[AWIPS #MOM-689702]: Lightning data from local feed

Hi Tiffany - no luck here and are the details

1. Noted the pqact.conf file that came with the install contains the 
corresponding entry:
LIGHTNING USPLN1EX
FILE -close -edex /awips2/data_store/lightning/%Y%m%d%H%M.uspln

Which implies we need a feedtype LIGHTNING and perhaps a header USPLN1EX


2. So we copied line 277 from 
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
 into a file named LIGHTNING and containing then modifying the line so it has 
todays date results in a one-line file containing (no header)

2021-09-28T14:02:46.884,30.6349741,-88.3066673,-27.10,0.25,0.25,8



3. Submitted the file "LIGHTNING" with pqinsert -v -l ./log.log -f LIGHTNING 
./LIGHTNING and log.log contains the following
20210928T140344.593533Z pqinsert[21906] pqinsert.c:main:439 INFO 66 
20210928140344.593252 LIGHTNING 000 ./LIGHTNING


4. edex-ingest-unrecognized-files-20210928.log contains
WARN 2021-09-28 14:03:59,991 1215 [external.dropbox-5] RouteFailedLog: 
./LIGHTNING

So we thought maybe we need some headers -- but the same result occurs (entry 
in the unrecognized file log) when we do the following...
a. Add a header USPLN1EX as the first line of the file
b. Changed the header to USPLN per line 88 in the github file -- it was a 
little ambiguous if this was a comment in the parser or it was intended to mean 
that should be the header (first line of the file being submitted)
c. Changed the header to LIGHTNING-USPLN1EX per line 314

When none of these worked, we tried again each iteration but with the file 
named USPLN1EX instead of LIGHTNING. But the same results occur -- all 
iterations results in a RouteFailedLog entry in the unrecognized files log.

We feel we are close, but am out of permutations we believe to try. Can you 
tell if we are missing something?

Pete

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Unidata AWIPS Support <address@hidden>
 Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 2:54 PM
 To: Manousos, Peter C <address@hidden>
 Subject: [EXTERNAL] [AWIPS #MOM-689702]: Lightning data from local feed
 
 
 >> Ok with that then - technically if I get this working via pqinsert 
 >> following the pqact format, data should decode and be available in the 
 >> USLPN menu in CAVE 
 >> then - correct?
 > 
 > Well, only if you match to that string pattern. In the textlightning plugin 
 > that I shared, there are 4 separate patterns. Two of the patterns set the 
 > lightning source to "UNKN", one to "USPLN", and another sets it to "WWLLN".
 > 
 > So if you wanted the lightning source to be "USPLN" then you need to match 
 > to that pattern (there are two examples in line 89 and line 277)
 > 
 > 2015-06-22T22:26:56.988,20.0405176,-83.8311105,-117.00,1.50,0.25,28
 > 2015-06-22T23:04:46.884,30.6349741,-88.3066673,-27.10,0.25,0.25,8
 > 
 > The last three numbers (0.25,0.25,8) aren't used and can be a default dummy 
 > string.
 > 
 >