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[IDD #JZM-551600]: Is the SUNY NLDN feed down?

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  • Subject: [IDD #JZM-551600]: Is the SUNY NLDN feed down?
  • Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:59:17 -0600
Hi Mike,

re: change in how Vaisala makes NLDN data available to SUNYA

> Let me know if there is any trouble with Vaisala and I'll see what
> I can do on this end as we have some leverage with them.

OK, thanks.  I don't think this will be necessary (David Knight is talking
to Vaisala about options), but it never hurts to know someone with an 'in'.

re:
> I recently set
> up a ssh link with them to get some lightning data for a professor.
> However, I have no idea what the format is as it's for her use only.

Did Vaisala provide the professor with good documentation on the format?
I assume yes...

re:
> I'm assuming SUNY will set up something similar with Vaisala.

Yup, SSH and VPN are being discussed.

re:
> Did you guys have any advance notice of this?  I guess I'm not on
> the ldm-users list and better get on it. thanks.

Actually, no.  The satellite feed to SUNYA stopped working, and
David sent a note to the ldm-users list letting folks know.  After
doing some investigating it was found that Vaisala had discontinued
their satellite delivery service, and apparently not informed
SUNYA (since they get the data for free, it was likely a simple
oversight).  We learned about the satellite feed not working when
David sent a note to Mohan.  Last Friday responded to David's request
from some programming help by letting him know that we would be
happy to look into revamping the software that they have been
using for over a decade and a half.  I need to contact David in
the next couple of days to see if he has made progress in getting
the data via SSH from Vaisala, and then jump in to see what it
will take to write the back end  to insert the data into the
LDM queue on striker2.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JZM-551600
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed