20021117: have problem...need help

Kevin,

The format of the datatype.tbl file is column dependent.
Your entries for WTCH and WARN have moved the template
column due to the length of your file path, so the
programs are not correctly accessing your datatype.tbl entries.

If you could use the $GEMDATA environmental variable
to represent your $METDAT/gempak directory (which you
could set in Gemenviron), then you would be able to use 
the entries as I provide in our distribution- eg:
WTCH         $GEMDATA/storm/wtch       YYYYMMDDHH_wtch.gem etc...

Otherwise, if you are using GEMDATA for something else, then set a 
different environmental variable (GEMSTORM for example) in
your Gemenviron, and use that to represent $METDAT/gempak/storm.

Also, when sending support questions, make sure they go to 
address@hidden, otherwise they can get burried.

Steve Chiswell



>From: "Kevin Polston" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200211162011.gAGKBtL29655

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>Hi Tom,
>
>I've got a problem here and I don't know what is wrong. I thought maybe
>you could help me out. I tried e-mailing Chiswell but I never heard back
>from him. Maybe I didn't explain my problem clear enough. Here is what
>the problem is:  For some reason I cannot display watches and warnings
>on any imagery. I used to be able to do this with no problem but now it
>won't display. The worse part is from everything I have looked at and
>thought of it seems as if I have everything configured properly. I don't
>know what I am missing.
>
>I will send you copies of my files but I will try and explain it here as
>well.
>
>In my datatype.tble file here are the two lines I have for the watch and
>warnings! 
>
>Misc data types
>
>WTCH         $METDAT/gempak/storm/wtch YYYYMMDDHH_wtch.gem      
>CAT_MSC  SCAT_NIL   -1    360     10
>
>WARN         $METDAT/gempak/storm/warn YYYYMMDDHH_warn.gem      
>CAT_MSC  SCAT_NIL   -1    360     10
>
>
>When I go to the $METDAT/gempak/storm/wtch directory on my system I
>checked to see if I had the data there.  The ownership of this used to
>be "ldm" but I changed it to "gempak" to see if that was a problem. But 
>I do have the data so I know I am receiving it. Here is how it looks in
>the directory:
>
>-rw-rw-r--    1 gempak   users         196 Nov 16 19:53
>2002111619_wtch.gem
>
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      users         818 Nov 16 19:46
>2002111619_warn.gem
>
>
>I checked to see the contents of that file and here is what I have:
>
>|ST|021116/1905|021116/1905|769 |0|3    
>    26.22   -82.27
>    26.85   -81.99
>    27.11   -82.55
>|ST|021116/1955|021116/1955|769 |0|3    
>    25.64   -82.30
>    26.58   -81.47
>    27.39   -81.62
>
>
>Here is what I have for warnings....
>
>|TOR|021116/1919|021116/2000|KMFL|0     
>FLC099    12099 Palm_Beach                       FL US     26.64   
>-80.45      0.00  0  MFL                
>|SVR|021116/1929|021116/2000|KTBW|0     
FLC055    12055 Highlands                        FL US     27.33   
>-81.25      0.00  0  TBW                
>FLC105    12105 Polk                             FL US     28.00   
>-81.61      0.00  0  TBW                
>|TOR|021116/1932|021116/2000|KTBW|0     
>FLC055    12055 Highlands                        FL US     27.33   
>-81.25      0.00  0  TBW                
>FLC105    12105 Polk                             FL US     28.00   
>-81.61      0.00  0  TBW                
>|TOR|021116/1948|021116/2030|KMLB|0     
>FLC097    12097 Osceola                          FL US     27.99   
>-81.26      0.00  0  MLB 
>
>
>
>So, the only thing not working is that it won't display.  Can you think
>of something I have overlooked? 
>
>Thanks Tom. Talk to you later.
>
>KP
>