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[IDV #BBJ-186747]: Adding BUFR tables into the IDV

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  • Subject: [IDV #BBJ-186747]: Adding BUFR tables into the IDV
  • Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:03:53 -0600
> Hi gang...
> 
> I (less than) recently exchanged emails with Ethan about how to add in some
> local BUFR tables when trying to read a BUFR file.  He pointed me to:
> https://github.com/Unidata/IDV/blob/master/src/ucar/unidata/idv/resources/njConfig.xml
> >
> 
> I created the njConfig.xml file and put it into the
> "$HOME/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv" directory, that looks like this:
> 
> <quote>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <nj22Config>
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_247_7.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_247_8.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_247_7.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_247_8.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_65535_1.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_65535_2.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_65535_3.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_65535_4.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_65535_5.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabb_65535_6.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_65535_1.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_65535_2.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_65535_3.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_65535_4.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_65535_5.csv" />
> <table type="BUFR" filename="/temp/localtabd_65535_6.csv" />
> </nj22Config>
> </quote>
> 
> But when I try to read the BUFR file, I get console messages like this:
> 
> <quote>
> 
> C:\Program Files\IDV_4.0beta>jre\bin\java -Xmx2917m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m
> -Didv.e
> nableStereo=false -jar idv.jar
> TableLookup cant find Table D descriptor 3-21-250 in tables
> none,resource:/reso
> urces/bufrTables/cypher/D_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> TableLookup cant find Table B descriptor = 0-29-193 in tables none,
> resource:/r
> esources/bufrTables/cypher/B_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> TableLookup cant find Table B descriptor = 0-29-194 in tables none,
> resource:/r
> esources/bufrTables/cypher/B_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> TableLookup cant find Table B descriptor = 0-29-195 in tables none,
> resource:/r
> esources/bufrTables/cypher/B_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> TableLookup cant find Table B descriptor = 0-29-196 in tables none,
> resource:/r
> esources/bufrTables/cypher/B_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> TableLookup cant find Table B descriptor = 0-29-197 in tables none,
> resource:/r
> esources/bufrTables/cypher/B_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> TableLookup cant find Table B descriptor = 0-29-198 in tables none,
> resource:/r
> esources/bufrTables/cypher/B_d00v11.htm mode=localOverride
> 
> </quote>
> 
> This looks to me like "it" cannot find the njConfig.xml file...or there is
> another issue?


Tom,
    In the .unidata folder, the njConfig should be named as: nj22Config.xml 
according the idv.rbi.


Yuan
> 
> Hope you can help.  I'd be happy to send along the BUFR file and the tables
> if that would help.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> tom
> --
> Tom Whittaker
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC)
> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
> 1225 W. Dayton Street
> Madison, WI  53706  USA
> ph: +1 608 262 2759
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BBJ-186747
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed