Version 3.0.0

Beta Release Date: 2 January 2015 (build 3000)
Latest Beta Update: 17 August 2016 (build 3041)
If you are intending to upgrade to this release, please read all of the release notes since the build you are currently running.

Release History

January 2, 2015 (b3000)
January 4, 2015 (b3001)
January 5, 2015 (b3002)
January 6, 2015 (b3003)
January 7, 2015 (b3004)
January 8, 2015 (b3005)
January 10, 2015 (b3006)
January 12, 2015 (b3007)
January 14, 2015 (b3008)
January 16, 2015 (b3009)
January 18, 2015 (b3010)
January 20, 2015 (b3011)
January 22, 2015 (b3012)
January 24, 2015 (b3013)
January 25, 2015 (b3014)
January 26, 2015 (b3015)
January 27, 2015 (b3016)
January 30, 2015 (b3017)
January 31, 2015 (b3018)
February 9, 2015 (b3019)
February 17, 2015 (b3020)
March 4, 2015 (b3021)
March 24, 2015 (b3022)
April 7, 2015 (b3023)
April 12, 2015 (b3024)
May 22, 2015 (b3025)
July 26, 2015 (b3026)
August 4, 2015 (b3027)
August 6, 2015 (b3028)
September 3, 2015 (b3029)
September 6, 2015 (b3030)
September 21, 2015 (b3031)
November 1, 2015 (b3032)
November 22, 2015 (b3033)
November 23, 2015 (b3034)
December 2, 2015 (b3035)
December 14, 2015 (b3036)
February 24, 2016 (b3037)
March 13, 2016 (b3038)
July 18, 2016 (b3039)
July 29, 2016 (b3040)
August 17, 2016 (b3041)

Changes:

3000

Initial Beta release. See the announcement thread for details.

3001

Fix: Crash if "ListWebTags=1" is set in Cumulus.ini
Fix: Some of the screens having no data on them

3002

Fix: Serial port stations don't work on Linux or OS X - wrong device name
Fix: Logging interval is always 5 minutes regardless of the setting
Fix: Some of the web site pages in the distribution are out of date
Fix: realtime.txt needs a newline at the end so some third party applications work
Fix: Using the <#txbattery> web tag with a channel parameter causes a 'token error'
Fix: NullReferenceException at start up when using WMR80/100 etc
Fix: 'Old' logger data gets re-logged with La Crosse stations
Fix: NullReferenceException at start up when using a strings.ini file
Fix: "Fine Offset with Solar" station type doesn't work

3003

Fix: realtime.txt is always uploaded even if configured not to be
Fix: Exception when WMR928 sensor channel 3 data is received
Fix: Some third party projects need setting to turn off use of station data logger (for Davis)
Fix: Using 'short time format' rather than explicit "HH:mm" causes problems
Fix: Setting of <#newrecord> is inverted
Fix: <#timehhmmss> gives HHmmss and should be HH:mm:ss
Fix: The settings forms can cause corruption of items which were null, until the next restart
Fix: Using a twitter.txt file causes a NullReferenceException

3004

Adds some diagnostic data tracing for La Crosse and WMR928
Corrects the structure of the webfiles directory
Fix: 'Enable realtime.txt FTP' always gets unset by the internet settings mechanism
Fix: realtime.txt has localised time formats rather than "HH:mm"
Fix: indexT and gaugesT have wrong gauges link; some CSS files in wrong place in webfiles

3005

Fix: NullReferenceException starting timers when UseDataLogger=0 is used
Fix: <#day> should always be two digits
Fix: RTS handshake setting causes issues with Davis logger emulations
Fix: Only first 10 'extra files' get saved to Cumulus.ini
Fix: <#webcam> names its link 'forum'

3006

Fix: <#month> <#hour> <#minute> should always be two digits
Fix: IsDaylight and IsSunUp are never set
Fix: Realtime external program doesn't fire
Fix: <#LastDataReadT> default format is not useful

3007

The charts page (both in the UI and on the web page) work differently now to fix the units problem
The trendsT.htm file has changes
Fix: No data received from WMR100
Fix: Extra sensor log file entries don't have terminating newlines
Fix: <#MinutesSinceLastRainTip> doesn't include hours in calculation
Fix: Processing of non-UTF8 files doesn't always work (? appears in output)
Fix: Pressure not sent to CWOP if UseDavisLoop2 turned off
Fix: Fine Offset indoor temp always in Celsius

