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Hi Wyatt, For the manual, I have found the following: the official documentation is located at: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.AWIPS/BK.SCode/ Here you will see a download for version 18.1.1 (this is what Unidata distributes). The file you want is OB18.1.1_docs.tgz. You have to unzip that and you'll see a folder called documentation, inside that, there are two things of interest to you. First is the SSDD_March2018 directory. This has a ssdd directory inside it and in there you'll find html files for the entire AWIPS manual. I would start at either the ssdd.html file found in SSDD_March2018, or /ssdd/-/wiki/AWIPS-II+SSDD/FrontPage.html. Once you open the html file (using any browser), you'll have to scroll down about a quarter of the way to begin seeing content. Another file that might be useful is in the documentation directory called: AWP.DSN.A2.SSDD-06.00.pdf This is a pdf of the manual, but it is several years old (2015) and might be out of date. I could not find a more recent pdf, it seems that they only produce the html files now. I hope this is helpful. If you need any help, let me know. Thanks. --Shay Carter Software Engineer II UCAR - Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RAB-671867 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.