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Hours of Sunshine

Topics about the Beta trials up to Build 3043, the last build by Cumulus's founder Steve Loft. It was by this time way out of Beta but Steve wanted to keep it that way until he made a decision on his and Cumulus's future.

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Hours of Sunshine

Post by Albert Dulfer »

I have a wh3081 station running cumulus mx on windows 8.1 pro, and recently it stopped recording the hours of sunshine. Can anyone suggest a resolution or things I can check? Solar and UV readings are working OK.
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Re: Hours of Sunshine

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Perhaps your solar settings are such that the threshold is not being exceeded? What settings are you using?
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Re: Hours of Sunshine

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My sun threshold is set to 75.
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Re: Hours of Sunshine

Post by steve »

Looking at your solar graph, for yesterday at least, your solar reading only briefly exceeded 75% of your theoretical max, so you probably need to adjust your settings. Note that the threshold is not the only setting - you may need to adjust your transmission factor.
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