3008

Fix: Wind chart shows wrong units and wrong value, if mph not in use (same for all charts, I think)
Fix: No data read from WMR928 on Raspberry Pi
Fix: Gauges show wrong units and scales
Fix: Uploads to PWS etc at 'odd' intervals (not a factor of 60) don't get processed
Fix: Year to date rain not being included
Fix: Wind chill incorrect for Fine Offset when using Fahrenheit

3009

Note that the charts page (both in the UI and on the web page) works differently now to fix the problem where the chart may sometimes not load
Fix: Updating settings can sometimes change upload intervals somehow (e.g. 5mins -> 10mins), or stop them happening
Fix: Indoor temp offset not applied to Fine Offset live data
Fix: UV index on dashboard is always integer (Davis is float)
Fix: <#date> web tag is also giving the time
Fix: Charts sometimes fail to load
Fix: Writing today.ini for high/low can clash with log interval and stop data being read

3010

Note that the 'any key' no longer terminates the program
Fix: Realtime and daily external program launching is currently broken
Fix: Needs to trap ctrl-c and window closing, to close cleanly
Fix: Not all 'out of range' values in Davis logger data are catered for
Fix: WMR100 rain figures wrong (station works in inches, not mm)

3011

Improved the situation regarding non-English settings (e.g. decimal commas)
Fix: Heating/cooling degree days calculation incorrect
Fix: Temperature graph always has C for unit

3012

Fixed a number of other issues which aren't specifically mentioned there
This build removes the licence checks and has no expiry date
Fix: Another issue with heating/cooling degree days - saved values don't get loaded from today.ini at startup
Fix: Issue with UTF8 setting for extra files not consistent on settings screen
Fix: Should check for 'not present' value for THSW index (Davis)
Fix: NOAA yearly report has heating deg days twice instead of heating and cooling deg days

3013

Fixed a number of other issues which aren't specifically mentioned
Fix: Accented characters in month names cause issue with UI all-time records screen
Fix: Calibration settings don't work if system set to decimal commas

3014

Fix: Heat and cool base on NOAA annual report not rounded
Fix: Log files before approx March 2013 won't load in data log viewer
Fix: Error "Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted" if port 843 is already in use

3015

This build sets the console clock on Davis stations (at start up and at 0400) if you have 'synchronise station clock' selected
Fix: Accented characters in forecast strings (and elsewhere) don't display properly on web page
Fix: Dominant wind direction figures not reloaded from today.ini (calc may also be wrong)
Fix: Wind rose data is always 16 items long, even if set to 8 - causes wrong wind rose directions

3016

New: Multiple connections to the user interface should now be possible
New: Now possible to override the default port for the websocket server, by passing a -wsport parameter to the program
Fix: Multiple browser connections to dashboard page don't work
Fix: Two copies can't be run on same machine because websockets port clashes
Fix: Longitude uses seconds from Latitude
Fix: <#presstrend> is empty for WMR928 stations
Fix: Duplicate log entries can occur at midnight - or no entry at all
Fix: There are issues with Twitter updates in build 3015 if you use a twitter.txt
Fix: Davis clock gets set multiple times - or not at all - at 0400

3017

Should improve TCP/IP connections for Davis stations
The web site gauges are now at version 2.5.3
New: Now a separate option to upload the graph data files
Fix (Failed): TCP/IP data stops when using Virtual VP (and possibly other Davis TCP/IP connections?)

3018

Allow longer for the Davis clock time to be received when using TCP/IP connections
Add extra logging to the diags file for data received from Davis stations
Fix: TCP/IP data stops when using Virtual VP (and possibly other Davis TCP/IP connections?)

3019

The footers on the UI pages are now consistent and give the version and build number
New: Implements the following web tags (Davis only):
- <#battery>
- <#txbattery>
- <#DavisTotalPacketsReceived>
- <#DavisTotalPacketsMissed>
- <#DavisNumberOfResynchs>
- <#DavisMaxInARow>
- <#DavisNumCRCerrors>
- <#DavisFirmwareVersion>
Fix: Davis UV is 10x too high from logger data (error in Davis protocol spec)
Fix: This year's high monthly rain isn't read correctly from year.ini at startup, so gets reset to this month's figure

3020

All of the places a Davis can return 255 for wind speed and negative rain rate are handled
Updates the SteelSeries gauges to version 2.5.5

