Cumulus Support

Hello

first thanks Steve & tanks to cumulus team for this nice free program !

if i ask a manual web update, my web page does update with actual weather details

if not, Cumulus deosnt sent any other update ?

my FTP parameter are OK since it send details

whats wrong in the internet parameter ?

do i need to add internet file setting ?

thanks !

It's a bit strange that a manual update works but not an automatic one. The best thing to do is turn on ftp logging, and then look at (and/or upload here) the ftplog.txt.

Have you tried deselecting - Use active FTP mode
The update interval is very short dont know if this would have any effect most stations seem to update between 5 & 15 minutes
your upload directory seems a bit unusual mine for example is /public_html/weather


Neil

again... thanks all for your help

i dont see any FTP logging check box ?

i'v just uncheck+ active FTP & shut down app
than restart apps ...will see

here is my weather link wich was locked since 15:46 :
http://yvesauger.com/meteo/index.htm
Montreal Canada...

i just done a manual web update wich still lead to success at 18:02

oh... by the way... i'm interested to wind condition !
i'm a partial time Drone pilot :
http://vimeo.com/32366810

Look at the Configuration menu, bottom item.

oh... by the way... i'm interested to wind condition !
i'm a partial time Drone pilot :

Cool

The ftp logging is turned on or off from the configuration menu in cumulus
as Steve said earlier cant understand how you can get the program to update on an update now but not automatically
are you updating to a web host or a local server ?
neil

good point Neil:

i first try to workout Cumulus with my local web host:
http://ggtronic.dyndns.org/~webmeteo/index.htm
wich lead me to problem only... i'm not advanced enough
to figure wath's needed to update local HTM ?

then , i start to work with my $host$ wich went
better since the manual WEB/FTP request lead to success

now i only need to trigger the automatic FTP update

i know that my fooling around may lead to this problem ?
ounce you know enough ... you can lead yourself to worst problem LOL

I've just thought of a reason why automatic updates might not be working, particularly as you have a WMR 968. Are all of your sensors working? Cumulus won't start its timers unless you have a pretty much complete working station.

Edit: I see your pressure is zero, so you have no barometer? This is one of the sensors that Cumulus checks for before it starts working fully. As the WMR 968 sensors send in data individually, it has to check that it has had a sensible set of data before it starts logging and updating the web site etc.

Thanks Steve !

you are right... i miss some sensore : rain module is not in the loop

any way of disable some things ?

there is no 968 ? wich one i should chose ? only 928 seem to work yet ?

i have re-install the programe and have red error flag since...

maybe i can edit .ini files to remove some sensor reading ?

thanks for any help (donation on its way when fully functionnal...
need to add wind condition to my RCflying club website : http://bouchairville.com/ )

ggtronic wrote:any way of disable some things ?

No, sorry.

i'b v chose the 918 instead of 928 in the station parameter , there is no
968 ? wich one i should chose ?

The help says: "For Oregon Scientific stations and similar re-badged stations (Huger, Radio Shack etc) which have a serial port connection, if your model is not listed, try WM-918 if your station has wired connections, and WMR-928 if it is wireless."

i have re-install the programe and have red error flag since...

You need to look at the error - click on the error light.

steve wrote:I've just thought of a reason why automatic updates might not be working, particularly as you have a WMR 968. Are all of your sensors working? Cumulus won't start its timers unless you have a pretty much complete working station.

Edit: I see your pressure is zero, so you have no barometer? This is one of the sensors that Cumulus checks for before it starts working fully. As the WMR 968 sensors send in data individually, it has to check that it has had a sensible set of data before it starts logging and updating the web site etc.

Hi Steve,

Just joined in the fun. I've got a Davis VP2, correction, I've got half a Davis VP2. Long story short, I drive for 4x4 Response, a voluntary charity organisation that helps the public services in bad weather, among other things. As weather is the main driver to our services being required, we rely on heads up weather forecasting. Okay, I'm no challenge to the Met-office but I Have the interest to explore the subject and if I can help by understanding more about the weather then its got to be good. The trouble is of late we get warned of bad weather, say snow fall, we get all preped up and then..... someone claims to have seen a snow flake in Salisbury. It can be very frustrating.

The bonus came when my employer happened to have a Davis system, unused and still boxed, which it no longer required. I enquired about purchasing it, they listened to my reasons and then donated to the Charity. What a brilliant result!! At the moment I just have the console, which I bring home every evening to set up my website so I can show that this is serious. I hope to get the rest of the system by the weekend.

My plan is to run the station and use Columbus to drive my website so my colleagues can see the weather situation locally. One of the members of another team does exactly this, using Columbus and it was through the link at the bottom of his page that got me here. Its a great tool and just does exactly what it says on the tin. However,I ran into this very same problem. Manual web update works but automatic doesn't. No errors, nothing in the FTP log. Just not working. Nothing in the HELP, nothing in the FAQs, lots of head scratching, lots of diagnostics. Then tonight I find the answer here, and to be honest I was expecting this was the reason.

Would it be possible to add this situation to the FAQs, as it would save people so much time.

Many thanks,
Dave

Darmain wrote:Would it be possible to add this situation to the FAQs, as it would save people so much time.

I've added a FAQ.

It's "Cumulus", by the way, like the clouds

It would help if I were accurate regarding the softwares name........ Sorry, no idea how I managed that.

Anyway, thanks for that addition of the FAQ. Hopefully stopping some one else having such a problem.