How to create dayfile entry

[bnwrx]

I opened Cumulus today and got an error that said it had trouble creating the dayfile entry. Indeed there is no entry for May 7. The last entry is for May 6. Is there a way to create this? It said to look at the diags file, however I don't know what error I am looking for. Thanks for any help.

Diags file:

[bnwrx]

I figured it out. Looked at some notes from a previous problem with the rain counter and the solution to my current problem had the same remedy. Stop Cumulus. Go to the backup file and use the backup file before the problem, using its data files to replace the current files. When I did this and restarted Cumulus, it loaded up the backup files and made a new entry for the 7th.

[steve]

Stop Cumulus. Go to the backup file and use the backup file before the problem, using its data files to replace the current files. When I did this and restarted Cumulus, it loaded up the backup files and made a new entry for the 7th.

Yes, that's one way of solving it. You can also look in the diags file for mention of dayfile.txt and find:

5/8/2011 17:05:44.944 : === Day reset for 5/7/2011
5/8/2011 17:05:44.946 : Error writing dayfile.txt: I/O error 32
5/8/2011 17:05:44.946 : If the above error mentions I/O error 32, something on your system is locking the file and preventing Cumulus writing to it
5/8/2011 17:05:44.946 : Cumulus has been unable to write to dayfile.txt; please insert the following data into the file
5/8/2011 17:05:44.946 : 07/05/11,28.2,270,12:24,43.2,04:00,73.8,15:24,29.97,17:01,30.06,00:00,0.00,00:00,0.00,0.0,88.6,12.1,11:53,10,15:27,40,04:10,0.000,0.0,73.8,15:24,66.0,17:01,37.4,03:30,0.00,00:00,43.2,04:00,22.4,10:34,1.2,18:50

[bnwrx]

Thanks Steve, If it happens again I may try that sugestion. I assume I just copy and paste that data line into the dayfile?

[steve]

I assume I just copy and paste that data line into the dayfile?

Yes.

[werribee_au]

5/8/2011 17:05:44.946 : Cumulus has been unable to write to dayfile.txt; please insert the following data into the file
5/8/2011 17:05:44.946 : 07/05/11,28.2,270,12:24,43.2,04:00,73.8,15:24, etc: etc:

Wow
That is really neat