Cumulus Support

Despite using CUMULUS MX for many years, I still find difficult to update the program.

In this last update mcrossley has not published the list of files to be modified.

Can anyone clarify which files have been modified?

Or even better, is there a method to update CUMULUSMX for all future versions without losing any settings we have?

Thank you very much.

The simplest, recommended way is..

1. Stop Cumulus.
2. Make sure you have a backup copy of the Cumulus folder.
3. Copy the entire contents of the zip file to your Cumulus folder.
4. Start Cumulus again.

That will leave obsolete files in place.
Perhaps a note re obsolete files should be incorporated in Updates.txt as and when appropriate?

BCJKiwi wrote: ↑Tue 08 Dec 2020 8:12 pm That will leave obsolete files in place.
Perhaps a note re obsolete files should be incorporated in Updates.txt as and when appropriate?

True, though they do no harm.
Obsolete files can be listed, and I think have been in the past, I'll try and ensure they are in the future, though they don't happen very often.

I posted something I've been working on that may be of interest - at viewtopic.php?f=40&t=18813 "Cumulus MX Update Helper Script". I chose to start a separate thread because it isn't tied to any particular release.

mcrossley wrote: ↑Tue 08 Dec 2020 4:49 pm The simplest, recommended way is..

1. Stop Cumulus.
2. Make sure you have a backup copy of the Cumulus folder.
3. Copy the entire contents of the zip file to your Cumulus folder.
4. Start Cumulus again.

It worked perfectly.

I only had to re-apply a small change in a single file (gauges.htm).

But now there's another new version, I can't get enough of it.

Thanks for your great work.

mcrossley wrote: ↑Tue 08 Dec 2020 4:49 pm The simplest, recommended way is..

1. Stop Cumulus.
2. Make sure you have a backup copy of the Cumulus folder.
3. Copy the entire contents of the zip file to your Cumulus folder.
4. Start Cumulus again.

Doesn't this overwrite your current data files?

No

mcrossley wrote: ↑Tue 08 Dec 2020 4:49 pm The simplest, recommended way is..

1. Stop Cumulus.
2. Make sure you have a backup copy of the Cumulus folder.
3. Copy the entire contents of the zip file to your Cumulus folder.
4. Start Cumulus again.

Bear with me here just to make sure I'm doing this correctly because upgrade isn't taking for me for some reason.
Downloaded most current version
Opened up Filezilla and connected to Rpi
Dragged latest version of CumulusMX zip file into CumulusMX file on right pane of Filezilla
Restarted the Rpi

Still not running current version though.

did you unzip it?

Please note that I solved all your update troubles with the Multiplatform Installer for CMX.
You may wish to start using this.