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>From: Unidata User Support <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200411232237.iANMbD7j029017 IDD Hi again Mark, foehn.colorado.edu is now allowed for all non-restricted feeds from rainbow.al.noaa.gov. Here is the contact information for the LDM/IDD administrator on rainbow: Eirh-Yu Hsie <address@hidden> Please contact Hsie directly if/when you have problems with your feed request and CC Unidata User Support <address@hidden> Cheers, Tom -- 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. >From address@hidden Mon Nov 29 23:46:00 2004 > >Hi! The time has come where I am finally ready to get the LDM up and > >running at CU. The new linux box has arrived, is sitting next to my desk, > >and I am not ready to attack it. >'Not' ready or 'Now' ready? :-) Sort of an accurate slip up on my part, at least as far as time goes. > >I am writing to find out my LDM upstream feed site. >We will want you to feed off of CU/CIRES (NOAA): >rainbow.al.noaa.gov Sounds like a plan. > >This is not a > >mission critical data feed. It will be primarily used to become familiar > >with LDM and Gempak, isolate special cases for my advisor to use in the > >classroom or a textbook, and general weather fun. > >rainbow.al.noaa.gov is getting almost all of the data in the IDD. >If you are interested in getting NEXRAD Level II data, we will assign >a different server for you to feed it from. Please remember that >there are some IDD feeds that are only done from originator to final >destination. Those feeds include: Considering we still don't know how we are going to use this data, we have more than we need right now. Besides, with your prompt responses, I know things can get set up and changed with minimal effort in the future. > >At the training Tom > >mentioned that we might be a good candidate for your new test server. > >I am not sure I remember comments about a new test server, but I do >remember chatting about starting to get an IDD-Antarctic off of the >ground. Could be my old age creeping in again ;-) Can you refresh >my memory? Thanks... You were telling me that Unidata recently put together a new server, maybe even a multi-processor, and you were interested in having a few sites to test it. The bottom line is it doesn't matter to me. Just an opportunity for us to help you out. Mark