Legacy Cumulus 1 release 1.9.4 (build 1099) - 28 November 2014
(a patch is available for 1.9.4 build 1099 that extends the date range of drop-down menus to 2030)
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Discussion and questions about Cumulus weather station software version 1. This section is the main place to get help with Cumulus 1 software developed by Steve Loft that ceased development in November 2014.
Hello
I’m trying to use Cumulus software installed on a computer running Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7, but I have a problem with bugreport : When I run the program immediately pops up a message about bugreport.txt file
That picture below is screenshot of bug report.
Note that when I run the program, weather station is not connected to the computer!
In general, is it normal to appear a bug reports and how to eliminate them, so to continue with Cumulus configuration?
Thank you in advance for any information and advice!
I can't say why it crashed without seeing the bugreport.txt file. But it could well be because you don't have a station connected. The readme.txt file does say "Make sure you always have your station connected to your PC before starting Cumulus.". It shouldn't crash, of course, but I don't have the time to make it work perfectly in all situations; you have to treat it nicely.
It's better to attach the file, rather than pasting extracts from it. Then I'd be able to see other useful information, like which version and build of Cumulus you're using, since you haven't told me
It's crashing in the system code (i.e. not in Cumulus itself) trying to convert a string from the today.ini file into a date and time. But I'm not sure this is a useful way for either of us to spend our time, if you don't yet have a weather station connected. I don't really understand what it is you're trying to do; Cumulus is intended to be used with a weather station.
algoshev wrote:I will start the program with the weather station connected, and will e-mail you the bugreport.txt file.
Or attach it here, preferably. But hopefully when you have a station connected, it won't crash anyway. You may need to delete any files in the Cumulus data folder that have been created so far without a station connected.
Hello!
Bad news:
I connected weather station / WS2350/ to the PC through the serial port. Unfortunately, the Cumulus software gives exactly the same message for bugreport
Here are two screen shots http://media.snimka.bg/s1/1185/028614905-big.jpg http://media.snimka.bg/s1/1185/028614904-big.jpg
In data folder there is no information!
Note that the message of bugreport apears both computer under the Windows XP CP3 as well as on Windows 7
Steve,
Please tell me where I'm wrong, because in practice Cumulus does not start normally. Because of this bugreport I can not work with any of the menus.
Because I do not know how to attach a file bugreport.txt here, I already send it to your e-mail!
I anticipate specific advice because I think that's normal Cumulus to crash on this way.
It's something to do with the date/time format on your PC. Please zip up the diags folder and attach it here. Instructions for doing this are in the post linked to above, "Please click here before posting".
Here attached diags folder
I really wonder how I would have a problem with date/time format on my PC. All other pragrams including and weather software operating normally with the current settings.
Steve, did you already saw the bugreport.txt wich I e-mail this morning?
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Cumulus gets the Delphi system code to create a string containing the current date and time in the correct format for the system locale. It then tries to read the time that Cumulus was last closed down from the 'timestamp' in the today.ini file. If no today.ini file exists, it uses the string that was created instead, and gets the system code to convert that back into a date and time in internal binary format. The system code is crashing when given the string to convert.
Thanks for the response,
but I did not understand the comment above, sorry. ...
Just interested еxactly how to fix the bug so I can use the Cumulus software in normal way?
It's basically a bug in the tools I use to create Cumulus, which affects the date settings used in some countries, e.g. Bulgaria. There is a fix, but I don't know if I can apply that fix so that I can make a new version of Cumulus which will work with Bulgarian date settings. It's the '/' at the end which causes the problem, apparently.
If I can't apply the fix, then Cumulus won't work with Bulgarian date settings.
The problem is solved!
I just changed Bulgarian with English /United States/ settings in the Control panel>>>Regional and Language options
After the start of the program, now everything is OK!
Thanks again, Steve!
I've managed to apply the fix to the system code, and built a new version of Cumulus which works with Bulgarian settings. I'll be uploading it soon, and it will be announced in the 1.9.3 announcement thread in the Announcements and News section of the forum.
Note that if you start using Cumulus with US settings, you may experience problems if you later switch to Bulgarian settings.
