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Weather Software => Cumulus => Topic started by: Waimarie on December 04, 2019, 06:04:13 PM
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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
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I would try a complete power down and reset of the weather station console
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I would try a complete power down and reset of the weather station console
Already tried that :-(
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make sure to disconnect usb when you do that, so no power comes from the pc
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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.
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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
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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
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yes, a full power down means you need to remove power and batteries and usb
then wait few minutes before powering up and reconnecting
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Sorted. localhost:8998 Now I get it. #-o [tup] [tup] [tup]
Thanks Paul.
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Dashboard also accessible by the yourcomputerslocalIPaddress:8998 on any device on your local network.
Enjoy,
Paul
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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
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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.
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Okay, just so I understand, start Chrome with Windows then have it start the localhost when it starts.
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Okay, just so I understand, start Chrome with Windows then have it start the localhost when it starts.
Yes
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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
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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.