Hi,
Don't knwo which part of MI you're living, but it's a nsat storm coming this way.
Fortunately, the forecast shows most of the snow (up to 40cm - 18 in) will be dumped where it belongs:
On the ski-resorts, North of Toronto
I've never used the 'active FTP' in Cumulus set-up.
Should only be used when you have problems with upload, obviously you don't have this when you do this manually.
Check all settings on your server (ftp address, directory etc) and only check off the 'auto upload'.
In case you upload to the root of your sserver, you can leave the 'directory' in Cumulus/configuration/internet for ftp settings empty.
Which server provider do you use??
Cheers,
Arthur