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HI Gary, From log on thelma.. <snip> Oct 07 20:50:01 thelma.ucar.edu laraine[5699]: ldmprog_4: ldmping from laraine.unidata.ucar.edu Oct 07 20:51:15 thelma.ucar.edu rpc.ldmd[28483]: gethostbyaddr: failed for 138.86.122.12 <snip> DNS is not properly returning a hostname for: 138.86.122.12 which we are looking for: tornado.unco.edu so....perhaps your IT dep't could correct this...if not we "can" feed to an IP, but that can prove problematic if anything changes.. Thoughts, Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Weber address@hidden : Unidata Program Center PH:303-497-8676 : University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln : http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 : --------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Huffines, Gary wrote: > Jeff, > > Not to bug you already, but when I went through the LDM setup section on > the web site, I tried to configure the ldmd.conf file (which is > attached) and then check the upstream configuration. This is the > response I got on the notifyme command. > > Oct 07 20:58:22 notifyme[27316]: Starting Up: thelma.ucar.edu: > 20041007205822.414 TS_ENDT {{ANY, ".*"}} > Oct 07 20:58:22 notifyme[27316]: Connected to upstream LDM-5 > Oct 07 20:58:22 notifyme[27316]: NOTIFYME(thelma.ucar.edu): 7: Access > denied by remote server > Oct 07 20:58:30 notifyme[27316]: Interrupt > Oct 07 20:58:30 notifyme[27316]: exiting > > I hit the <CTRL>C option where it says Interrupt. > > What am I missing here? > > Thanks! > > Gary "I feel pretty lost with this" Huffines > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:32 AM > To: Huffines, Gary > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: 20041007: Upstream datafeed source request > > > Hi Gary, > > I thought your name sounded familiar..I worked with Jeff at AFIT quite a > bit setting up his system. > > That all sounds great, except NLDN...we have to get that point to point > via SUNY-Albany..I can/will initiate that dialog.. They are generally > very responsive. > > I have an "allow" for the other feeds you requested for: > > tornado.unco.edu > > on > > our machine: > > thelma.ucar.edu > > > You should be all set, and I will notify you when and where to point > your NLDN request in the near future..hopefully this afternoon :) > > > Please let us/me know if any issues arise with the data ingest. > > > Cheers, > > Jeff > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Weber address@hidden : > Unidata Program Center PH:303-497-8676 : > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln : > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Huffines, Gary wrote: > > > Jeff, > > > > Thanks for the welcome! This is really pretty exciting! > > > > We have an undergraduate program here at UNC and want to give the > > students as much of a variety in the types of data as we can. The > > text format data such as the observations, TAFs, forecast discussion, > > MOS bulletins, wind profiler, etc. would be some of the items on our > > list. Model output would also be a great. Satellite and radar data > > are high on our list, but we realize that the radar data will eat up > > our storage space if we get too crazy with it. I would like to get > > the NLDN data as well and will get permission from Ken Cummins or one > > of the Vaisalla-GAI folks for that before requesting the feed. > > > > If I understand the list in your link correctly, these are the data > > types we would want. If I have messed up one or more of them, please > > let me know. > > > > PPS > > HDS > > IDS > > UNIWISC > > FSL2 > > NNEXRAD > > NLDN > > > > I am open to suggestions since this is my first time setting this up. > > We had the LDM data feed at AFIT (my last job), but Jeff Sitler > > maintained that for us and I never learned much about the settings. > > > > Take care, > > > > Gary > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:32 AM > > To: Huffines, Gary > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: 20041007: Upstream datafeed source request > > > > > > Hi Gary, > > > > Great! Welcome aboard.. > > > > Being as you're our neighbor, we will more than likely be your > > upstream host. > > > > What data are you hoping to ingest? > > > > Please see: > > > > http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/ldm/ldm-6.0.14/basics/feed > > ty > > pes/index.html > > > > ...and we can get you started. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Jeff > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Jeff Weber address@hidden : > > Unidata Program Center PH:303-497-8676 : > > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln : > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 : > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Huffines, Gary wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > We are trying to get the LDM data feed started at the University of > > > Northern Colorado and I think everything is set up and ready. This > > > is > > > > > my first time setting up the LDM, but I have downloaded the LDM > > > 6.1.0 code and gone through the installation steps from your web > > > site. (Thanks for making that so easy and well written.) My Linux > > > (or Unix) > > > > > administrator experience is very limited, so I hope I got everything > > > > right. The LDM seems to be running fine after finishing the > > > installation steps. > > > > > > I guess we need to request an upstream datafeed source now. Here is > > > > the information the website said you need. > > > > > > Site Name: University of Northern Colorado (UNC) > > > Site Administrator: Gary Huffines > > > Email address: address@hidden > > > Phone Number: 970-351-1071 > > > Fully qualified hostname of the IDD node: tornado.unco.edu > > > > > > I have joined the mailing list where I found about about the current > > > > LDM version. > > > > > > Please let me know if I need to do anything else at this point. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > Gary Huffines, PhD > > > > > > Assistant Professor of Meteorology > > > > > > University of Northern Colorado > > > > > > Department of Earth Sciences > > > > > > Campus Box 100 > > > > > > 501 20th Street > > > > > > Greeley, CO 80639 > > > > > > 970-351-1071 (voice) > > > > > > 970-351-1269 (fax) > > > > > > > > > > > >