TNETWeather's Cumulus Weather Software
Project Page

TNETWeather is currently working on a number of projects related to the Cumulus Weather Software package which is developed by SandaySoft. This page will recap and provide information about those projects.

TNET has created the scripts on this page as a way of giving back to the Weather community. Most scripts are released under the FreeBSD License. TNET accepts donations if you are inclined to do so via the PayPal system and also provides custom programming, web design and other custom projects are also available.

Downloads

All of the scripts and documentation on the has been consolidated into this section for easy of finding what is available. For details about each of the packages, please refer further down the page.

All version of packages 3.0 and above require Cumulus 1.8.2 Beta or higher

Script	Version	Released	Download	Documentation	License
Cumulus JpGraph Graphs	3.1	Oct 26th, 2008	ZIP  - [178]	PDF  - [165]	GNU General Public
CheckServer	1.0	Oct 11th, 2008	TXT  - [123]	Inside Script	Public Domain
Cumulus RealTimeLog	2.0	Oct 17th, 2008	TXT  - [186]	Inside Script	GNU General Public
Cumulus PHP-GD Banner	3.0	Oct 19th, 2008	ZIP  - [192]	PDF  - [136]	GNU General Public
Cumulus PHP-GD Avatar	3.0	Oct 19th, 2008	TXT  - [132]	Inside Script	GNU General Public
Cumulus WAP	3.1	Oct 26th, 2008	TXT  - [93]	Inside Script	GNU General Public

[XX] = Download Counts

TNET Created Cumulus Scripts

Below are a number of scripts which work with the Cumulus Weather Station software to enhance and expand web server development.

• Cumulus PHP-GD Banner
  A simple PHP5 based script that uses the Cumulus realtime.txt file to generate a simple graphic banner. The current version supports both the default GD fonts and if you have support for them TrueType fonts.
  
       
  
  
• Cumulus PHP-GD Avatar
  A simple PHP5 based script that uses the Cumulus realtime.txt file to generate a simple graphic avatar.
  
       
  
  
• Cumulus WAP Dynamic Page
  A simple PHP5 script that uses the Cumulus realtime.txt file to generate dynamically a WAP formatted page for use with many Cell Phones.
  
  URL: Cumulus WAP Page 
  Note: a WAP capable browser is needed to view this page. Otherwise, your browser will most likely want to download the link as a file.
  
• Cumulus Server Check Script
  Script for checking to see if your server is setup to use PHP and GD graphics that other script will require.
  
  
• Cumulus RealTimeLog Script
  Script sets up the ability to log realtime.txt data into a historical log. Requires PHP and Cron capabilities to use.
  
  Output Example:
  2008-10-20 07:00:38 62.4 45 40.8 0.0 2.5 98 0.00 0.00 1013.4 E 0 mph F hPa in 0.1 +0.2 0.01 9.82 0.00 83.3 26 62.4 +0.7 69.6 00:05 61.0 06:28 1.2 01:29 3.8 00:39 1013.4 06:51 1011.7 00:00 1.8.2 460
  2008-10-20 07:01:38 62.5 45 40.9 1.2 2.5 98 0.00 0.00 1013.4 E 1 mph F hPa in 0.1 +0.2 0.01 9.82 0.00 83.5 26 62.5 +0.9 69.6 00:05 61.0 06:28 1.2 01:29 3.8 00:39 1013.4 06:51 1011.7 00:00 1.8.2 460
  2008-10-20 07:02:38 62.8 43 40.0 1.2 1.3 98 0.00 0.00 1013.4 E 1 mph F hPa in 0.1 +0.2 0.01 9.82 0.00 83.5 28 62.8 +0.9 69.6 00:05 61.0 06:28 1.2 01:29 3.8 00:39 1013.4 06:51 1011.7 00:00 1.8.2 460
  
• Cumulus JpGraph Graphs Package
  Package includes a series of graph scripts that read the cumulus stored realtime log file. Requires PHP, GD with TrueType font support and an updating realtime.log file (See above).
  
   
  
  More info and examples on the page link TNET Cumulus JpGraph Graphics Page 
  
  

TNET Cumulus Scripts and projects under Development

The following are scripts and projects that support Cumulus Weather Software that are currently under development or not yet ready to be released.

• Cumulus WAP2 XML Based Dynamic Page
  A simple PHP5 script that uses the Cumulus the XML based data to generate a dynamically a WAP formatted page for use with many Cell Phones.
  
  URL: Cumulus WAP XML Page 
  Note: a WAP capable browser is needed to view this page. Otherwise, your browser will most likely want to download the link as a file.
  
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  Cumulus PHP Template Project 1 

  This is the Beta version of the template system works off of collected realtime.txt files.

  Template is created using XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS3. It is built using PHP5 as an included templated system that shares common sections with all pages for ease of use and development.

  The data displayed on this site is primarily obtained using the Cumulus weather software package.

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  Cumulus PHP Template Project 2 

  This is the Beta version of the template system that replaces the Cumulus created website that it comes with by default. This has pretty much the same look and feel, but uses the Cumulus XML export datafile system to obtain its data rather than being totally parsed by Cumulus and uploaded each time.

  This greatly reduces the amount of data that needs to be sent to just one XML datafile and the images used by the system.

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  Cumulus Experimental Charts Page 
  
  Experimental Charts page that uses a custom log catcher to store information from the realtime.txt file that Cumulus can export. This page uses the XML/SWF Charts package to display the collected data for 24 hours using 15 min increments. The backend generator for this is a Perl based script.
  
  
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  Cumulus Thermometer Script
  Script reads the current realtime.txt data file and displays in the from of a graphical thermometer the current temperature, and the hi and low marks for the day.
• Cumulus XML Generation Script
  • Moon Plugin
    Pluging provide moon rise and set by obtaining the data from a US Navy Moon Chart and have that data made available via the XML data file for use by external scripts.
  • Metar Plugin
    Plugin provides the ability to collect Metar data from a specific station and have that data made available via the XML data file for use by external scripts. One of the primary fields would be the current cloud cover.
• Email Alert Script
  Provides support for sending Email Alerts based on specific observed weather triggers.
• Email List Script
  Provides a simple double opt in mailing list that allows for the distribution of site news letters and weather alerts to people that want to subscribe to them.

Cumulus Weather Logos and Banners

TNET via its WX-Host Dynamic Weather Hosting Service has created a number of logo's and banners for Cumulus Weather Software

• Wx-Host Free Static Icons for Cumulus 

Cumulus Weather Offical Pages

These links go to the offical Cumulus Weather Software Pages

• Cumulus Software Forum 
• Cumulus Product Page 
• Cumulus Wiki FAQ 
• Cumulus Trac Issue Tracking 
• Cumulus User Map