Welcome to the Cumulus Support forum.

Latest Cumulus MX V4 release 4.4.2 (build 4085) - 12 March 2025

Latest Cumulus MX V3 release 3.28.6 (build 3283) - 21 March 2024

Legacy Cumulus 1 release 1.9.4 (build 1099) - 28 November 2014
(a patch is available for 1.9.4 build 1099 that extends the date range of drop-down menus to 2030)

Download the Software (Cumulus MX / Cumulus 1 and other related items) from the Wiki

If you are posting a new Topic about an error or if you need help PLEASE read this first viewtopic.php?p=164080#p164080

Configuring Cumulus with FWI Calc (Mini tutorial)

Other discussion about creating web sites for Cumulus that doesn't have a specific subforum

Moderator: daj

Post Reply
User avatar
yv1hx
Posts: 223
Joined: Mon 05 Apr 2010 10:40 pm
Weather Station: No station yet ...
Operating System: Win XP Professional
Location: Some point in the Earth

Configuring Cumulus with FWI Calc (Mini tutorial)

Post by yv1hx »

This tutorial pretends show how configure FWI Calc and Cumulus, step-by-step:

1) Using your favorite plain text editor, create the a text file named "FWI_Input_Values.txt" where your Cumulus installation resides. (In my case is the C:\Cumulus folder)

Code: Select all

<#day>/<#month>/<#year> ; <#temp> ; <#hum> ; <#wspeed> ; <#rfall>
2) In the Configuration > Internet menu, select the "Files" tab:
1.JPG

3) Then, in a blank field, using the "Browse" button to navigate to C:\Cumulus folder:
2.JPG
4) Pick the file "FWI_Input_Values.txt":
3.JPG
5) In the blank box on the right, write the file name where Cumulus will writing the formatted data when parsing (My FWI Calc resides in the c:\FWI folder, So I decided name it "FWI_Output_Values.txt"):
4.JPG
Don't forget tick the "Process?" and "Realtime?" options!

Now you can press the "OK" button to save your changes in C:\Cumulus.


6) Open your FWI Calc program, open: Menu > FWI Setup menu.

In the section 3) (I honestly assume that you have already configured the "Station Settings" and "Initial FWI / Environment" settings), pick the data file "FWI_Output_Values.txt":
5.JPG
Be sure to select "; Semi Colon" from the pull down list.

7) Select your engineering units at the same units used in Cumulus (Our station is using Metrics units):
6.JPG
8) Press the "Check" button in the upper right; If everything was OK, you will get the "SETTINGS APPEAR VALID!" in the right lower message box:
7.JPG
9) Now press the "OK" button.


This setups will avoid the "date/time format" and the "list separators" issues, and should work in almost any FWI Calc + Cumulus setup.

Sorry for my lack of English, I hope this will help someone... ;)
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Marco
Post Reply