Cumulus Support

Running on a pc win7:
I have run Cumulus for many years with no problems but a few days ago my pc hard disc went down and I lost all my software! So new disc and new application of Cumulus; download the latest version 3068. My weather station is whatson running easy weather. Downloaded CumulusMX unpack the software ran mx, get the message ”replace * with ip addy” start the browser with localhost run MX has admin, but just stps running in dos window?

get the message ”replace * with ip addy” start the browser with localhost run MX has admin, but just stps running in dos window?

That appears to be correct in how CumulusMX runs.
Then open a new browser on that computer and enter the url localhost:8998 and that should bring up the dashboard interface, including settings, etc.
On another computer on your local network you can also access the CumulusMX dashboard by entering the host computer's IP address - i.e. 192.168.0.160:8998

Enjoy,
Paul

Thats what I have done but don't get the dashboard? program just stops when I run mx has admin?

my pc hard disc went down and I lost all my software!

So did you install a brand new version of Windows 7? If so, have you done all the Windows Updates(are they available?) as CumulusMX requires a particular version of the .Net Framework that is not available until you do Windows 7 update (think it was .Net Framework 3.5.1 and above).

Is there anything in the MXdiags file?

Enjoy,
Paul

net framework 4.8
MXdiag

2020-03-12 14:32:02.769 ========================== Cumulus MX starting ==========================
2020-03-12 14:32:02.772 Command line: "C:\CumulusMX\CumulusMX\CumulusMX.exe"
2020-03-12 14:32:02.772 Cumulus MX v.3.4.4 build 3068
2020-03-12 14:32:02.777 Platform: Win32NT
2020-03-12 14:32:02.778 OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
2020-03-12 14:32:02.804 Current culture: English (United Kingdom)
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 Directory separator=[\] Decimal separator=[.] List separator=[,]
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 Date separator=[/] Time separator=[:]
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 Standard time zone name: GMT Standard Time
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 Daylight saving time name: GMT Daylight Time
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 Daylight saving time? False
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 12/03/2020 14:32:02
2020-03-12 14:32:02.805 Data path = data\
2020-03-12 14:32:02.828 Creating backup folder backup\20200312143202\
2020-03-12 14:32:02.834 Created backup folder backup\20200312143202\
2020-03-12 14:32:02.845 Reading Cumulus.ini file
2020-03-12 14:32:02.847 ASM=10 AST=00:10:00
2020-03-12 14:32:02.848 Cumulus start date: 09 March 2020
2020-03-12 14:32:02.850 Debug logging is disabled
2020-03-12 14:32:02.850 Data logging is disabled
2020-03-12 14:32:02.850 Logging interval = 10
2020-03-12 14:32:02.850 NoSensorCheck = 0
2020-03-12 14:32:02.875 Calculating sunrise and sunset times
2020-03-12 14:32:02.877 Sunrise: 06:06:15
2020-03-12 14:32:02.877 Sunset : 18:12:42
2020-03-12 14:32:02.877 Tomorrow sunrise: 06:05:59
2020-03-12 14:32:02.877 Tomorrow sunset : 18:12:26
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 Station type: Undefined
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 WindUnit=m/s RainUnit=mm TempUnit=°C PressureUnit=mb
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 YTDRain=0.000 Year=0
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 RainDayThreshold=-1.000
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 Offsets and Multipliers:
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 PO=0.000 TO=0.000 HO=0 WDO=0 ITO=0.000 SO=0.000 UVO=0.000
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 PM=1.000 WSM=1.000 WGM=1.000 TM=1.000 TM2=0.000 HM=1.000 HM2=0.000 RM=1.000 SM=1.000 UVM=1.000
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 Spike removal:
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 TD=999.000 GD=999.000 WD=999.000 HD=999.000 PD=999.000
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 MR=999.000 MH=999.000
2020-03-12 14:32:02.882 Cumulus Starting
2020-03-12 14:32:02.883 Opening station
2020-03-12 14:32:02.900 671 web tags initialised
2020-03-12 14:32:02.908 HTML root path = C:\CumulusMX\CumulusMX\interface
Exiting system due to external CTRL-C, or process kill, or shutdown
2020-03-12 14:32:18.518 Cumulus closing
2020-03-12 14:32:18.523 Writing Cumulus.ini file

Cumulus was running, then it was closed... Did you close the black console window?

Not able to load the info for the gauges? say can't connect? tried ip addy and localhost no luck.

Are you by any chance expecting the MSDOS window to turn in to a Cumulus 1 like front end as that is not how CumulusMX works.

You have to load up your browser of choice and type into the URL http://localhost:8998 or htpp://your ip address:8998 and the Cumulus MX interface will appear in the browser. Do NOT close the running MSDOS window with a Ctrl+C as the browser will not be able to connect to anything as that window is running the web server the browser connects to.