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Hi Pat, Since the topic has changed, I have opened a new ticket... re: > Now the issue is getting satellite area files to write to the appropriate > spot. I have downloaded > the binaries for ldm-mcidas and copied them to the ~ldm/decoders directory. > Pretty much folowed > what is on > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/mcidd/ldm-mcidas-build.html Very good. First thing to make sure of is that the ~ldm/decoders directory is included in the PATH for your 'ldm' user. If it is not and you add it, you must restart the LDM to make the change active. > I have copied the SAT* files to /etc and altered the pqact.conf with the -a > and -b options. Hopefully you mean you copied the SAT* files to the ~ldm/etc directory, not to /etc. > Still, ldm-mcidas.log yields: > Jul 13 21:41:24 pnga2area[674]: output file pathname: > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/GOES-12/4km/VIS/VIS_20060713_2115 > Jul 13 21:41:24 pnga2area[674]: Can't open file > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/GOES-12/4km/VIS/VIS_20060713_2115 > Jul 13 21:41:24 pnga2area[675]: Starting Up > Jul 13 21:41:24 pnga2area[675]: output file pathname: > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/GOES-12/4km/13.3/13.3_20060713_2115 > Jul 13 21:41:24 pnga2area[675]: Can't open file > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/GOES-12/4km/13.3/13.3_20060713_2115 > Jul 13 21:41:34 pnga2area[678]: Starting Up > Jul 13 21:41:34 pnga2area[678]: output file pathname: > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/SOUNDER/1km/CAPE/CAPE_20060713_1900 > Jul 13 21:41:34 pnga2area[678]: Can't open file > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/SOUNDER/1km/CAPE/CAPE_20060713_1900 This looks like a write error. Please check to insure that the user running your LDM has write permission for the directories that are to be written. Also, I would assume that your directory naming convention is something like: ~ldm/data <-> /data/ldm ~ldm/logs <-> ~ldm/data/logs If thi is the case, you need to make sure that the user running the LDM has write permission in /data/ldm, /data/ldm/gempak, etc. > Do I need to have a version of McIDAS installed for this all to work out? No. The ldm-mcidas decoders (better named the uniwisc-decoders) do not need McIDAS to be installed. > Otherwise, any ideas on what is amiss? I suspect write permissions. > Thanks. No worries. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu ****************************************************************************