Re: 20010623: LDM 5.1.4 problem?

Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> 
> Hi Anne,
> 
> > Yeah, I saw the notice that these will be going away in NWWS.
> >
> > Athough a few things have changed in pqing since 5.0.9, I don't think
> > anything has changed since then regarding when the PIL is used.
> 
> Apparently so...when 5.0.9 is used, by default, the old AFOS PILs come
> across. But when 5.1.4 is used, it's not
> 
> > In looking at the code I see an undocumented option - the -i option to
> > pqing.  The code sets a variable, 'usePil', and if the -i (for ignore??)
> > option is invoked 'usePil' is set to false.  Is your upstream site
> > invoking pqing the same as always? i.e., were they possibly invoking it
> > with -i before and have forgotten to include it again after the upgrade?
> >
> > Either way, have them try using the -i option and see if that provides
> > what you want.  Please let me know what happens.
> 
> Will do, but I don't think our upstream site is using the -i flag. I'll
> see what he says.
> 
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Hi Gilbert,

Sorry!  I misunderstood your question.  I thought you were saying
something had changed between the versions, and you wanted to go back to
the old way.  

Also, I learned that the 'usePil' variable only applies to WMO feeds. 
So using it with the AFOS feed will not make a difference.  I apologize
for the misinformation.

As you probably know, NWWS is not a stream to which we subscribe, so
it's a low priority item for us.  If you have a sample of the new
products (without the PILs) you could always test pqing with it and see
what happens.  I'd try two tests: in one call the feed 'AFOS' and in the
other call it 'WMO' or 'DDS'.  This is to see how our two routines,
scan_afos and scan_wmo, work with the new product.  I have no idea
whether the code will need to be modified, as I do not have a sample of
the product.

I'm currently swamped, what with workshops happening in a month.  After
that I would be willing to spend a brief amount of time to see if I
could get it to work easily if you could provide me with some sample
data.  But, this wouldn't happen until mid-August.  Are the PILS are
going away some time in September?

Anne
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