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20010913: LDM Data for GEMPAK/NWX
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- Subject: 20010913: LDM Data for GEMPAK/NWX
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:18:14 -0600
Patrick, First, if you are getting data in directories like: data/US/KDSM/00/SA43.wmo, then it sounds like you need to comment out the sample/test pqact.conf example in the original pqact.conf file that is distributed with the LDM, eg: # Bin all the (Non-GRIB) WMO format data, using elements from the # identifier as path components. The minutes portion of the timestamp, # and the retransmit code is ignored. The day of the month portion # of the timestamp is not used as a path component, so it would be # a good idea to run 'scour' on a less than 24 hour basis. # # "ASUS42 KRDU 012259" gets filed as # data/US/KRDU/22/AS42.wmo # #WMO ^([^H][A-Z])([A-Z][A-Z])([0-9][0-9]) (....) ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]) # FILE data/\2/\4/\6/\1\3.wmo ## That is a sample entry. Not generally usable, and almost impossible to scour efficiently. Next, in Gemenviron, the variable TEXT_DATA will be used by NWX to tell where the top of the $GEMDATA/nwx tree will be. As long as you have $GEMDATA defined wherever your ~ldm/data/gempak directory is (or linked to), then you will be OK. The pqact.conf examples for nwx on the web page are set to file under ~ldm/data/gempak/nwx and won't need any modification so long as your ~ldm/data directory is pointing or linked to where you expect your data to be files. The FILE action in the LDM will create the directories needed in the pqact.conf paths. You will need to create the directories used in the PIPE actions for decoders. Since you say you don't see any data/gempak/nwx directories, you should make sure that you don't have a blank line in your pqact.conf file between where you added the decoders.tbl and nwx.tbl. The ldmadmin pqactcheck will check the syntax of pqact.conf, but will stop if it hits a blank line....and pqact won't read past that point either. So, if you are not seeing anything from any action below the nwx section, then that could be the case. If in doubt, send me the pqact.conf file you are using. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200109131637.f8DGbl116322 >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C13C48.754DCF30 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Hello again, > >I have installed the LDM and have begun getting data here (Sun Sparc, = >Solaris 8) . I got the pqact.conf entries for gempak and nwx and copied = >them into the pqact.conf file. When I ran diagnostics on it, it said it = >was syntactically correct, so I think the spaces and tabs were = >preserved. I am getting gempak data in correct places, but don't see = >any data in the data/gempak/nwx directories. I thought I didn't have to = >make any changes to the nwx pqact.conf entries, but I don't see any data = >there yet, and can only see metars when I open NWX from the NTL bar. No = >forecast, mos, text, etc data shows up. All that type of data seems to = >be going into directories like data/US/KDSM/00/SA43.wmo. Do I even need = >these directories to build there as far as using the NTL software? I = >know garp doesn't look there for data, and not sure how to tell where = >nwx is looking for it's data. I have hundreds of directories (AB, AC, = >AD, etc) with this data in it, and I am not sure how to use it, if I = >even need it. =20 > >Hope you have a couple answers! =20 > >By the way, I am getting the UNIDATA feed group here at UNI. =20 > >Patrick > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Patrick O'Reilly Support Scientist >The STORM Project address@hidden >208 Latham Hall ph: 319-273-3789 >University of Northern Iowa >Cedar Falls, IA 50614 =20 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 > > >------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C13C48.754DCF30 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = >charset=3Diso-8859-1"> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Hello again,</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>I have installed the LDM and = >have begun=20 >getting data here (Sun Sparc, Solaris 8) . I got the pqact.conf = >entries=20 >for gempak and nwx and copied them into the pqact.conf file. When = >I ran=20 >diagnostics on it, it said it was syntactically correct, so I think the = >spaces=20 >and tabs were preserved. I am getting gempak data in correct = >places, but=20 >don't see any data in the data/gempak/nwx directories. I thought I = >didn't=20 >have to make any changes to the nwx pqact.conf entries, but I don't see = >any data=20 >there yet, and can only see metars when I open NWX from the NTL = >bar. No=20 >forecast, mos, text, etc data shows up. All that type of data = >seems=20 >to be going into directories like data/US/KDSM/00/SA43.wmo. Do I = >even need=20 >these directories to build there as far as using the NTL software? = >I know=20 >garp doesn't look there for data, and not sure how to tell where nwx is = >looking=20 >for it's data. I have hundreds of directories (AB, AC, AD, etc) = >with this=20 >data in it, and I am not sure how to use it, if I even need it. =20 ></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Hope you have a couple = >answers! =20 ></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>By the way, I am getting the = >UNIDATA feed=20 >group here at UNI. </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Patrick</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif"=20 >size=3D2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Patrick=20 >O'Reilly  = >; = > =20 >Support Scientist<BR>The STORM=20 >Project = > <A=20 >href=3D"mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</A><BR>20= >8 Latham=20 >Hall &nb= >sp; &nbs= >p; =20 >ph: 319-273-3789<BR>University of Northern Iowa<BR>Cedar Falls, IA=20 >50614 &n= >bsp;=20 ><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 ><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > >------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C13C48.754DCF30-- >
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