Cumulus Support

Hi

Im new to all this and need help please

Originally I had the app installed on a pc but where it had to be on all the time, it didn’t work. So I bought a raspberry Pi and thought I could do the same.

I could be wrong but can you only install this app as an OS on RP or can you install it as an app?

Thanks

Hi there

It is fairly easy to run CMX on a RPi the following link gives the technical detail
https://cumuluswiki.org/a/MX_on_Linux

Once you have your RPi operating system up and running you will need to install mono to enable the CMX software (windows based) to operate.

Once mono complete is installed, this is fairly slow so be patient, you can download and install CMX at the pi user level and hopefully if you browse to http://192.168.0.119:8998/ or your equivalent you will see the CMX desktop. You will need to get any data from your pc input to the RPi , I use VNC viewer from the pc to the RPi for internal data transfers and viewing.

When you have got CMX running as the internal data store and are comfortable with the RPi you can then set up external hosted web sites using CumulusUtils or the Cumulus basic website.

Overall it is great when it is running but the system does require some time and patience and the inevitable set backs before you reah the end.

you can install either a Linux based operating system on your RPi (that's the usual procedure) or install Windows 11 on a RPi (needs to be a RPi4B 4GB for Win11). Once you have the OS installed (whichever Debian, Raspian, Ubuntu ....) you can install CMX "as an app" on it. Description in the WiKi as @AndyKF650 already mentioned.

As you seem to have an Ecowitt station, you could keep on running it (CMX) on your PC.
From Version 3.16.0 on CMX can backfill data from the Ecowitt cloud when you restart your PC after a shutdown and then restart CMX.
Pre-requisite is that you have an account in the Ecowitt cloud (ecowitt.net) and have created a so-called API key and App key in your ecowitt.net dashboard (my devices).
As your console keeps on posting data into the Ecowitt cloud (provided this posting is activated), the data isn't lost and can be recovered by CMX into the CMX database when the PC starts again. 5 minute interval data will be available in the Ecowitt cloud for the past two months.