[IDD #TAK-151063]: Feedsite request -- lightning data

Hi Baird,

re:
> Apologies for the confusion.  I'm using LDM on a MacBook (laptop), and I had
> disconnected it from the network when you tried earlier.

No worries.

re:
> I just tried "ldmping", and it appears to be working now:
> 
> mm108-lang2:~ ldm$ ldmping idd.unidata.ucar.edu
> Feb 05 17:52:24 INFO:      State    Elapsed Port   Remote_Host rpc_stat
> Feb 05 17:52:24 INFO: Resolving idd.unidata.ucar.edu to 128.117.140.3 took 
> 0.090039 seconds
> Feb 05 17:52:25 INFO: RESPONDING   0.519338  388   idd.unidata.ucar.edu

Excellent!

re:
> Thanks for all of your help!  I will be sure only to be running LDM when I'm
> plugged into the network.

You can certainly do other things while the LDM is running... the LDM runs
very efficiently and uses as few system resources as possible.

Your comment prompts the following comment:

- the LDM is designed to run all of the time.  The data available in the
  IDD is delivered in real-time, and there is no facility for providing
  old data

The point is that you will want to run an LDM continuously on a machine
to get the type(s) of data you want/need.  It is then up to you as to
what you want to do with the data (e.g., convert to a form usable by
whatever application you will use to analyze the data; save off data
into local archives; scour the data off of disk; etc.).

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TAK-151063
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed