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> I went back and sourced Gemenviron again and made sure it found $GEMTBL > correctly. It ran without the metar.pack error, but still did not produce > output. I feel really stupid just about now.. > > > > source ~gempak/GEMPAK/Gemenviron > > cat obs200611132000 | sed 's/\r/\r\r/g' | dcmetr -v 4 -d - -c 061113/2000 > > YYYYMMDDHH_test.gem > [6868] 061113/2117[DC 3] Starting up. Version 5.9.3 > [6868] 061113/2117[DCMETR 7] DCMETR version: 3.3 > [6868] 061113/2117[DC 2] read 83/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 83 > [6868] 061113/2117[DC 2] read 0/204716 bytes strt 83 newstrt 83 > [6868] 061113/2117[DC -9] End of input data file. > [6868] 061113/2117[DC 5] Normal termination. > [6868] 061113/2117[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0 > [6868] 061113/2117[DC 6] Shutting down. Robert, The file you sent me was 82 bytes as the attachment. There are 4 instances of "\r" in the file (see with od -c obs200611132000). That means that the sed replacement of "\r" with "\r\r" should yeil 86 bytes of input: [2635166] 061113/1625[DCMETR 7] DCMETR version: 3.3 [2635166] 061113/1625[DC 2] read 86/102399 bytes strt 0 newstrt 86 [2635166] 061113/1625[DC 2] read 0/102314 bytes strt 86 newstrt 86 [2635166] 061113/1625[DC -9] End of input data file. [2635166] 061113/1625[DC 5] Normal termination. [2635166] 061113/1625[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 1 [2635166] 061113/1625[DC 6] Shutting down. I see 86 bytes of input. You show only 82 and 83 bytes of input in the 2 sets of log messages you sent me which just doesn't match the file you sent me earlier. An "od -c" of the file you sent me piped to that sed command looks like: % cat obs200611132000 | sed 's/\r/\r\r/g' | od -c 0000000 001 \r \r \n 9 2 1 \r \r \n S A A A 1 0 0000020 S S C C 1 3 2 0 0 0 \r \r \n M 0000040 E T A R B I W S 1 3 2 0 0 0 0000060 Z A U T O 1 9 0 4 3 G 5 1 K 0000100 T M 1 2 / M 2 2 R M K A 0 0000120 1 = \r \r \n 003 Verify that you have that identical input. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Mon 11/13/2006 3:02 PM > To: Robert Mullenax > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites > > > > > Steve, > > > > I just tried it with a a new file and this does not work for me. I have > > attached the file. > > Where did I go wrong? > > > > > > > cat obs200611132000 | sed 's/\r/\r\r/g' | dcmetr -v 4 -d - -c 061113/2000 > > > YYYYMMDDHH_metar.gem > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC 3] Version 5.9.3 > > [4322] 061113/2007[DCMETR 7] 3.3 > > [4322] 061113/2007[IN -11] metar.pack > > Robert, > > The file was fine and decoded here. Your problem from the line above is that > metar.pack > wasn't found, which suggests that your GEMTBL variable isn't pointing to the > correct place (or it's not set at all). Check your "source Gemenviron". > > Steve Chiswell > Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC 2] read 81/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 81 > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC 2] read 0/204718 bytes strt 81 newstrt 81 > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC -9] > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC 5] > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0 > > [4322] 061113/2007[DC 6] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 2:50 PM > > To: Robert Mullenax > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites > > > > Robert, > > > > As expected, the problem with your report is the unseen carriage return > > characters. > > Your file uses a single \r\n sequence at each line, while the FOS patterns > > expect > > \r\r\n. In particular, the start of a bulletin is requires to be SOH \r \r > > \n > > and the end of a bulletin is required to be \r \r \n ETX. Without that > > correct > > sequence, the decoder is just reading bytes looking for a valid bulletin. > > > > You can modify and decode your data through a pipe such as: > > cat BIWS2006111017 | sed 's/\r/\r\r/g' | dcmetr -v 4 -d - -c 061110/1700 > > YYYYMMDDHH_metar.gem > > > > Steve Chiswell > > Unidata User Support > > > > > > > Our mail server has not been sending attachments out lately (I have no > > > idea why)..if you don't get this maybe I could send you the AWS data via > > > LDM for a short period of time? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > > Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 10:40 AM > > > To: Robert Mullenax > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > Please send either as an attachment or post since when you cut and > > > paste, you are translating the control characters, and we need to > > > verify that you have them correct since I can get the bulletin to decode > > > when I put in the correct bulletin delimeters. > > > > > > Steve Chiswell > > > Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > > I used FILE -close. I cut and pasted it into the e-mail. > > > > > > > > ^A^M > > > > 285^M > > > > SAAA10 SSCC 092345^M > > > > METAR BIWS 092345Z AUTO 26003KT M10/M18 RMK A01=^M > > > > ^C > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > > > Sent: Thu 11/9/2006 1:36 PM > > > > To: Robert Mullenax > > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > It sounds like you do not have proper bulletin delimeters so that the > > > > decoder can find > > > > the start and end of the bulletin. > > > > > > > > Please send me the raw data from the pqact FILE command. > > > > > > > > Steve Chiswell > > > > Unidata User Supporrt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Data arrived at 1846 and the decoder started up, but no file was > > > > > written and the log file shows it has closed without processing a > > > > > bulletin: > > > > > > > > > > [5945] 061109/1646[DC 3] Starting up. Version 5.9.3 > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2] Interrupt Signal > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 5] Normal termination. > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0 > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 6] Shutting down. > > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 3] Starting up. Version 5.9.3 > > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DCMETR 7] DCMETR version: 3.3 > > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 2] read 79/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 79 > > > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 2] Interrupt Signal > > > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 5] Normal termination. > > > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0 > > > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 6] Shutting down. > > > > > [21063] 061109/1846[DC 3] Version 5.9.3 > > > > > [21063] 061109/1846[DCMETR 7] 3.3 > > > > > [21063] 061109/1846[DC 2] read 79/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 79 > > > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC -6] > > > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC 5] > > > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0 > > > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC 6] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Robert Mullenax > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > > > > Sent: Thu 11/9/2006 12:12 PM > > > > > To: Robert Mullenax > > > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > > > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites > > > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > > > I clipped out your metar and sent it to dcmetr and it decoded: > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 3] Starting up. Version 5.9.4 > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DCMETR 7] DCMETR version: 3.3 > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 2] read 89/102399 bytes strt 0 newstrt 89 > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 2] read 0/102311 bytes strt 89 newstrt 89 > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC -9] End of input data file. > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 5] Normal termination. > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 1 > > > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 6] Shutting down. > > > > > > > > > > GEMPAK-SFLIST>r > > > > > PARM = > > > > > PMSL;ALTI;TMPC;DWPC;SKNT;DRCT;GUST;WNUM;CHC1;CHC2;CHC3;VSBY;P03D;P03I; > > > > > MSUN;SNOW;WEQS;P24I;TDXC;TDNC;P03C;CTYL;CTYM;CTYH;P06I;T6XC;T6NC;CEIL; > > > > > P01I > > > > > > > > > > STN YYMMDD/HHMM PMSL ALTI TMPC DWPC SKNT > > > > > DRCT > > > > > GUST WNUM CHC1 CHC2 CHC3 VSBY > > > > > P03D P03I MSUN SNOW WEQS P24I > > > > > TDXC TDNC P03C CTYL CTYM CTYH > > > > > P06I T6XC T6NC CEIL P01I > > > > > BIWS 061109/1700 -9999.00 -9999.00 -13.00 -20.00 3.00 > > > > > 210.00 > > > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 > > > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 > > > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 > > > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 > > > > > > > > > > when you say nothing happened, I'm assuming that you mean you have no > > > > > files named > > > > > YYYYMMDD_saot.gem in your surface directory? If you do, then you are > > > > > probably just waiting for > > > > > the data to flush the write before you can see it (without any other > > > > > data, the decoder will flush in 600 seconds by default but can be > > > > > adjusted with -t). > > > > > > > > > > Otherwise, you might want to do some tests by cat'ing the FILE'd > > > > > bulletin to the decoder > > > > > so you can test things out with -v 4. You can send me one of your > > > > > metar bulletins for me to try if you > > > > > still have trouble. > > > > > > > > > > Steve Chiswell > > > > > Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The SPAWAR folks have deployed some weather stations around McMurdo > > > > > > and are transmitting the obs in METAR format on the Antarctic-IDD. > > > > > > I am saving the obs in raw form, but it would be ideal to use > > > > > > dcmetr to decode them. Here is what the bulletin looks like when > > > > > > saved to disk(the obs are generally every 15 minutes): > > > > > > > > > > > > ^A^M > > > > > > 721^M > > > > > > SAAA10 SSCC 091700^M > > > > > > METAR BIWS 091700Z AUTO 21003KT M13/M20 RMK A01=^M > > > > > > ^C > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Even though it has a header, it is not being sent through the NWS > > > > > > Gateway. I added an entry for BIWS in sfmetar_sa.tbl: > > > > > > > > > > > > BIWS 99999 BLACK ISLAND AWS(ANTARC) -- NZ 7813 16615 > > > > > > 213 > > > > > > > > > > > > and created a pqact entry as a test: > > > > > > > > > > > > EXP ^USAP\.NZCM\.AWS\.BIWS\.(........).(..)(..) > > > > > > PIPE decoders/dcmetr -v 2 -a 500 -m 72 -s sfmetar_sa.tbl > > > > > > -d data/gempak/logs/dcmetrt.log > > > > > > -e GEMTBL=/usr/gempak/GEMPAK5.9.3/gempak/tables > > > > > > data/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_saot.gem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, nothing gets decoded. This is what dcmetrt.log says: > > > > > > > > > > > > [5945] 061109/1646[DC 3] Starting up. Version 5.9.3 > > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2] Interrupt Signal > > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 5] Normal termination. > > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0 > > > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 6] Shutting down. > > > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 3] Starting up. Version 5.9.3 > > > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DCMETR 7] DCMETR version: 3.3 > > > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 2] read 79/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 79 > > > > > > > > > > > > It read the file (79 bytes is right), but then nothing happens. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any chance this can be successfully decoded? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Robert Mullenax > > > > > > NMSU/PSL/CSBF Meteoroology > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > > =================== > > > > > Ticket ID: CSI-145319 > > > > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: CSI-145319 > > > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: CSI-145319 > > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: CSI-145319 > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: CSI-145319 > Department: Support GEMPAK > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CSI-145319 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed