Cumulus Support

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 1:01 pm**

Hello.
I switched from installing CumulusMX from Win 10 to Rpi3+. Everything went fine except for one error in the log.
The previous build was 3, now I'm on the last 4.
The error in the log looks like this:

Rain counter reset confirmed: RaindayStart = 1234.4, Raincounter = 617.2

I don't know how to get rid of it.
Thank you for any info.

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 2:02 pm**

The rain counter comes from your station. Without logs with debug and data logging, I would say previously it was sending 1234.4mm and now it is sending 617.2mm.

The message tells you Cumulus has detected this change and will compensate for it so the total in Cumulus should remain correct.

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 3:51 pm**

Thank you.

In the today.ini file I have this:

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[Rain]
High=0
HTime=2024-12-28T00:00:00
HourlyHigh=0
HHourlyTime=2024-12-28T00:00:00
High24h=0
High24hTime=2024-12-28T00:00:00
Start=1234.4000000000001
Yesterday=0
LastTip=2024-12-26 09:49
ConsecutiveRainDays=0
ConsecutiveDryDays=1
RG11Today=0
Midnight=617.20000000000005
Last=617.20000000000005

617,2 is the annual total - according to the records, this is the correct number.

The today.ini file is created continuously on the day according to the station data or from some calculation done by CumulusMX?

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 3:54 pm**

One more addition.
In the old installation today.ini looks like this.

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[Rain]
High=0
HTime=00:00
HourlyHigh=0
HHourlyTime=00:00
High24h=0
High24hTime=00:00
Start=617.20000000000005
Yesterday=0
LastTip=2024-12-26 09:49
ConsecutiveRainDays=0
ConsecutiveDryDays=1
RG11Today=0

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 4:14 pm**

I'm unable to help with this one, but it strikes me that 617.20000000000005 X 2 = 1234.4000000000001
Can't be a coincidence.

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 4:18 pm**

It's interesting that 617.2 x 2 is 1234.4. Perhaps you started up MX and then entered the yearly total so far. As Mark said, the total actually comes from the station, so no need to manually set it - if that is what you did

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 4:25 pm**

freddie wrote: ↑Sat 28 Dec 2024 4:18 pm Perhaps you started up MX and then entered the yearly total so far.

Yes, I ran MX with data from an old installation with the wrong COM port. So the data from the station was not updated.

How should I proceed now to get everything right.
Reading the data on the wiki, my understanding so far is that there is no point in editing today.ini, that it will be recalculated according to the cached data.
Thanks for more info.

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 4:55 pm**

I've edited it via the rain editor and it seems to be bug free.

Thank you all again and have a wonderful New Year

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 6:35 pm**

Beny44 wrote: ↑Sat 28 Dec 2024 4:55 pm Thank you all again and have a wonderful New Year

I am glad that my answer provided a small hint in the right direction.

A weatherful

2025 to you too!

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 7:15 pm**

There was another error.
CumulusMX4 does not load the dayfile.txt file correctly.
My formatting is the same as in the old installation, but according to the listing there it has errors.

MX3

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06.12.13;40,2;0;15:50;-1,0;23:01;1,4;15:02;1008,44;14:59;1012,84;23:50;0,0;00:00;0,0;0,3;56,9;11,3;22:37;66;15:20;93;22:54;0,00;0,0;1,4;15:02;-1,4;15:48;-5,4;22:47;0,0;00:00;-6,0;16:18;-1,8;23:27;-4,2;15:20;228;6,7;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00
07.12.13;40,2;211;15:50;-0,7;07:32;1,7;11:20;1012,47;00:00;1021,58;23:15;0,0;00:00;0,0;0,5;139,9;16,1;00:40;69;02:39;93;23:54;0,00;0,0;1,7;11:20;-1,0;14:29;-5,9;00:41;0,0;00:00;-4,9;00:41;0,1;23:54;-5,0;02:39;238;17,8;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00
08.12.13;38,6;184;02:21;0,9;00:12;4,6;13:11;1020,76;23:25;1024,15;10:22;0,0;00:00;0,8;3,3;100,6;9,7;23:06;85;14:37;93;00:00;0,00;0,0;4,6;13:11;2,4;13:17;-2,0;00:14;0,4;08:16;-0,5;00:14;2,6;12:12;-0,1;00:12;182;15,0;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00
09.12.13;37,0;175;08:03;4,3;00:01;6,6;19:48;1019,54;05:31;1029,26;23:56;3,6;01:32;1,6;5,7;133,3;11,3;05:46;84;13:13;92;02:05;0,00;0,0;6,6;19:48;5,1;19:48;1,1;02:35;1,0;02:27;2,0;02:35;4,6;23:39;2,3;00:01;187;12,6;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00

MX4

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06.12.13;40,2;0;15:50;-1,0;23:01;1,4;15:02;1008,44;14:59;1012,84;23:50;0,0;00:00;0,0;0,3;56,9;11,3;22:37;66;15:20;93;22:54;0,00;0,0;1,4;15:02;-1,4;15:48;-5,4;22:47;0,0;00:00;-6,0;16:18;-1,8;23:27;-4,2;15:20;228;6,7;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00
07.12.13;40,2;211;15:50;-0,7;07:32;1,7;11:20;1012,47;00:00;1021,58;23:15;0,0;00:00;0,0;0,5;139,9;16,1;00:40;69;02:39;93;23:54;0,00;0,0;1,7;11:20;-1,0;14:29;-5,9;00:41;0,0;00:00;-4,9;00:41;0,1;23:54;-5,0;02:39;238;17,8;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00
08.12.13;38,6;184;02:21;0,9;00:12;4,6;13:11;1020,76;23:25;1024,15;10:22;0,0;00:00;0,8;3,3;100,6;9,7;23:06;85;14:37;93;00:00;0,00;0,0;4,6;13:11;2,4;13:17;-2,0;00:14;0,4;08:16;-0,5;00:14;2,6;12:12;-0,1;00:12;182;15,0;0,0;0;00:00;0,0;00:00

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 7:42 pm**

I found that MigrateData3to4 helps me.
But I haven't found instructions for it anywhere and will it run on Rpi?

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 7:53 pm**

You need to read this post - it contains essential reading for upgrading to MX version 4.

Posted: **Sat 28 Dec 2024 8:16 pm**

Converted in win installation. This seems to be ok already
Ufff

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