3021

New: The charts are now done using Highcharts
Fix: UV needs separate scale on UV/solar chart
Fix: Encoding not set for web tag processing for extra files
Fix: FTP uploads can go to wrong directory if there are connection issues
Fix: Sharing violation' on a .ini file (e.g. month.ini) when new high wind run se
Changed the structure of both the interface files and the web files

3022

Includes an update to the Highstock (charts) package
The cumuluscharts.js from this build contains a fix for the problem which occurs when your web server sends the wrong content type for the graph data files
Added some more diagnostics
New: You can now control the output format of <#tomorrowdaylength> using an entry in strings.ini
Fix: 'Start of storm rain' value not read from loop data (Davis only)
Fix: Davis UV graph is in integers if you use decimal commas
Fix: Doesn't check for out of range Lux figures (Fine Offset)
Fix: Wind chill in realtime.txt has decimal format for wind rather than temperature
Fix: Davis 'storm rain' is wrong for metric gauges (error in Davis protocol spec)
Fix: Davis '10-min gust' value in LOOP2 packet is not a 10-min gust on VP2 (bug in Davis ISS firmware)

3023

Fixes a few issues and adds daily graphs for rainfall, min/max/average temperature, and sunshine hours
Fix: Problem with setting/unsetting 'send solar' in Wunderground and PWS Weather settings
Fix: Should check that a WU update isn't already in progress before starting a new one

3024

Fix: Low Max temp this month and this year have wrong timestamp
Fix: Davis extra temps and DPs give invalid values when sensor not present
Fix: Moon phases are wrong
Fix: Problem with 'wake console' code on Davis TCP/IP connections

3025

New: Debug logging, diagnostic data logging, and ftp logging can now be set in the UI
New: Davis archive data is now downloaded twice, in case first download took a long time and later entries have since been logged
New: Davis stats are now read every 15 minutes (approx
New: Reading of Davis reception stats is now optional and off by default
New: Make sure dayfile.txt entry is always logged to diags in case of problems writing file
New: 'Stop second instance' option now implemented
New: Graph periods can now be configured
New: Cumulus MX can now update a MySQL database. There are six options - the first three are for realtime.txt data, monthly logfile data, and dayfile.txt data
New: Cumulus MX now offers custom HTTP uploads - rather like the way that Weather Underground is updated, but you specify a custom HTTP URL
Fix: <#tomorrowdaylength> calculation is wrong
Fix: High min temp date is wrong
Fix: Monthly alltime record broken on 1st of month before 0900/1000 gets assigned to wrong month, if using 0900/1000 rollover
Fix: Easyweather.dat input not working
Fix: Stops working after WMR88/100 UV packet received
Improved checking for invalid Davis loop packets, and resynchronisation should be quicker
Changed Fine Offset 'synchronise reads' code to avoid problems
Improved console messages at start up to indicate whether station has been connected successfully

3026

Fix: Crashes at startup if sun is always up (or down). There are other related issues with things like daylight length at higher latitudes
Fix: Sunshine hours on daily graphs sometimes shows previous day's figure
Fix: No data read from WM918 on Raspberry Pi - same as earlier problem with WMR928, deficiency in Mono, need to rewrite code to work around
Fix: Davis wind chill is always degrees C if logger data is being used
Fix: Communication issues with Davis IP loggers
Fix: Rounding issues with Beaufort calculations

3027

Fix: Use of 'periodic disconnect' for Davis IP connections causes crash
Fix: Twitter stops working on some systems
Fix: Data reading thread with Davis serial/USB stations can crash if invalid data received (bug introduced in 3026)

3028

Fix: Data reading thread with Davis serial/USB stations can crash if invalid data received (bug introduced in 3026)
Fix: 'Recent data' missing if duplicate timestamps in log files

3029

New: Changed the code which writes the today.ini file so that the timestamp (the date/time that data was last logged) is written in ISO 8601 format yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss
Fix: Davis 'periodic disconnect' still has problems, on Windows only
Fix: Spurious small 'rain last hour' etc when multiplier used
Fix: Exceptions can occur when enabling or disabling FTP logging dynamically
Fix: WMR928TempChannel setting doesn't also do humidity

3030

Fix: A fix to the 'dp' code for latitude and longitude in 3029 has stopped it working

3031

Fix: Graph data loaded from logs at start up is always for last 24 hours rather than configured period
Fix: Rain in last 24 hours is actually for configured graph period
Fix: A zero in location seconds field can sometimes cause problems
Fix: Davis reception stats are still read every couple of minutes rather than every 15 minutes

