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[IDD #LNL-619813]: Is there a page on how thr CRAFT/NEXRAD2 feed works?

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  • Subject: [IDD #LNL-619813]: Is there a page on how thr CRAFT/NEXRAD2 feed works?
  • Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:15:02 -0700
Hi Gilbert,

re: how did you have your NEXRAD2 processing setup 
> I used this:
> 
> CRAFT
> ^L2-BZIP2/(....)/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9])([0-2][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 
> scri$
> 
> CRAFT
> ^L2-BZIP2/(....)/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9][$
> EXEC    decoders/dccraft_move data/gempak/nexrad/craft/\1/.\1_\2_\3 dat
> 
> By the way, there is no word wrap, the lines got cut off. But the point is
> that it is the standard two GEMPAK pqact.conf lines to read andprocess the
> data. When I do 8 sites, no problem, the machine handles it fine.

What I meant is how many pqact invocations do/did you have when you were
tryint to process all of the Level II data.  By way of example, here are
the ~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf entries that we use to process ALL Level II data
on a dual Athlon 2400+ machine that is also processing ALL data available
by the IDD:

exec    "pqact -f CRAFT -p BZIP2/K[A-D] 
/local/ldm/etc/GEMPAK/pqact.gempak_craft"
exec    "pqact -f CRAFT -p BZIP2/K[E-K] 
/local/ldm/etc/GEMPAK/pqact.gempak_craft"
exec    "pqact -f CRAFT -p BZIP2/K[L-R] 
/local/ldm/etc/GEMPAK/pqact.gempak_craft"
exec    "pqact -f CRAFT -p BZIP2/K[S-Z] 
/local/ldm/etc/GEMPAK/pqact.gempak_craft"

re: lots of disk space needed to keep all 134 NEXRAD Level II data for a week
> Yes I will, and I figured that out. :-)

re: McIDAS ADDE does not (yet) serve the Level II data.
> True. But I figured it was coming, as you hint above.

re: no advice on submitting an Egrant proposal
> LOL! That's right, you can't provide advice, I forgot. Hmmm. OK. Will have
> to ponder this one.

> Thanks again Tom! Take care.

Later...
Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LNL-619813
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed