Dayfile.txt upload

[Graham64]

Hi
Using Cumulus 1.9.4 build 1094 on my old XP machine I was successfully uploading dayfile.txt using the daily section of the external programs configuration. However I recently moved Cumulus to a Windows 7 machine and the upload is not working.
It seems to remove the contents of dayfile.txt and leave an empty file. However when I run the batch file from a cmd window the file is correctly uploading.
Attached are a screen shot of the configuration window and of the successful running of the batch file.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Graham

[steve]

I don't think you can be doing anything wrong, because the configuration in Cumulus is to simply put the command in the box, and you've done that. Perhaps you could redirect the output to a file, and then you would see what's happening when the command is run, as you do when it's run from the command line.

[Graham64]

Steve
Thanks. I've redirected the output to a log file and this is what is recorded when the batch file is run by Cumulus at midnight:-

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onnected to poundstockpacket.org.uk.
220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------
220-You are user number 4 of 50 allowed.
220-Local time is now 23:59. Server port: 21.
220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
220 You will be disconnected after 30 minutes of inactivity.
User (poundstockpacket.org.uk:(none)): 
331 User packet_ftp2@poundstockpacket.org.uk OK. Password required

230 OK. Current restricted directory is /
ftp> cd /weather
250 OK. Current directory is /weather
ftp> put c:\cumulus\data\dayfile.txt
200 PORT command successful
425 Could not open data connection to port 23954: Connection timed out
ftp> quit
221-Goodbye. You uploaded 0 and downloaded 0 kbytes.
221 Logout.

I'm afraid that I do not understand why there is an error 425 when the batch file is run by Cumulus but it is Ok when I run it from the cmd window.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks
Graham

[steve]

A firewall issue? Perhaps Cumulus needs a firewall rule (for port 21), as its the program that launches the batch file. The batch file is using active ftp mode, but Cumulus is using passive mode for its own ftp, so the batch file needs different ports to be open.

I don't think Windows ftp supports passive mode, otherwise a solution might be to enable that. Other ftp programs such as WinSCP do.

[rogerthn]

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...
ftp> put c:\cumulus\data\dayfile.txt
...

I'm afraid that I do not understand why there is an error 425 when the batch file is run by Cumulus but it is Ok when I run it from the cmd window.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks
Graham

hmmm, maybe

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put c:\cumulus\data\dayfile.txt dayfile.txt

[Graham64]

Steve
Problem now solved.
I have set WinSCP up to do the daily upload of dayfile.txt as suggested in the Wiki.
Thanks for your help