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Hi Tiffany - ok so making some progress but no full luck yet... Made a one line file using the data you submitted successfully called tes3_nldn containg a single line (used vi) 09/22/2021 22:03:51 37.60 -79.48 -2.2 1 Submitted uing the command python /awips2/ldm/dev/notifyAWIPS2-unidata.py /fewxops/awscripts/datafeed/nldn/test3_nldn And see this in the edex-ingest log INFO 2021-09-24 17:44:57,793 9174 [external.dropbox-5] JmsPooledProducer: EDEX - Creating AMQ producer Ingest.textlightning ERROR 2021-09-24 17:44:57,796 9175 [Ingest.textlightning-1] TextLightningParser: EDEX - Cannot match lightning input 09/24/2021 17:36:51 37.60 -79.48 -2.2 1 INFO 2021-09-24 17:44:57,796 9176 [Ingest.textlightning-1] Ingest: EDEX: Ingest - textlightning:: /fewxops/awscripts/datafeed/nldn/test3_nldn processed in: 0.0000 (sec) Not sure how to interpret that error - am wondering if there are tabs between the entries or needs a special set of control chars at beginning/and or end. The file you submitted, was is just plain text or something else? Pete -----Original Message----- From: Unidata AWIPS Support <address@hidden> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 1:29 PM To: Manousos, Peter C <address@hidden> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [AWIPS #MOM-689702]: Lightning data from local feed > > Hi Pete, > > I changed the name of the file to have "nldn" in it (so that it will match > the textlightning distribution file) > > /awips2/edex/data/utility/common_static/base/distribution/textlightning.xml > > and then used the following command: > > python /awips2/ldm/dev/notifyAWIPS2-unidata.py /home/awips/new_nldn > > where you just have to give it the path to where the file is and the filename > > > Thanks, > > Tiffany Meyer > AWIPS Lead Software Engineer > UCAR-Unidata