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Install the Leuven-Template step 5 of 7
Setup Cumulus
More information
Cumulus has an extensive help file built into the program. Use that first.
Cumulus website: http://sandaysoft.com/products/cumulus
The Cumulus WiKi: http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/
with the FAQ at: http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/index.php?title=FAQ
Their forum is at: http://sandaysoft.com/forum/
Assumptions
The following assumptions are made for all text / examples on this page about locations of data:
| what | where |
|---|---|
| Cumulus is installed in: | C:\Cumulus |
| Files to be uploaded are stored then in: | C:\Cumulus\Webfiles |
| Default upload folder on your webserver: www.your-web-site.com/ | weather27/uploadCU/ |
| file to be used for | Cumulus file name | where to get | template file name | upload frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather-data values for all pages of the template | tags.cu.txt | scriptsCU/ | tagsCU.txt | 5 minutes |
| Realtime weather-data values | realtimeTagsT.txt | scriptsCU/ | realtimeTags.txt | every minute |
| Graphs for \\trend and graph page | built in | built in | multiple | see example |
Cumulus - put the files in the weather-program folder
Now place the tags.cu.txt and realtimeTagsT.txt in the C:\Cumulus\Webfiles folder on your PC where you are running Cumulus.
Cumulus - ftp settings
In this image you see all fields you should set. The default upload folder is weather27/uploadCU/
Cumulus - individual file upload settings
Now we are going to instruct Cumulus to upload the files we need for the template. In Cumulus go to:
- menu⇒Configuration then
- select⇒Internet Settings
- select tab ⇒Files
Please check using a FTP program with which you can navigate through the remote folders (as an example: Cyberduck Mac or Filezilla Windows) if the files arrive at the desired location.
Sometimes it is necessary to add /httpdos/weather27/uploadCU/ or those kind of strings before the filename.
This depends on provider and type of FTP server they use.
If possible use a separate account for uploading the weather information and configure it so that it only can acces the weather27/ folder.
Cumulus - Station graphs and Steelseries graphs
The template uses some graphs for the page: “Almanac=⇒Station Graphs separate” and for the Steelseries. They are uploaded by selecting the “Include standard images” as on the previous image.
