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> I just created a *.gem file from wrf data. Thanks Steve for your information > on that issue (compiling code utilizing a gempak lib) > > Now time to use gempak to look at it, but this error doesn't mean anything to > me. So I apologize for this kindergarten question. When running gdcntr or > gdwind, I'm getting: > > [GEMPLT -101] > [IP -10] GDWIND > [GDWIND -3] > Error in message send = 22 > itype, ichan, nwords,0,0,3 > > What is it telling me? I am running GEMPAK on a remote machine and will be > looking at it here on my PC. But I don't think that is the problem as an > export DISPLAY didn't change anything. Could you please advise. > > Steve, It appears that either you haven't sourced the GEMPAK environment for your shell, or you haven't set the NAWIPS location vaiable correctly in $NAWIPS/Gemenviron (for csh) or $NAWIPS/Gemenviron.profile (for sh/bash/ksh). The error of "message send" means most likely that $GEMEXE isn't correctly added to your path, and the other log lines will be much more informative when the GEMERR and GEMPDF environmental variables are defined (all of which will be done when you "source Gemenviron" or ". Gemenviron.profile". You must edit the NAWIPS location in those files as described in the installation instructions. You should also run "cleanup -c" after you fix the above problems to cleanup the message queues that you may have failed to close due to your errors above. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WPX-538404 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed