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Harry, the SSEC code that runs the pqing processes assumes first that NOAAport products tagged as "text" are DDPLUS|IDS and the rest are HRS. Unfortunately, that logic breaks sometimes since RCM, DCP and other products with binary characters come under NOAAport "text" categories. So, a separate exceptions file is used by the top level injection sites for specifying headers which contain binary characters and need to go to the pqing -f HRS, as pqing will barf on binary characters otherwise. The ingestion sites really need to better specify what products are HRS. They are probably globally matching a certain pattern. This is one thing I have eliminated with the dirrect injection to LDM queue which bypasses the old pqing program. Hopefully we can migrate to better feedtypes soon. I forwarded your question to Robb so that he might look at the exceptions list patterns. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden> >Organization: . >Keywords: 200001181737.KAA06317 >How is the NOAAPORT feed divided into HRS and DDPLUS? I have found several >local products that are being placed in HRS, and should be in DDPLUS: > > > >376 ^M >SXUS46 KSEW 171741^M >RECSEA^M >WAZ018-025-171800-^M >MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL FORECAST^M >NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA^M >10 AM PST MON JAN 17 2000^M >^M >.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. ^M >.MONDAY NIGHT...FAIR.^M >.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR ^M >SNOW. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.^M >.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...RAIN OR SNOW AT TIMES.^M >^M >LOCATION (ELEVATION) TEMPERATURE (F) WIND DIR SPEED (MPH)^M >^M >SUMMIT (14410) MINUS 3 SW 30^M >CAMP MUIR (10000) 12 SW 20 ^M >PARADISE (5500) 23 S 15 ^M >^M >SNOW LEVEL NEAR 2000 FEET MONDAY RISING TO 3000 FEET MONDAY NIGHT ^M >THEN FALLING TO 2500 FEET TUESDAY.^M >$$^M >^M >^M >^M > > >^M^M >^C^A^M >382 ^M >SXUS40 KNMW 171800^M >95S M /M /M /M /M /M YAQUINA BAY^M >85S CY05 /NE05 /M /M /49 /3020 SIUSLAW RIVER^M >98S M /M /M /M /M /M UMPQUA RIVER^M >P47 C10 /N12 /0406 /48 /41 /3012 CHETCO RIVER^M >BT^M >^M^M >^C^A^M > > >-- >Dr. Harry Edmon E-MAIL: address@hidden >(206) 543-0547 FAX: (206) 543-0308 >Dept of Atmospheric Sciences >University of Washington, Box 351640, Seattle, WA 98195-1640 >