Cumulus Support

Hi,

First post...

I have a davis Pro 2 running with Cumulus, the latest download version. I think I have set up the website correctly, but it does not seem to get the data.

What have I missed?

Link - http://www.geoghunt.talktalk.net/

Thanks

Paul

You don't seem to have uploaded the required config file, CumulusRealtime.xml, as http://www.geoghunt.talktalk.net/CumulusRealtime.xml gives a 404. Instructions are in the readme.txt file that came with the Cumulus Realtime download. In addition, you will need to configure Cumulus to upload the realtime.txt file containing the data; it would presumably be here - http://www.geoghunt.talktalk.net/realtime.txt - but that also gives a 404.

If those files are actually there, but the web server won't serve them (because it doesn't allow .xml and .txt files), then you can't use the Cumulus Realtime web application with your provider.

Hi Thanks for the reply.

I have got the following on the website

Name Size Date Modified
CumulusRealtime.xap 986 kB 28/01/2013 00:00:00
changes.txt 346 B 28/01/2013 00:00:00
compass.png 5.2 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
gauges.htm 36.0 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
hum.png 9.0 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
humsm.png 1.7 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
index.htm 5.1 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
index.html 2.9 kB 28/01/2013 00:00:00
intemp.png 8.1 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
intempsm.png 1.5 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
moon.bmp 16.1 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
press.png 8.2 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
presssm.png 1.5 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
rain.png 5.7 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
raind.png 7.4 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
raindsm.png 1.5 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
rainsm.png 1.3 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
raint.png 5.9 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
raintsm.png 1.3 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
record.htm 7.8 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
temp.png 16.5 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
tempm.png 11.8 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
tempmsm.png 2.3 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
tempsm.png 1.6 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
thismonth.htm 7.6 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
thisyear.htm 7.7 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
today.htm 5.1 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
trends.htm 4.0 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
wind.png 10.7 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
windd.png 12.0 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
winddsm.png 1.6 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
windgauge.png 24.0 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
windrose.png 3.4 kB 11/09/2013 20:01:00
windsm.png 1.7 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00
yesterday.htm 4.8 kB 11/09/2013 20:00:00

Where do I find the files you mentioned in the Culumlus software?

Cheers

The CumulusRealtime.xml file is in the zip file that you downloaded. You edit it as in the readme.txt in the zip file and upload it. To get Cumulus to upload the realtime.txt file you have to set the realtime options on the internet settings screen. If you've already set those but the realtime.txt file isn't being uploaded, then the most likely explanation is that you've configured the wrong directory in the 'web site' settings, and you probably need to leave it blank instead.

Those image files on your site should be getting uploaded to an 'images' folder, but that presumably doesn't exist - if you want to use the standard Cumulus web site you need to follow the instructions on setting up a web site in the help and/or the wiki. But you've called the page hosting the Cumulus Realtime application index.html, so it's become the default page rather than the index.htm page that Cumulus is uploading, and the rest of the pages are thus effectively hidden as it won't be obvious to someone visiting the site how to get to them. It's not clear to me exactly what it is you're trying to achieve.

Thanks Steve,

I shall have another read of the wiki, as I thought I had followed it though - clearly not. I have uploaded the files you mentioned, and will have another play with the settings. The weather station is at school, so I shall have to wait until tomorrow.

Hopefully I shall be able to report a successful website soon,

Paul

Hi,

Well I seem to be making progress, so thanks to Steve and the Wiki page.

Does it now look right?

The webpage structure still looks a little messy but I am wokring on that.... How do I link the files to the realtime pages?

09/11/2013 08:19PM 2,925 CumulusRealtime.html
09/11/2013 08:37PM 196,324 CumulusRealtime.swf
01/28/2013 12:00AM 1,009,206 CumulusRealtime.xap
09/11/2013 08:17PM 879 CumulusRealtime.xml
09/11/2013 08:36PM 5,298 compass.png
09/11/2013 08:37PM Directory dbimages
09/11/2013 08:45PM 36,898 gauges.htm
09/11/2013 08:36PM 9,147 hum.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 1,655 humsm.png
09/11/2013 08:46PM Directory images
09/11/2013 08:45PM 5,191 index.htm
09/11/2013 08:36PM 8,139 intemp.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 1,543 intempsm.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 16,438 moon.bmp
09/11/2013 08:35PM 8,510 press.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 1,541 presssm.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 5,135 rain.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 7,594 raind.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 1,530 raindsm.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 1,321 rainsm.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 5,626 raint.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 1,337 raintsm.png
09/11/2013 08:25PM 10,409 realtime.txt
01/28/2013 12:00AM 2,925 realtimeindex.html
09/11/2013 08:45PM 8,025 record.htm
09/11/2013 08:35PM 16,902 temp.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 12,042 tempm.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 2,382 tempmsm.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 1,655 tempsm.png
09/11/2013 08:45PM 7,777 thismonth.htm
09/11/2013 08:45PM 7,931 thisyear.htm
09/11/2013 08:45PM 5,235 today.htm
09/11/2013 08:45PM 4,096 trends.htm
09/11/2013 08:37PM 3,584 weatherstyle.css
09/11/2013 08:35PM 10,897 wind.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 12,594 windd.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 1,625 winddsm.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 24,533 windgauge.png
09/11/2013 08:36PM 3,456 windrose.png
09/11/2013 08:35PM 1,730 windsm.png
09/11/2013 08:37PM 23,935 wz_jsgraphics.js
09/11/2013 08:45PM 4,960 yesterday.htm

Cheers

Yes that looks better, the standard pages are visible. Realtime guages are also there.
You might want to update to a more recent build of Cumulus, it changes the navigation links by adding an extra (monthly records) web page. If you can compare the build you currently have with the new one (on install say no to updating templates, then the new ones will go in your local subfolder web/originals) so you can compare new in there with your existing old ones left in web subdirectory.

Having seen what has changed, do a similar change for your CumulusRealtime.html page.

Yes, I shall have a look at that. I thought I had made some changes, and then of course, the computer at school uploaded the latest page from there, instead of my home pc, so I lost the changes.

Am I right in thinking that templates need to be on the computer that Cumulus us running on.

Thanks

Paul

geoghunt wrote:Am I right in thinking that templates need to be on the computer that Cumulus Is running on.

A 'template' is a local file containing webtags that Cumulus must process in order that Cumulus can generate a web page (HTML) (and upload to your website normally). So yes, the template must be edited on the machine with cumulus installed.
Incidentally, if you do update your cumulus you will need to follow the numbered steps in the release notice about 'monthly records' - see https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9286.

A file that stays unchanged on your website (like the weatherstyle.css file) is something that you could download to a computer without cumulus, edit it (say you wanted to change 'text-transform: lowercase;'), then as you have been doing use a file transfer program to put the new version onto your website.

Hi everyone.

I have made a lot of progress since last night, but still seem to have an issue with realtime.

I don't have any thing showing on the dials, is this an issue with the host rather than the files i have uploaded?

Thanks

Paul

www.geoghunt.talktalk.net

You would appear to be uploading the realtime.txt instuction file up as realtime.txt rather than the correct file with the webtags processed, that is why it is not working.