20030128: Gempak - SunOS 8 - pqact.conf and Gempak decoders

Jim,

In your pqact.conf file:

# US and Canadian sfc obs and specials
#
WMO     ^S[AP].* .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
        PIPE    decoders/dcmetr -v 2 -a 500 -m 72 -s sfmetar_sa.tbl
        -d data/gempak/logs/dcmetr.log
        -e GEMTBL=/Nawips/gempak5.6/gempak/tables
        data/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_sao.gem
#
#

The above should be correct, if you have already created your
~ldm/data/gempak/surface and ~ldm/data/gempak/logs directories.

Check on those directories to see if they exist. If so,
then what is in the dcmetr.log file? 

If you downloaded a Solaris binary distribution, then make sure the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH you have correctly locates the shareable libraries
(probably not a problem if you built locally). To test, as your
LDM user account type: "ldd dcmetr".
A list of the shareable library mappings should be present. If 
any aren't found, then you will need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
as appropriate for your system.

Let me know the outcome of above.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support






>From: "Jim St. John" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200301281525.h0SFPK409526

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>Institution: Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmsopheric Sciences
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>Inquiry: I have been trying for towo days to get my gempak decoders to work wi
> th the ldm pqact file with no success.  I have redone everyting on hte check 
> list twice.  I ran the $NAWIPS/ldm/etc/gen_pqact.csh  command and pasted the 
> output into the ldm/etc/pqact.conf file and checked to make sure the tabs wer
> e in all the right places.  However the log file still indicates a broken pip
> e.  I have attached a file which includes the pqact.file ( a truncated versio
> nso I can troubleshoot the problem and the output to the ldmd.log file.
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>I would really appreciate any helpyou could give me as I have been down ofr 10
>  days and depserately need the Gempak data for a class I am teaching.
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