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Hi Laurie, How confident of the machine name are you..? I see no attempts to connect from: xert.xdc.arm.gov on idd.cise-nsf.gov Can you confirm if that is in fact the machine name and not an alias...? What does the command "hostname" return? Thanks, Jeff > Hi Laurie, > > I neglected to confirm your port information...but if you are getting > suominet data I presumed it was open, but that is configurable soooo just to > be sure, the default port is 388... > > Checking logs at NSF... > > > Hi Laurie, > > > > Odd, I'll begin viewing the logs on the NSF machine to see what is going > > on.. > > > > In the interim, could you please try the same requests, but to our local > > machine: > > > > idd.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > Please try the same commands replacing: > > > > idd.cise-nsf.gov with idd.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > We'll figure it out :) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Unfortunately, I'm still getting a time-out error. Any thoughts? > > > Do we need to have any particular ports open? We are currently getting > > > Suominet GPS data via LDM okay, so it appears LDM is generally working. Is > > > there anything we need to set to connect? > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f NMC2 > > > May 10 19:06:43 notifyme[493]: Starting Up: idd.cise-nsf.gov: > > > 20060510190643.898 TS_ENDT {{NMC2, ".*"}} > > > May 10 19:07:08 notifyme[493]: NOTIFYME(idd.cise-nsf.gov): > > > h_clnt_create(idd.cise-nsf.gov): Timed out while creating connection > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f HDS > > > May 10 19:09:23 notifyme[506]: Starting Up: idd.cise-nsf.gov: > > > 20060510190923.642 TS_ENDT {{HDS, ".*"}} > > > May 10 19:09:48 notifyme[506]: NOTIFYME(idd.cise-nsf.gov): > > > h_clnt_create(idd.cise-nsf.gov): Timed out while creating connection > > > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f FT12 > > > May 10 19:10:46 notifyme[531]: Starting Up: idd.cise-nsf.gov: > > > 20060510191046.793 TS_ENDT {{NMC2, ".*"}} > > > May 10 19:11:11 notifyme[531]: NOTIFYME(idd.cise-nsf.gov): > > > h_clnt_create(idd.cise-nsf.gov): Timed out while creating connection > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Laurie > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 10 May 2006 02:50 pm, you wrote: > > > > Hi Laurie, > > > > > > > > PLease modify the line: > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f 12 > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f FT12 > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > > > Hi Laurie, > > > > > > > > > > I forgot, you are running LDM5, so let's try using the command: > > > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f NMC2 > > > > > > > > > > (this is another name for the CONDUIT Feed) > > > > > > > > > > and/or > > > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f HDS > > > > > > > > > > (this is the standard NCEP output) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and/or > > > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f 12 > > > > > > > > > > (this is also the CONDUIT feed, numerical representation) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and let me know what returns :) > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff, > > > > > > > > > > > > I ran the notifyme command, but received the following error > > > > > > message. > > > > > > It did not even try to connect. Without specifying the feedtype, it > > > > > > will > > > try > > > > > > to connect, but will time out. Do we need another feed host or > > > > > > could > > > there > > > > > > be a problem with our LDM? We have an older version of LDM running. > > > > > > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f CONDUIT > > > > > > Bad feedtype "CONDUIT", unknown feed name in feedtype expression > > > > > > Usage: /apps/base/ldm/bin/notifyme [options] > > > > > > .. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Laurie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday 08 May 2006 06:32 pm, you wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Laurie, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have set up an allow for both CONDUIT and HDS feeds on: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > idd.cise-nsf.gov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It appears as if you are on I2 (Abilene Network), and to connect > > > > > > > to > > > > > > "idd.cise-nsf.gov" you will need to also be on I2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To test, please enter (from xert.xdc.arm.gov): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > notifyme -vl - -h idd.cise-nsf.gov -f CONDUIT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you see products scroll by, you are in :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Feel free to request any grids from the CONDUIT or HDS feeds. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are not on I2, we will find you another feed host. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let us know if we can help further. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Weber > > > > > Unidata User Support > > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > > =================== > > > > > Ticket ID: DBF-760900 > > > > > Department: Support IDD > > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Weber > > > > Unidata User Support > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: DBF-760900 > > > > Department: Support IDD > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Weber > > Unidata User Support > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: DBF-760900 > > Department: Support IDD > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > Jeff Weber > Unidata User Support > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: DBF-760900 > Department: Support IDD > Priority: Normal > Status: Open > > Jeff Weber Unidata User Support http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DBF-760900 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Open