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[freddie]

Thnx @freddie, if this is his only bad file he's saved

If there are any more then I would be happy to do those too if it would save Paul any worry.

[Paul C]

Hi

Thanks everyone for your help with this one.

As you may know I was an original Cumulus user, in fact I was a test dummy for Steve Loft when he was developing Cumulus, basically If I could get it to work so could everyone else, I think that was Steves thought anyway.

Since them Cumulus has been ticking away nicely in the background until I decided to switch to MX this January.

I cannot account for the changes in the files - its not something I have done

Please find attached a couple more months data.

I would really like all years, the more data you have the more you can look at the long term trends etc. I have been recording the weather for the Met office now for 22 years (unpaid) so I am now starting to see increases in temperature means inline with our changing weather patterns.

[HansR]

Well @Paul C, if we skip the cause, at least we know what is wrong and @freddy made clear how to quickly mend the wrong files. So maybe you and freddy work it out and when OK we get back here? We can't let go this link with the past can we?

[Paul C]

Sounds good. If Freddy is happy to edit the files. Then I think it's the best approach

[freddie]

Okay I will do the files in the morning

[Paul C]

Thanks

There are quite a few. Don't think I will be able to attach to the forum .

What's the best way ?

[freddie]

Can you upload them to your website and perhaps I can download from there? Or zip them individually and pm to me?

[Paul C]

http://www.bramptonweather.co.uk/oldfiles/Sep07log.txt

OK - I thing I have uploaded them all, starts Sep07log.txt onwards

If this doesnt work I will try and zip and send them via a PM

thankyou

[freddie]

That will work. I'll do it this afternoon.

[sfws]

That will work. I'll do it this afternoon.

Freddie, I think he has uploaded some files with correct comma separator. If so, you won't be editing those in same way as yesterday.

See my earlier post, since slightly corrected, the earlier files almost certainly don't have tab issue.
HansR mentioned that those earlier files have issue of fewer fields than were defined for 1.9.4, and so gave errors. A separate strategy will be needed to add those fields, I am not sure if Create Missing utility covers those very old changes, nor do I recall if my old PHP or JavaScript utilities adding derivatives can do this ?

[HansR]

That will work. I'll do it this afternoon.

Freddie, I think he has uploaded some files with correct comma separator. If so, you won't be editing those in same way as yesterday.

See my earlier post, since slightly corrected, the earlier files almost certainly don't have tab issue.
HansR mentioned that those earlier files have issue of fewer fields than were defined for 1.9.4, and so gave errors. A separate strategy will be needed to add those fields, I am not sure if Create Missing utility covers those very old changes, nor do I recall if my old PHP or JavaScript utilities adding derivatives can do this ?

CreateMissing only adresses issues with the dayfile. Afaik the monthly logs are not touched. So if the format of the monthly logs is wrong you may correct that. If that is impossible or fields cannot be added or whatever problem may occur, the file will be skipped by CumulusUtils. For older files it will just mean they will not be accounted in the statistics (solar and Wind only). However, when errors encountered which point to illegal format CUtils will detect a fatal and exit. Those errors need to be addressed.

[sfws]

I fully understand that illegal separators was the cause of failure.
I was only pointing out that Paul has now shared some files that do have legal separators throughout, but reading them gave warnings re some missing fields.

CreateMissing only adresses issues with the dayfile

Let us assume a particular day in dayfile.txt is missing the daily extremes for feels like temperature (that was not included prior to release 3.6.11 (8 July 2020)).
To work out daily extremes for feels like temperature, Create Missing has to calculate the spot feels like temperature for every line within that day, in the monthly log, the feels like calculation requires concurrent spot temperature, spot humidity, and spot wind speed. So it does update the monthly log, there is no other way to calculate a daily extreme.

Based on how Mark describes his utility, it was only coded to do this for those derivatives added to MX between 3.0.0 and now.
3.0.0 had same fields as 1.9.4, but we were looking at file produced by 1.8.2, and that had fewer fields.

In May 2020, I supplied you with some (later abandoned) JavaScript that recalculated derived fields after any source fields were edited in the MX data file editor, I doubt if that addressed fields not present at 1.8.2, but I would not remember any code I saw a couple of days ago, let alone 2 years ago.

[HansR]

@sfws: I suggest to discuss this elsewhere as this is going to pollute this CUtils new user thread (and possibly frighten off new users ).
I understand what you are saying, if you wish to discuss, please send PM.

[Gerrit]

Good day,

This is my first post here on the forum, and I think there will be a few more to come.
I would like to install the program, and especially for the wildfire page, that still occurs here sometimes.

I can't quite figure it out, opening the EXE file worked, but then I keep getting stuck, and don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I already have 32 days of data, but these are loaded from Weaterlink

www.waskolkweer.nl/mx/index.php
Gerrit

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2022-04-09 16:58:27.674 Information According to Inifile Info => Error: True, Warning: True, Info: True, Verbose: False, 
2022-04-09 16:58:27.677 CumulusUtils version: 6.8.1 
2022-04-09 16:58:27.677  CuSupport constructor : Unit Wind (m/s, mph, km/h, kts): km/h
2022-04-09 16:58:27.677  CuSupport constructor : Unit Pressure (mb,hPa,inHg): hPa
2022-04-09 16:58:27.678  CuSupport constructor : Unit Rain (mm,in): mm
2022-04-09 16:58:27.678  CuSupport constructor : Unit T (C,F): °C
2022-04-09 16:58:27.678  CuSupport constructor : Unit Distance (m, mi, km, kn): km
2022-04-09 16:58:27.679  CUstrings[xx].ini : CUstringsEN.ini looked for.
2022-04-09 16:58:27.680 Information  No CUstringsEN.ini found.
2022-04-09 16:58:27.693 InetSupport: Constructor start
2022-04-09 16:58:29.174 Information InetSupport: FTP Setup (After connect):
2022-04-09 16:58:29.175 InetSupport: Plain Old FTP activated.
2022-04-09 16:58:29.175 Information InetSupport: FTP Server: ProFTPD on Unix
2022-04-09 16:58:29.175 CumulusUtils : ----------------------------
2022-04-09 16:58:29.175 CumulusUtils : Entering Main
2022-04-09 16:58:29.196 CommandLineArgs : starting
2022-04-09 16:58:29.197  CommandLineArgs : handling arg: website
2022-04-09 16:58:29.197 CommandLineArgs : End
2022-04-09 16:58:29.198 Dayfile constructor: Using path: | data/ |; file: | dayfile.txt
2022-04-09 16:58:29.200 Information Dayfile constructor: Working on: data/copy_dayfile.txt
2022-04-09 16:58:29.215 Error Exception Unknown : De index ligt buiten de matrixgrenzen.
2022-04-09 16:58:29.237 Error Data (cont): cumulusutils
2022-04-09 16:58:29.238 Error Data:    bij CumulusUtils.Dayfile..ctor(CuSupport s)
   bij CumulusUtils.CMXutils.<RealMainAsync>d__168.MoveNext()
--- Einde van stacktracering vanaf vorige locatie waar uitzondering is opgetreden ---
   bij System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   bij System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   bij System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd(Task task)
   bij CumulusUtils.CMXutils.<Main>d__167.MoveNext()
2022-04-09 16:58:29.238 Error Exiting - check log file
2022-04-09 16:58:29.239 Dayfile destructor: Closing file and ending program

[Gerrit]

Sorry, foutje