Cumulus.ini (Beta)

Introduction

The main cumulus.ini configuration file is located in the directory in which you installed Cumulus.exe. It is a text file containing initialization parameters used by the Cumulus application, and is read only when Cumulus starts up. Parameter lines are in the form 'attribute=value' and grouped into sections. Cumulus re-writes the contents of the application configuration screens to the file when it shuts down.

Each new version of cumulus may add additional parameters set by revised configuration screens (these initially appear at the end of the relevant section), and/or permit additional parameters to be added manually (these can be inserted anywhere within the section). If you are using an old version, then checking the release information may be advisable to identify the sections applicable to your build and the parameters allowed within those sections may be a subset of those listed below.

Live Version

See cumulus.ini for list of sections, attributes and allowed values for the current live version of Cumulus. Below is a list of the additional items available in this beta version. These details will be explained fully and transferred to the main page when the beta version becomes 'live'.

Beta builds

If you are using a beta build, there may be additional sections and/or additional parameters (attribute=value) under test. Brief details of such changes will be given in the support forum annoucement for the relevant build. New sections and/or attributes and/or values for beta versions of Cumulus are listed here once they have become established, but for details of beta tests see the forum.

Changes shown below are for v1.9.4 beta build 1061: Quote from Release announcement:"Support for HTTP proxies - completely untested and will probably need further work. Feedback requested!"

Note (November 2013): Although version 1.9.4 is now current release [Release Date: October 27, 2013 (build 1085)], the proxies work is not confirmed as finished, hence the information below has not been copied to the main cumulus.ini page.

File Contents

Introduction

The entries shown include the default value from the configuration screen where applicable, a typical example value where appropriate, or just the attribute and an equals sign where there is no typical value.

Section: Station

No changes.

Section: Offsets

No changes.

Section: Web Site

No changes.

Section: FTP Site

No changes.

Section: Display

No changes.

Section: Graphs

No changes.

Section: Alarms

No changes.

Sections dealing with interfaces to external sites

No changes.

Section: NOAA

No changes.

Section: Solar

No changes.

Section: MainForm

No changes.

Section: Proxies

Cumulus 1.9.4 beta build 1061 introduced these. Their inability to work with current Twitter set up is covered on this forum posting. You can search the forum using the term 'proxy' for more background.

Quote from Release announcement:"Support for HTTP proxies - completely untested and will probably need further work. Feedback requested!"

Note (November 2013): Although version 1.9.4 is now current release [Release Date: October 27, 2013 (build 1085)], the proxies work is not confirmed as finished, hence the information below has not been copied to the main Cumulus.ini page.

HTTPProxyName=

HTTPProxyPort=

HTTPProxyUser=

HTTPProxyPassword=