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> So I've set up a RAMADDA server and added the GEMPAK directory to its list of > data sources. I can connect to the server and display GOES imagery thru > RAMADDA. I've tried to display the data in the LDM Data Directory/nexrad/NIDS > with limited success. It's there a way to sort the folders it displays? > > I can open port 8080 of our server if you send me an IP address you connect > from. If you could point your IDV at our server and check it out I would > appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Angel Li > My IP is: 128.117.140.86 Yuan > North Carolina State University > Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites - NC > NOAA's National Climatic Data Center > Veach-Baley Federal Building > 151 Patton Avenue > Asheville, NC 28801-5001 > Email: address@hidden > Phone: 1-828-271-4688 > > > > On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Now that I have an LDM running at cicsnc.org (http://cicsnc.org) I would > > > like to set up a remote data server for IDV users. The pqact file I'm > > > using is the gempak flavor. Is ramadda a good choice? Our firewall is > > > currently blocking port 8080 so you can't log in a check the setup. > > > > Hi Angel, > > Other option is TDS (Thredds Data Server), this will require some > > configuration setting. It doesn't have the web interface for you to do the > > configuration like RAMADDA. In the configuration, you can specify the port > > number. Port 8080 is the default port and can be changed. > > > > The advantage of RAMADDA is that it is not only run as a data server for > > the IDV users, it can also used as the repository for the IDV users to > > share their bundles and other information, to publish their data and > > results. I would strongly recommend you to try the RAMADDA server. > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > I would like to find out if there's a better choice than ramadda for IDV > > > accessing a GEMPAK directory tree. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Angel Li > > > > > > North Carolina State University > > > Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites - NC > > > NOAA's National Climatic Data Center > > > Veach-Baley Federal Building > > > 151 Patton Avenue > > > Asheville, NC 28801-5001 > > > Email: address@hidden (mailto:address@hidden) > > > Phone: 1-828-271-4688 > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: JSX-936754 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JSX-936754 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open