[AWIPS #SOS-784305]: AWIPS-II University Beta Test Site Program

Hi Edward,

Thank you for writing in to us about AWIPS II.  I will gladly add you to the 
beta test group.  We aren't a very active group at the moment, let me update 
you on the next ~6 months:

* I am currently waiting to receive NWS 14.2.1 from NCEP.  14.2.1 is the first 
version to support 64-bit RHEL/CentOS 6 - previous versions only supported 
32-bit RHEL/CentOS 5
* when I receive it, I will work for a few weeks to a month to prepare the next 
neta. Unidata AWIPS II 14.2.1, which should go out in April or May
* when I release 14.2.1 to the beta testers, I'm going to ask everyone upgrade 
to RHEL/CentOS 6 64-bit and then we will all be done permanently with CentOS 
5!!!

Like I said, there's not a lot of activity in the group now, but there will be 
when 14.2.1 is released and we all try to help each other install and run the 
system.

The AWIPS II beta download page is
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/download/

This page includes instructions for installing and running 13.2.1, so please 
feel free to download and install 13.2.1 and let me know how it goes, but 
you'll need the old hardware requirements.  If you want to hold off until 14.2 
is available with the newer requirements then that's no problem for me.

Best,

Michael James
Unidata



> I would like to add the University of Notre Dame as a beta test site for 
> AWIPS-II.  I have included the information that you requested below.  By way 
> of introduction, as a Program Manager at Raytheon (prior to joining Notre 
> Dame in 2006),  I led the Internal Research & Development (IR&D) Team that 
> developed the prototype AWIPS-II platform, so I am very familiar with the 
> underlying framework architecture (although I realize it has evolved 
> considerably since 2006).  I also fought, within the corporate structure, for 
> the open source nature of this project - the very point we are at today.
> 
> Name of institution:    University of Notre Dame
> 
> Who will be the point-of-contact for AWIPS II at your institution:  Ed 
> Bensman  (http://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/ebensman )
> 
> How many machines and/or users currently use GEMPAK/NAWIPS at your 
> institution:   currently approximately 12 people use GEMPAK or NAWIPS in some 
> fashion.  There is a much larger need for a platform for AWIPS-II not only 
> for meteorological data, but also for the geosciences, oceanography, 
> hydrology and biological data here at Notre Dame.
> 
> Are you able to host an EDEX data server for remote access (as opposed to 
> only running AWIPS II internally at your institution)?  Yes, absolutely we 
> would be happy to do that.  We are submitting a separate hardware grant 
> through the Unidata program to host such a server.  We just recently began 
> hosting an LDM server and receive feeds from Purdue University.
> We have resources and expertise here in the areas of Java, Python, 
> networking, databases, web servers, GIS, etc. to support development of the 
> AWIPS-II platform and sharing that back with the community.  We look forward 
> to serving not only the meteorological community but also other, broader 
> interests in similar fields of study.
> 
> Thank you for hosting this important milestone software project.  We look 
> forward to sharing our knowledge and development with the community.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Ed
> 
> Edward L. Bensman, Ph.D.
> Director, Engineering & Science Computing (ESC)
> Research Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 
> & Earth Sciences (CEEES)
> http://ceees.nd.edu
> LDM:  http://wx.nd.edu
> 257 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering
> (574) 631-2397
> address@hidden
> 
> 
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SOS-784305
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: High
Status: Open