis for the new house in NM.

So I got the Davis up and working. It's a wireless version. I got the serial link and with it came Weatherlink 6.0.3. It is working although it is ugly.
I want to get Cumulus going and I had it going once, but now when I try to start it I get I get 32701 ERROR.
I can't figure out why it worked for a while and then would not start up again.
I start the Davis software first and then try to start Cumulus.

Is that the way it's done or am I screwing something up?

I was hoping to not have to use the Davis software at all. Cumulus was working so nicely before all by itself with the WMR968.

Help?!

Now after several tries it just stared working.
I did not start the Davis software. Maybe that was the issue?

Should I be using a newer version of Cumulus?

Yes, you have it correct now. You can only use one program at the same time - Weatherlink or Cumulus, otherwise you will get the 32701 error. Either Cumulus 1 and CumulusMX will work just fine. You should use the latest version of Cumulus 1 or CumulusMX and that is all that is available from the Cumulus download.

I run Cumulus most of the time. Twice a month I shut down Cumulus for a short period to run Weatherlink so I can maintain the Weatherlink data file which goes back to 2008, then restart Cumulus which catches up data since the shut down. My Davis logger and Cumulus data interval is set at 10 minutes and that is 17 days of data in the logger so twice a month will maintain the Weatherlink data.

You should make sure your data logger and Cumulus have the same interval setting. As you would know Cumulus interval is in the Station settings. The data logger settings is through Weatherlink, so it is good that you can also run this when you need to.

Enjoy,
Paul

Does your station have a true Serial connection, or a USB/Serial?

If the latter, then read this FAQ...
http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/FAQ#How_do ... Cumulus.3F

Real RS232 serial.

Discovery.
If I try to start Cumulus with the VP2 plugged in to the serial port I get an error.
If I reboot with the VP2 unplugged, start cumulus and then plug in to the serial port, it works.

By moving Cumulus to "Startup" (Win XP) it apparently fixes this (so far) as it must put Cumulus ahead of everything else when the computer starts.

Two other questions....
1) Is there a way to NOT display "Forecast"? It always says "Partly cloudy with little temperature change" which in the high desert never (hardly ever) is correct.
2) How do I clear the year to date records? This computer was last used in WA and here in NM we have not gotten 7.34" of rain this year.

Discovery.
If I try to start Cumulus with the VP2 plugged in to the serial port I get an error.
If I reboot with the VP2 unplugged, start cumulus and then plug in to the serial port, it works.

By moving Cumulus to "Startup" (Win XP) it apparently fixes this (so far) as it must put Cumulus ahead of everything else when the computer starts.

Sorry I can't help with this but starting Cumulus before having it connected to the datalogger doesn't seem like a good thing as presumably it would not get archived data since last stop of Cumulus.

Two other questions....
1) Is there a way to NOT display "Forecast"? It always says "Partly cloudy with little temperature change" which in the high desert never (hardly ever) is correct.

I don't think you can actually remove the forecast display but you could try changing from the default Davis station forecast to a Cumulus forecast by ticking Cumulus forecast in the Configuration Station tab. Don't know if that will be any more accurate.

2) How do I clear the year to date records? This computer was last used in WA and here in NM we have not gotten 7.34" of rain this year.

Possibly the FAQ may be helpful http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/FAQ#My_sta ... _figure.29

If you want to start completely from scratch you could delete the \data folder (while Cumulus is stopped) and then at Cumulus restart it would be recreated from that time forward.

Remember to always have a backup before you make changes to files, so suggest you rename the existing \data folder to something like \data-old.

p.s. Nice tower!

Enjoy,
Paul

Watching the computer boot...
It auto-starts Cumulus (now) and then it looks like Cumulus goes and looks for the VP2 downloads and it populates all the Cumulus slots.
I'll try clearing the Data Folder after making a backup.
Thanks

How did you find the pic of the tower?

The internet is a great thing!
OK, I visit more than one forum

Enjoy
Paul

Got my weather station running and on the net at this temporary location

http://www.oldthomasplace3.com/weather/

Once I get the webcam running I will be moving some stuff around, but for now you can see it at that link location.

VP2 → Cumulus → Website

Thanks for the help all

All looks good, and soon onto ssgauges, etc.

Is that webcam in NM? Nice view!

Enjoy,
Paul

That current webcam picture is a hold over from it's location in WA.
I took the webcam down and brought it down here and want to clean the chip and generally spruce it up before I mount it.
Materials are on the way.

PS
Worked yesterday on changing the bird picture to one of a Road Runner, but did not have any luck.

Worked yesterday on changing the bird picture to one of a Road Runner, but did not have any luck.

The picture that is loaded is http://www.oldthomasplace3.com/weather/ ... icture.jpg
One way is to rename your Road Runner image as picture.jpg, and upload that to your /weather/images/ folder and replace the existing.

Enjoy,
Paul