3032

New: Direct uploading to Awekas
New: Direct uploading to WeatherCloud
New: An editor for today's rainfall total
New: The data for the 'dashboard', 'now', and 'gauges' pages which was previously only available via a websockets connection is now also available by Ajax (i.e. via an http 'get')
Fix: Checksum validation for Instromet is wrong, so all data is rejected
Fix: Dominant wind direction is wrong when Davis logger data is used (i.e. when catching up)

3033

There seems to be an issue with this build with reading some timestamps from ini files (alltime.ini etc)
Fix: Easyweather.dat reading interval is an integer, should be a float as in Cumulus 1
Fix: All-time and monthly all-time gust don't always get updated on Davis stations if figure from LOOP2 is used
Fix: Crash while parsing data from Instromet station
Fix: External program shouldn't run until all pages processed

3034

Fix: Issue with build 3033 with reading some timestamps from ini files

3035

New: The temperature chart now includes heat index
New: Added some more debug logging for Instromet stations and tweaked the code
New: Archives the month.ini and year.ini file at the end of the month/year as monthYYYYMM.ini and yearYYYY.ini
Fix: Default file encoding on Mono is UTF-8 rather than ANSI, so unsetting UTF-8 options have no effect
Fix: NOAA files with UTF-8 option shouldn't use BOM
Fix: Cloudbase unit not supplied to UI gauges
Fix: Auto ftp of NOAA reports can happen before reports are complete

3036

New: Added a samplestrings.ini file
Fix: Doesn't pre-load graph data etc from log files for 'Easyweather.dat' input
Fix: NOAA files without UTF-8 selected should use ISO-8859-1 not ASCI
Fix: Problems with parsing Instromet responses due to Unix newlines

3037

Moved the generation of the JSON graph data files to the web folder
Fix: Date in Instromet logger entries incorrectly parsed
Fix: Davis Leaf Wetness values are not read correctly
Fix: Processing of Davis archive data can stop after day rollover
Fix: Web files without UTF-8 selected should use ISO-8859-1 not ASCII (causes 'odd' characters to appear)
Fix: End of month/year copies of month.ini and year.ini are incorrectly named if 0900 start of day in use
Fix: Dayfile.txt viewer can display an error message if dayfile.txt from Cumulus 1 is used
Fix: CWOP temperature incorrectly formatted when below 0F - causes CWOP to read as zero

3038

Fix: Another problem with date parsing in Instromet logger entries
Fix: Monthly rain record may get logged at start of month using previous month's total
Fix: Web updates don't work at intervals that aren't factors of 60
Fix: Max and min comparison totals wrong on NOAA annual report

3039

New: Supports new Instromet loggers which run at 19200 baud. This is now the default baud rate
Fix: Instromet logger interval gets set to seconds rather than minutes

3040

Fix: Fixes some issues with Instromet archive download
Fix: (hopefully) 'last rain tip' time for Instromet stations

3041

New: Support for FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS)
New: Adds RainLast24Hour to data available to Dashboard
Fix: Problem where data input stops on WMR200
Fix: Graph label colour for sub-zero when Fahrenheit in use

3042

A Cumulus.ini setting to turn off the 'extra' decimal place in pressure values on Davis stations. To limit the pressure to 1 decimal for mb/hPa and 2 for inHg, add the following to the [Station] section of Cumulus.ini:

DavisIncrementPressureDP=0

MX now automatically processes and uploads the realtimegauges.txt file, so you don't need to add it as an extra file. Can be turned off in the internet settings.
Extra diagnostics when Davis archive reading thread terminates abnormally
Implemented "TempMult2" second order calibration setting, as in Cumulus 1.9.4 (set via Cumulus.ini only)
Implemented forcing of more frequent barometer updates on Davis stations (set via Cumulus.ini only - ForceVPBarUpdate=1 in [Station] section). Note that this is only useful on very old versions of the console firmware.
Sunshine hours incremented correctly using Davis archive data
Improve Heat Index calculation (added "Rothfusz adjustments")

Also included?:

Fix: Should calculate rain rate for Instromet stations
Fix: RainLast24Hour in dashboard data is always zero
Fix: The one second read timeout introduced in 3041 for Davis stations is not long enough for Weatherduino - needs to be configurable
Fix: Doesn't use configured FTP port