How do I import data from Cumulus 1.9.4 to MX 3.0.0 ?

[mag]

I hade data saved from 2013 that I would like to imort into my new Cumulus MX 3.0.0.0 from my old Cumulus 1.9.4

Running Windows 10 Pro x64

How do I do that?
, can not fins any menu entries or tools for this.

[mcrossley]

If you are using the same locale settings for Date/Time and decimal place, then all you need to do is copy over your data folder from C1 to MX.

You may have to edit the *.ini files...

From the FAQ:
If you want to use your Cumulus 1 data with MX, and you use decimal commas, you will need to edit the .ini files to change the decimal commas into periods/full stops. The other data files will be OK.


You can copy your Cumulus.ini file too, but be aware you have to edit it before you start MX...

From the FAQ:
If you are using your 'old' Cumulus.ini file, make sure your 'ftp site' section is [FTP site] with 'site' in lower case

and you will need to change the NOAA file names in Cumulus.ini...
NOAA:

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MonthFileFormat='NOAAMO'MMyy'.txt'
YearFileFormat='NOAAYR'yyyy'.txt'

General process would be...
Stop C1.
Copy your Data folder and Cumulus.ini
Edit as above.
Start MX.

And with a following wind/breeze you should be where you left off with C1.
You can always stop MX and go back to C1 as long as the logger data hasn't wrapped around.

[mag]

I think we are talking about different things.

In my old Cumulus data directory I have a lot of files with the name mmYYlog.txt (for example jan13log.txt)
And in the new Cumulus MX data directory there is a database names cumulusmx.db and diary.db (I presume that it in these two the data is stored).
How do I import all my txt data files into the database?

When I try toconnect to the mySql with MySql Workbench 127.0.0.1:3306 I get an error (see attached picture).
(Tried with username user, can not find any references how to acces this database)

[mag]

Aha, think I solved it

The .db files that are located in the data directory is not in use and they are in SqLite database format.

All I haved to do is to copy alla my .txt data files (and combine the latest of them),
then copy or edit the alltimelog.txt, month.ini, monthyalltime.ini, year.ini files to get all records and so on into Cumulus Mx.
And also in Cumulus.ini file edit the Startdate entry.

Did I miss anything ?

[mcrossley]

Yep, you've got the idea. You just copy the data files over - keep your originals in the C1 folder as backup so you can go back it if need be.

Edit the ini files in Data\

In Cumulus.ini you don't need o change the start date - your data is exactly the same, so the start date is the same. You do need to make the changes I outlined above though.

The db files in data are for future use - though the diary db is now used in the latest releases.