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Title: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: Waimarie on December 04, 2019, 06:04:13 PM
I'm currently using Cumulus 1.9.4   All has been well for about 3 years but suddenly my display has gone haywire and is showing 300kph+ winds and fixed temperatures both indoor and outdoor.   The weather station, FineOffset 3081 seems OK at least the readings it shows look fine.  So to rule out hardware problems, I thought I would install Cumulux MX and try that instead.

However, try as I might, I can't get it to run.  As advised, I copied all files into a folder on my C: drive and ran cumulus.exe using "Run as Administrator"   All I get is a DOS window with a few lines of script.  What am I doing wrong?

I notice in MX the exe file is 935KB in size, but the old version is 11,424KB  Is my downloaded file faulty? 

Thanks
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: waiukuweather on December 04, 2019, 06:05:40 PM
I would try a complete power down and reset of the weather station console
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: Waimarie on December 04, 2019, 06:29:45 PM
I would try a complete power down and reset of the weather station console

Already tried that  :-(
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: waiukuweather on December 04, 2019, 06:43:02 PM
make sure to disconnect usb when you do that, so no power comes from the pc
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: Waimarie on December 04, 2019, 06:54:27 PM
make sure to disconnect usb when you do that, so no power comes from the pc

It is powered off the USB, so that's how I reset it.  Pull plug out, count to 10 and replace.
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: PaulMy on December 04, 2019, 06:55:15 PM
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However, try as I might, I can't get it to run.  As advised, I copied all files into a folder on my C: drive and ran cumulus.exe using "Run as Administrator"   All I get is a DOS window with a few lines of script.  What am I doing wrong?
That DOS windows is the way the program runs and you can minimise that, and presumably it says Normal running?

To display the dashboard type in a browser localhost:8998 or your computer IPaddress:8998 i.e. 192.168.0.16:8998

If you are getting that bogus data the Cumulus program version will not likely fix that but resetting the station as suggested may help.

Enjoy,
Paul
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: PaulMy on December 04, 2019, 07:04:03 PM
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It is powered off the USB, so that's how I reset it.  Pull plug out, count to 10 and replace.
I don't have a FineOffset station but have read that to fully reset it needs to also have batteries removed, wait, and reinsert.

Enjoy,
Paul
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: waiukuweather on December 04, 2019, 07:11:09 PM
yes, a full power down means you need to remove power and batteries and usb
then wait few minutes before powering up and reconnecting
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: Waimarie on December 04, 2019, 07:14:03 PM
Sorted.   localhost:8998   Now I get it. #-o   [tup] [tup] [tup]

Thanks Paul. 
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: PaulMy on December 04, 2019, 07:20:56 PM
Dashboard also accessible by the yourcomputerslocalIPaddress:8998 on any device on your local network.

Enjoy,
Paul
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: NHSkierGolfer on January 20, 2020, 12:30:00 PM
Given that to run the dashboard you have to go to localhost:8998 is there a way to have this run automatically at startup?  I know how to run a program like cumulus.exe at startup but not to load localhost.

Thanks,

Bob
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: CamarilloWX on January 26, 2020, 02:16:13 PM
Bob,

If you are using Chrome open settings, scroll down to "on start up", tick "open a specific page or set of pages", and add the local host page you want to open.  Other browsers probably have something similar.  Then add your browser to the start-up.
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: NHSkierGolfer on January 26, 2020, 02:40:20 PM
Okay, just so I understand, start Chrome with Windows then have it start the localhost when it starts.
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: CamarilloWX on January 26, 2020, 03:17:20 PM
Okay, just so I understand, start Chrome with Windows then have it start the localhost when it starts.

Yes
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: PaulMy on January 26, 2020, 03:24:44 PM
I don't often use Chrome and tried CamarilloWX's suggestion having Chrome set to Open a specific page or set of pages with http://localhost:8998 (http://localhost:8998) and that works, so using the computer's IP should also work i.e. for me url 192.168.0.192:8998 or http://192.168.0.192:8998 (http://192.168.0.192:8998)


If you wanted to open the Dashboard on another device on your local network you will likely need to use the IP method.

Enjoy,
Paul
Title: Re: Need help with Cumulus MX
Post by: CamarilloWX on January 26, 2020, 03:32:33 PM
I don't often use Chrome and tried CamarilloWX's suggestion having Chrome set to Open a specific page or set of pages with http://localhost:8998 (http://localhost:8998) and that works, so using the computer's IP should also work i.e. for me url 192.168.0.192:8998 or http://192.168.0.192:8998 (http://192.168.0.192:8998)


If you wanted to open the Dashboard on another device on your local network you will likely need to use the IP method.

Enjoy,
Paul

Sorry,  I glossed over the different computer on same network. It does work on the second computer if you follow Paul's example.  Instead of specifying http://localhost:8998 as the specific page, specify http://192.168.0.192:8998 substituting your own specific ip address.