[AWIPS #HFC-411916]: AWIPS Installation - Simple Question

Hi Frank,

Our AWIPS developer is out of the office at the moment, so I'm jumping in
to ** hopefully ** answer your questions...

re:
> After using GARP forever, I am trying to "modernize" to the newer AWIPS II
> platform.  Yes...I am behind the times.  When visiting the UNIDATA site,
> it would appear that I should be able to install CAVE on my PC desktop
> computer and then pull in the data from the EDEX server on the cloud.

Correct.

re:
> These seems to mirror how one uses IDV.

Yes.

re:
> At the same time, it appears that another approach that could be used
> is to install an EDEX server on a linux machine (which installs its own
> version of LDM) and then use CAVE in a manner similar to how I used GARP,
> with CAVE being the local GUI interface and then the EDEX server going
> out and getting data, converting to the appropriate format and then
> storing the data on my local linux machine.

Yes, but "EDEX server going out and getting data" is better phrased as
the LDM portion of the AWIPS EDEX installation REQUESTs the data that
the site wants in the exact same way that it is used for other packages.
The EDEX component of the AWIPS installation then ingests the data
received and makes it available to CAVE client(s).

re:
> Are these two assumptions correct?

Pretty much.

re:
> As a first step, I tried installing CAVE on my PC, but CAVE could
> never find the sources on in the cloud.  I receive an error indicating
> that the program is "unable to validate localization preferences,
> please enter valid options or quite the application.  I have found a
> "localization.prefs" file in the "caveData" directory.  Is this what I
> am supposed to use?

I am sorry that I can't answer this question.  We'll have to wait
for Michael to return to get an authoritative answer.

re:
> Sorry for the simple questions.  Help. :)  Please see attached.

Well, I could answer one of two questions :-)

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HFC-411916
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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