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The Alternative Interface
Introduction
The Alternative Interface (or AI for short) is currently provided as part of the CumulusMX package simply as an additional way of viewing and controlling your weather station. It offers all the same facilities as the default Interface but packaged into a user editable framework.
Although all the same functionality is provided, the menu structure is different, separating viewing tasks from configuration and editing functions. To reflect this the dropdown panels on the menu are in different shades of the chosen theme colour1). The menu also has a separator between these two categories.
Screenshots
These are provided to give you a feel for the various colour themes that are available and a general impression of the layouts used. The images are part of a 'lightbox' system - you can click to see a larger image and scroll through the others using the left and right navigation provided.
How to access the AI
This depends on how tiny currently access the default interface. Please note that you cannot access either interface from outside your local network without using third party software.
From you CumulusMX hosting computer.
If you use something like localhost:8998/ to access the default interface then…
simply adding AI2 to the end of the URL. E.g. localhost:8998/AI2/ will move you to the AI.
Alternatively, a link is available on the Utilities menu at the right of the interface menu.
From a remote computer on the same local network
If you use another computer to access the interface then you probably use something like: <ip address>:8998/ then..
again, simply add AI2/ to the URL; e.g. <ip address>:8998/AI2