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Chris, You will not receive ACARS data from your upstream source. FSL prefers the point-to-point delivery for this data stream. You will actually have to contact FSL and they will feed your machine directly from theirs. See the URL in the original announcement (shown below) for how to contact FSL to receive this data. Steve Chiswell Unidata User SUpport From: Linda Miller <address@hidden> To: address@hidden cc: address@hidden Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:23:57 -0600 Subject: 19990614: ACARS Data Available Message-ID: <address@hidden> Originator-Info: login-id=lmiller; server=mail.unidata.ucar.edu X-Mailer: Mulberry (MacOS) [1.4.2, s/n U-301186] Sender: address@hidden All, ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) data are now available for research and educational uses to the Unidata university community from NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) using point-to-point LDM technology. These data can be useful in a multitude of applications including modeling, aviation and weather research, and training purposes. In return for the data, participating airlines are hoping to gain additional information on the use of the data through scientific papers presented at symposia such as the AMS and AGU annual meetings, etc. For detailed information on the data sets, how to obtain the data, and the restrictions on their use, please refer to the FSL ACARS web page: http://acweb.fsl.noaa.gov/FAQ.html Please contact Unidata support (address@hidden) for information on decoders for use of ACARS with Unidata-supplied application packages. Linda Miller External Liaison, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000 303 497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690 URL: http:/www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/lmiller/un.act.html >From: Chris Hennon <address@hidden> >Organization: . >Keywords: 199908251851.MAA28385 >Steve - > >Hello. I am trying to configure my machine to ingest acars data. My >pqact.conf file exactly matches (I think) yours that I saw in another >support email: > ># FSL ACARS data >PCWS ^FSL\.NetCDF\.ACARS\.QC > PIPE -close /usr/local/ldm/decoders/dcacars -v -b 30 > -e GEMTBL=/usr/local/gempak/NAWIPS-5.4/gempak5.4/tables > -l data/logs/dcacars.log > data/acars/YYYYMMDDHHNN_acars.gem > >I have the decoder in place, and all of the paths look good. No log file >is being created, so I can't check that. Does that mean that dcacars is >never being invoked? I am assuming that the ACARS data is in fact in the >datastream (as I'm requesting "ANY" from my source). > >Please advise. Thanks. > >Chris > >================================================ >| Chris Hennon Ohio State University | >| Tropical Meteorology address@hidden | >| | >| Dept of Geography Office: 1174 Derby Hall | >| 1036 Derby Hall Phone : (614) 292-7518 | >| Columbus, OH 43210 Fax : (614) 292-6213 | >================================================ >