[Support #ARA-684823]: ADDE access to remote servers

Hi Julia,

re:
> Thank you very much for your help.

No worries.

> I found out that I made a mistake while DATALOC to unidata2.ssec.wisc.edu.
> Now, I can access those datasets.

Very good.

> But I have another question. Is it
> possible to convert the GOES data to ASCII, so that Fortran or MatLab can
> program with?

Yes.  Please investigate the AXFORM utility in McIDAS (i.e., run HELP AXFORM
from a McIDAS session's Command and Text window or refer to the AXFORM page
in the Unidata McIDAS-X User's Guide).  AXFORM can dump out some or all of
the data in an image into ASCII (and binary) format.  As for how you would
use this in Matlab, I can not say.

> Sorry, I am a newbie for using Mcidas.

No worries.

> Is there any function
> or API for converting the image data to ASCII?

There is certainly an API for reading the any/all data in McIDAS if you want
to create your own application.  Please have a look through the McIDAS
Programmer's Reference Manual:

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/doc/prog_man/

It sounds as if AXFORM might be sufficient to get you going, however.

> Thanks,

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ARA-684823
Department: Support Datastream
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed