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Hi Tiffany - how did you submit this to get it processed? Im assuming it was a pqinsert command and if so what were the arguments supplied (did you need to make a false header)? Pete > Greetings. We are successfully ingesting/processing radar, satellite, metars, > watches/warnings, and WPC surface analysis/fronts (all "near real-time" data) > and displaying it in CAVE (windows version). Our sys admins are still looking > at installing the extensions for glxinfo you had recommended. > > Great, you're getting close to having a lot! > > It looks like if you write a script to change the format of the lightning > data, it can be processed in EDEX and show up in CAVE. > > Here's the current parser: > https://github.com/Unidata/awips2/blob/unidata_18.2.1/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.textlightning/src/com/raytheon/edex/plugin/textlightning/impl/TextLightningParser.java > > I was able to change your format to match the first pattern (ignoring the 8, > converting the epoch to a date/time string, using the lat/lon, ignoring the 4 > - this may be the count so you may move it to the end, use the amplitude of > -2.2): > > 09/22/2021 22:03:51 37.60 -79.48 -2.2 1 > > And I was able to ingest the file. It does store it as "UNKN" so you will > have to load it from the Product Browser or create a new menu item. > > Is this a sufficient work around? > > > Thanks, > > > Tiffany Meyer > AWIPS Lead Software Engineer > UCAR-Unidata > > If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support > you receive: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform >