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Hi Tim, Please direct your request for NEXRAD2 to: idd.unidata.ucar.edu Here is a sample GEMPAK pqact.conf entry..watch the linewrap and tabs :) CRAFT/NEXR2/NEXRAD2 are all aliases for the same feed. /local/ldm/etc/GEMPAK% more pqact.gempak_craft # CRAFT stored as raw bz2 for GEMPAK # # file the raw data to a temporary file beginning with "." so that autoupdate GUIs don't # get ugly partial volume plots CRAFT ^L2-BZIP2/(....)/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9][0-5][0-9])([0-9][0-9]) FILE data/gempak/nexrad/craft/\1/.\1_\2_\3 # # Done to move file after last record is received "/E" to prevent # autoupdate from seeing partially received files (dccraft_move is a shell script copied from $NAWIPS/bi n/scripts) CRAFT ^L2-BZIP2/(....)/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9][0-5][0-9])([0-9][0-9]).*/ E$ EXEC util/dccraft_move data/gempak/nexrad/craft/\1/.\1_\2_\3 data/gempak/nexrad/craft/\1/\1_\ 2_\3 # # # CRAFT stored uncompressed (not needed for GEMPAK 5.7.2p2 and later) CRAFT ^L2-BZIP2/(KFTG)/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9][0-5][0-9])([0-9][0-9]) PIPE decoders/dcnexr2 -s \1 -d /dev/null data/gempak/nexrad/craft_uncompressed/\1/\1_\2_\3 /local/ldm/etc/GEMPAK% Enjoy, 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 Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Tim Alberta wrote: > Jeff, > > For now, just a subset will do fine - area radars (kftg, kgjx, kcys, kpux) > for now. I'm not sure if we'll need the whole gamut at some point or not > - if we do, we'll have some setting up to do. > > Thanks!! > > Tim > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > Do you want the whole boat!...or a select subset? > > > > This will determine from whom you will be feeding from. > > > > Let me know and we'll get it flowing! > > > > 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 Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Unidata Support wrote: > > > >> > >> ------- Forwarded Message > >> > >> >To: address@hidden > >> >From: Tim Alberta <address@hidden> > >> >Subject: LDM CRAFT > >> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata > >> >Keywords: 200502082257.j18Mvrv2005265 > >> > >> Jeff?, anyone?, > >> > >> Could you hook us up with some CRAFT data? The machine to allow is > >> ldm.comet.ucar.edu. > >> > >> Do you have a sample pqact.conf entry I could play around with? I won't > >> be keeping too much data at first. > >> > >> Let me know if there's any problem with this. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Tim > >> > >> -- > >> **************************************************************************** > >> Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata > >> (303)497-8643 P.O. Box > >> address@hidden Boulder, CO > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Unidata WWW Service > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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. > >> > >> ------- End of Forwarded Message > >> > > > >