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Welcome to the Cumulus Wiki, the community Wiki is for sharing knowledge of the Cumulus Weather Station software. This Wiki was originated to document the (original) Cumulus software Steve Loft developed, and later modified to also cover other flavours (Cumulus 2 and MX beta) Steve Loft developed. Steve Loft deleted the material on Cumulus 2 when that was abandoned. The Wiki retains content for the legacy original Cumulus software that people still use.

This copy of the original Cumulus Wiki was cloned on 26-Oct-2018, just before Steve Loft ended his association with Cumulus, and all user credentials from the deleted original Wiki hosted by sandaysoft.com should be valid here. At that time, Steve's MX beta had limited functionality, and its documentation was sparse.

You do not need a userid to READ any of the content on this Wiki.

Brian Underdown (weather34) has allowed us to host his Home Weather Station template for Cumulus on the Wiki.

If you are new to Wiki's we suggest you spend a few minutes reading basic articles on how to access the Wiki. Familiarise yourself with:

Advice on layout
How to read
How to search

If you have any questions please raise them on either the Cumulus forum or Cumulus board at WXForum.net.

Cumulus MX (V3)

Legacy Cumulus (V1)

Customisation

Reference

It's your Wiki......

We always welcome contributions from the Cumulus Community and if you feel you can contribute, please do. As a starting point, we suggest you read How to Edit.

Are you willing to help us rewrite this Wiki to document MX, as that has been evolving rapidly since Mark Crossley took over development, so there is still lots to document. In particular, can you help make it more friendly for those whose first encounter with Cumulus is a MX release? The first step has been done, rewriting this page to promote MX over the legacy Cumulus. How_you_can_contribute is used to track what others feel needs doing and you will see messages on various pages warning that they are out of date, and asking for your help to add content under some headings.

If you plan on CONTRIBUTING to the Wiki, then you will need a userid.
- Please use the Request Account form to apply for a userid (you may have to wait some time for a response), or
- If you already have a userid, then just Login here (link also available on top right of any page).

When requesting a Wiki account, it would be helpful if you can use the same user name as on the Cumulus forum (but use a different password!), it makes it easier for the admins to identify genuine account requests from spammers.

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+<big>'''Welcome to the Cumulus Wiki'''</big>, the community Wiki is for sharing knowledge of the [[About Cumulus|Cumulus]] Weather Station software. [[CumulusWiki:About|This Wiki]] was originated to document the (original) Cumulus software Steve Loft developed, and later modified to also cover other flavours (Cumulus 2 and MX beta) Steve Loft developed. Steve Loft deleted the material on Cumulus 2 when that was abandoned. The Wiki retains content for the legacy original Cumulus software that people still use.
-<big>'''Welcome to the Cumulus Wiki.'''</big>
-<div style="padding-left: 20px; width: 95%; border:solid; border-width: thin; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-color:LightYellow;">This copy of the original Cumulus Wiki was cloned on 26-Oct-2018 (see [[CumulusWiki:About|about the Cumulus Wiki]]) and all user credentials from the deleted original Wiki hosted by sandaysoft.com should be valid here.
+This copy of the original Cumulus Wiki was cloned on 26-Oct-2018, just before Steve Loft ended his association with Cumulus, and all user credentials from the deleted original Wiki hosted by sandaysoft.com should be valid here. At that time, [[Cumulus_3_(MX)_beta_documentation|Steve's MX beta]] had limited functionality, and its documentation was sparse.
+<div style="padding-left: 20px; width: 95%; border:solid; border-width: thin; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-color:LightYellow;">
-'''You do not need a userid to READ any of the content on this Wiki.'''  If you plan on '''CONTRIBUTING''' to the Wiki, then you will need a userid.
-* Please use the [[Special:RequestAccount|Request Account]] form to apply for a userid,
-*or if you have a userid, then just [[Special:UserLogin|Login]].
+'''You do not need a userid to READ any of the content on this Wiki.'''
-'''''When requesting a Wiki account, it would be helpful if you can use the same user name as on the Cumulus forum (but use a different password!), it makes it easier for the admins to identify genuine account requests from spammers.'''''
 Brian Underdown (weather34) has allowed us to host his [[HomeWeatherStationTemplate|Home Weather Station template for Cumulus]] on the Wiki.
 </div>
-Through this community Wiki we aim to share our knowledge of the [[About Cumulus|Cumulus]] Weather Station software. The Cumulus Wiki is intended to help you whichever build of Cumulus Software you are running. This Wiki was originated to document the (original) Cumulus software Steve Loft developed, and later modified to also cover other flavours (Cumulus 2 and MX beta) Steve Loft developed. Steve Loft deleted the material on Cumulus 2 when that was abandoned. The Wiki still retains content for the legacy flavours that are still available.
-Mark Crossley took over development of '''Cumulus MX''' (3) functionality. This development now happens so fast, that this Wiki has been unable to document the moving target!
-'''Are you willing to rewrite this Wiki to get it up to date, and make it more friendly for those who whose first encounter with Cumulus is a MX release? ''' The first step has been done, rewriting this page to promote MX over the legacy Cumulus. See the foot of this page for how you can contribute.
 If you are new to Wiki's we suggest you spend a few minutes reading basic articles on how to access the Wiki. Familiarise yourself with:
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+*'''Download''' links: [[Software#Cumulus_MX|Latest release]] and [https://github.com/cumulusmx/CumulusMX/releases Earlier Releases]
-*[[Software#Cumulus_MX|Download links]]
+*[[Updating_MX_to_new_version|How to Upgrade to new build]]
-*[https://github.com/cumulusmx/CumulusMX/releases All distributions]
-*[[:Category:Cumulus MX|Links to documentation]]
-*[[MX_Administrative_Interface|Admin Interface]]
-*[[Cumulus MX Local API|Local api]]
-*[[:Category:Cumulus Files|Information by folder and file names]]
-*[[What_to_do_when_I_have_a_problem_with_MX|What to do for problems when using MX]]
-*[[MX_Issues|Known Issues/bugs]]
 *[[Cumulus_MX_formal_release_versions|Version tracker]]
+*[[:Category:Cumulus MX|Links to all documentation]]
-*[[Updating_MX_to_new_version|How to Upgrade build]]
-*[[Cumulus_MX_FAQ|Frequently asked]]
 *[[MX_on_Windows_OS|Windows OS]]
 *[[Setting_up_Raspberry_Pi|Unix/Linux/Raspberry Pi OS]]
+*[[:Category:Cumulus Files|Information by folder and file names]]
+*[[MX_Administrative_Interface|Admin Interface (Settings and Editing)]]
+*[[Cumulus MX Local API|Local Application Programming Interface]]
+*[[What_to_do_when_I_have_a_problem_with_MX|Problem resolution]]
+*[[MX_Issues|Known Issues/bugs]]
+*[[Cumulus_MX_FAQ|Frequently asked]]
 *[[Supported Devices]]
 *[[Highcharts_-_Recent|Charts]]
-*[[New Default Web Site Information|New MX Web Site]]
+*[[New Default Web Site Information|3.10.1 onwards Web Site]]
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-*[[Downloads|Download software and 2020s patch]]
+*[[Downloads|'''Download''' software and 2020s patch]]
 *[[Setup|How to install and use]]
 *[[About Cumulus|Functionality of Cumulus Software]]
 *[[Cumulus Versions|The version history, what was added]]
-*[[Cumulus_Screenshots|Screenshots for Main, and other, screens]]
+*[[Cumulus_Screenshots|'''Screenshots''' for Main, and other, screens]]
 *[[Screen capture|Capturing a screen shot for support issues]]
 *[[FAQ|Frequently asked, questions and answers]]
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 *[[Website setup|Standard Web Site setup]]
 *[[:Category:WebTips|How to make Customised web pages]]
-*[[Webtags|Web tags for (''legacy'', or your own) Cumulus template files]]
+*[[Webtags|Web tags]] and [[Web Tag Parameters|Modification Parameters]] for (''legacy'', or your own) [[Cumulus_template_file|Cumulus template files]]
 *[[:Category:User Contributions|3rd Party Contributions (by Cumulus Users)]]
 *[[:Category:WebTools|3rd Party web pages/tools (for your web server)]]
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-<div style="padding-left: 20px; width: 95%; border:solid; border-width: thin; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-color:LightYellow;"><big>'''It's your Wiki......'''</big><br> <br>We always welcome contributions from the Cumulus Community and if you feel you can contribute, please do.  As a starting point, we suggest you read [[How_you_can_contribute]] which is the page to track what others feel needs doing and read [[Help:Contents/Editing|this guidance]].
+<div style="padding-left: 20px; width: 95%; border:solid; border-width: thin; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-color:LightYellow;"><big>'''It's your Wiki......'''</big><br> <br>We always welcome contributions from the Cumulus Community and if you feel you can contribute, please do.  As a starting point, we suggest you read [[Help:Contents/Editing|How to Edit]].
+'''Are you willing to help us rewrite this Wiki to document MX''', as that has been evolving rapidly since Mark Crossley took over development, so there is still lots to document. In particular, '''can you help make it more friendly for those whose first encounter with Cumulus is a MX release? ''' The first step has been done, rewriting this page to promote MX over the legacy Cumulus.  [[How_you_can_contribute]] is used to track what others feel needs doing and you will see messages on various pages warning that they are out of date, and asking for your help to add content under some headings.
-Some pages like [[Cumulus.ini]] and [[Webtags]] often get out of date due to new releases extending functionality. </div>
+</div>
+*If you plan on '''CONTRIBUTING''' to the Wiki, then you will need a userid.
+**Please use the [[Special:RequestAccount|Request Account]] form to apply for a userid  (you may have to wait some time for a response),  or
+**If you already have a userid, then just [[Special:UserLogin|Login here]] (link also available on top right of any page).
+'''''When requesting a Wiki account, it would be helpful if you can use the same user name as on the Cumulus forum (but use a different password!), it makes it easier for the admins to identify genuine account requests from spammers.'''''

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