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Auto update - FTP

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Auto update - FTP

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Hello,

I am doing the setup of a computer for my meteorogical station (and some astronomical stuff) until I have internet in the location.
Yesterday I upgraded Cumulus from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2, all works fine but Cumulus desn't auto update the web vía FTP.
I tried to clean an reinstall from zero Cumulus and the same problem. Manual web update works fine and the ftplog is correct.

Realtimeftp.log shows
14:32:25:686 ! Aborting
14:45:17:563 ! Aborting
15:24:10:796 ! Aborting
I have no idea why auto update stops and manual ftp works.

(I tried with /www/meteo and www/meteo in ftp directory and both works uploading manually webfiles)

Thanks!
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Re: Auto update - FTP

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Astrocerce wrote:I have no idea why auto update stops and manual ftp works.
Because your problem appears to be only with the realtime upload; a manual ftp doesn't do a realtime upload.

Unfortunately the problem has already occurred when you turn on the ftp logging. Try the following:

Turn off realtime ftp and stop Cumulus.
Start Cumulus again and turn on ftp logging.
Turn realtime ftp on.

Hopefully the realtimeftplog.txt will then give more information.
I tried with /www/meteo and www/meteo in ftp directory and both works uploading manually webfiles
I would use www/meteo; relative paths are always safer on ftp servers.
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Re: Auto update - FTP

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I've just had a look at your web site; is your station working correctly? You seem to have zero for everything except pressure. Cumulus checks for a certain level of functionality before it will do auto-updates to the web.
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Re: Auto update - FTP

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steve wrote: Turn off realtime ftp and stop Cumulus.
Start Cumulus again and turn on ftp logging.
Turn realtime ftp on.
The same aborted in realtimeftplog. Tried to turn off, restart computer and turn off: aborted. (using www/ instead of /www/)
I am only using Cumulus and YawCam in WinXp SP3. With 1.9.1 auto update works.

I am going to search if I have the 1.9.1 version in a backup external hard drive to try.
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Re: Auto update - FTP

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steve wrote:I've just had a look at your web site; is your station working correctly? You seem to have zero for everything except pressure. Cumulus checks for a certain level of functionality before it will do auto-updates to the web.
I have the sensors in the "observatory" and the computer in my house. But with the previous version and no sensors the autoupdate works. (Maybe it's a change?)
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Re: Auto update - FTP

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Astrocerce wrote:(Maybe it's a change?)
It's possible, yes. It can take a long time to read data from a La Crosse station, so it may have previously been uploading to the web before it had chance to read valid data. But I have no idea when I did that change, if indeed it was a change.
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Re: Auto update - FTP

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Resolved, with the outdoor components plugged on, auto-update works! :mrgreen:

Thanks for all steve! (Now I only need a mobile internet connection)
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