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Tom, the GEMPAK distribution login/password is login: gbuddy password: XXXXXX Steve Chiswell Unidata User SUpport >From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden> >Organization: . >Keywords: 200001061622.JAA25778 >From: Tom Priddy >Steve...thanks. Will do that immediately. But what's my gbuddy >login and password? > >Unidata Support wrote: > >> Tom, >> >> It looks like you are running a very old version of dcgrib >> with a bug I patched prior to the pl12 distribution. >> >> You can update just the dcgrib decoder at this time- but >> there are other fixes along the way. I will be updating the >> complete distribution tarfile here with the latest patches #14, #15 >> in the next day or so. >> >> To update your dcgrib, download from ftp.unidata.ucar.edu >> (using the gbuddy login and password you have) the file >> nawips-5.4/patches/dcgrib.tar.Z to your $NAWIPS directory. >> >> Then extract and build with: >> zcat dcgrib.tar.Z | tar xvf - >> >> cd $NAWIPS/unidata/ldmbridge/dcgrib >> make clean >> make all >> make install >> make clean >> >> Then copy your dcgrib from the $GEMEXE directory into >> your ~ldm/decoders directory. >> >> Steve Chiswell >> Unidata User Support >> >> >From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden> >> >Organization: . >> >Keywords: 200001061557.IAA24237 >> >> >Unidata Support wrote: >> > >> >> >From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden> >> >> >Organization: . >> >> >Keywords: 200001061314.GAA18976 >> >> >> >> >From: Tom Priddy >> >> > >> >> >We put the new version of LDM on yesterday (ver 5.0.8) and the model >> >> >data went into the wrong subdirectory and was improperly named to >> >> >0_eta.gem, 0_ngm.gem and 0_nhmrf.gem >> >> >I think the problems is in the pqact.conf but not sure. Can you take >> >> >a look on kelvin.ca.uky.edu? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >============================================================ >> >> >Tom Priddy address@hidden >> >> >Extension Ag. Meteorologist ph: 606-257-3000ext245 >> >> >Ag. Weather Center fax: 606-257-5671 >> >> >243 Ag. Engineering Bldg >> >> >Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr. >> >> >University of Kentucky >> >> >Lexington, KY 40546-0276 >> >> >HOMEPAGE http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu >> >> >============================================================ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> Tom, >> >> >> >> I can look at your Gempak pqact.conf entries if you provide >> >> me with your ldm login. >> >> >> >> Steve Chiswell >> >> ************************************************************************* > *** >> >> Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Prog > ram >> >> (303)497-8644 P.O. Box 3 > 000 >> >> address@hidden Boulder, CO 80 > 307 >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- >> >> Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ >> >> ************************************************************************* > *** >> > >> >-- >> >============================================================ >> >Tom Priddy address@hidden >> >Extension Ag. Meteorologist ph: 606-257-3000ext245 >> >Ag. Weather Center fax: 606-257-5671 >> >243 Ag. Engineering Bldg >> >Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr. >> >University of Kentucky >> >Lexington, KY 40546-0276 >> >HOMEPAGE http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu >> >============================================================ >> > >> > >> >> **************************************************************************** >> Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program >> (303)497-8644 P.O. Box 3000 >> address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ >> **************************************************************************** > >-- >============================================================ >Tom Priddy address@hidden >Extension Ag. Meteorologist ph: 606-257-3000ext245 >Ag. Weather Center fax: 606-257-5671 >243 Ag. Engineering Bldg >Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr. >University of Kentucky >Lexington, KY 40546-0276 >HOMEPAGE http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu >============================================================ > >