This archive contains answers to questions sent to Unidata support through mid-2025. Note that the archive is no longer being updated. We provide the archive for reference; many of the answers presented here remain technically correct, even if somewhat outdated. For the most up-to-date information on the use of NSF Unidata software and data services, please consult the Software Documentation first.
> Hi Michael, > > I am working on installing gempak on the machine where we have the edex > server running so I can do "traditional" LDM stuff to decode the data into > gempak format. While I was doing that I noticed in the support archives a > response ([GEMPAK #ZTJ-559322]: Gempak Installation/Question) from February > 2015 that mentioned "The only database that GEMPAK has the capabilities to > connect with is the AWIPS II EDEX data server, but this remote access > capability is new and requires special build configuration and access to a > remove EDEX server." > > I did not know this capability existed for gempak. Since we are now running > an edex server, am I chasing ghosts trying to also set up gempak decoding and > serving out the data as an NFS mount? If I can have edex manage the data and > serve up data for both gempak and cave clients, that sounds tons easier than > what I'm trying to do now. Please, inform away ... GEMPAK can use the Python DAF to display data from a remote EDEX server. Make sure you install the package, https://github.com/Unidata/python-awips http://python-awips.readthedocs.io GEMPAK will need to be built against Python... the env vars needed for the source build are included at the end of Gemenviron.profile and building GEMPAK needs only the same "make everything" command as a normal build. Then look at the XMl files in $GEMTBL/data-access/ and their corresponding alias entries in datatype.tbl which start with "A2": ! | | | | |DEF |DEF |DEF | |TIME !FILE TYPE |PATH |FILE TEMPLATE |CATEGORY|SUBCAT |#FRM|RANGE |INTRVL|BIN HRS |MATCH !(12) |(25) |(48) |(8) |(8) |(4) |(6) |(6) |(21) |(6) ! | | | | | | | | ! AWIPS Database A2METAR AWIPSDB metar.xml CAT_SFC SCAT_SFC 10 2880 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2SYNOP AWIPSDB synop.xml CAT_SFC SCAT_SFC 10 2880 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2UAIR AWIPSDB uair.xml CAT_SND SCAT_SND 4 2880 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2GFS AWIPSDB gfs.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2GFS20 AWIPSDB gfs20.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2GFS80 AWIPSDB gfs80.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2RAP AWIPSDB rap.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2NAM AWIPSDB nam.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2NamDNG AWIPSDB namdng.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2NAVGEM AWIPSDB navgem.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2DGEX AWIPSDB dgex.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2HRRR AWIPSDB hrrr.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2CMC AWIPSDB cmc.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2ECMWF AWIPSDB ecmwf.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2MRMS AWIPSDB mrms.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2RTMA AWIPSDB rtma.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 A2URMA AWIPSDB urma.xml CAT_GRD SCAT_FCT -1 -1 -1 OFF/0/0 4 Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZTJ-559322 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.