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>From: William C Klein <address@hidden> >Organization: Valparaiso >Keywords: 200204101351.g3ADpma28875 McIDAS-XCD ldm-mcidas Bill, re: where impression that you are not getting GRID data comes from >I think we are getting the data. The problem looks like it lies in the >fact that we can't see it. I took the liberty of logging onto aeolus to poke around. What I found is that you are, in fact, receiving and decoding the model data. I can look at the existence of the data from your machine: <login as 'mcidas'> cd workdata dmap.k GRID And, I can look at it remotely. I do this by accessing the ADDE server that is setup on aeolus. <on my machine here at Unidata> DATALOC ADD RTGRIDS aeolus.valpo.edu DSINFO G RTGRIDS Dataset Names of Type: GRID in Group: RTGRIDS Name NumPos Content ------------ ------ -------------------------------------- ALL 900 Real-Time Grids AVN 200 Real-Time AVN Grids ECMWF 10 Real-Time ECMWF Grids ETA 120 Real-Time ETA Grids MDR 10 Real-Time MDR Grids MISC 10 Other Real-Time Grids MRF 100 Real-Time MRF Grids MRF-UW 2 MRF Grids in UW stream NGM 40 Real-Time NGM Grids NGM-UW 2 NGM Grids in UW stream RUC 80 Real-Time RUC Grids DSINFO -- done GRDLIST RTGRIDS/ETA FORM=FILE ALL DATASET NAME: RTGRIDS/ETA Dataset Position Creation Date Max Grids Directory Title ---------------- ------------- --------- ------------------------------- 8 2002108 5000 ALL 00Z ETA 0 HR<=VT<=24 HR 18 2002108 5000 ALL 00Z ETA 24 HR< VT<=48 HR 28 2002108 5000 ALL 00Z ETA 48 HR< VT<=72 HR 38 2002108 5000 ALL 06Z ETA 0 HR<=VT<=24 HR 48 2002108 5000 ALL 06Z ETA 24 HR< VT<=48 HR 68 2002108 5000 ALL 12Z ETA 0 HR<=VT<=24 HR 78 2002108 5000 ALL 12Z ETA 24 HR< VT<=48 HR 88 2002108 5000 ALL 12Z ETA 48 HR< VT<=72 HR 98 2002108 5000 ALL 18Z ETA 0 HR<=VT<=24 HR 108 2002108 5000 ALL 18Z ETA 24 HR< VT<=48 HR GRDLIST - done So, this says that your impression of not having gridded data must come through there being no access through the MCGUI. As I noted some time ago, this is one of the weaknesses of the current MCGUI: no interface developed to look at GRID data. >I have attached the ldmd.conf as text. Please let me know if this how it >needs to look. Since your machine is producing decoded model data in GRID format, you must have the entry in ~ldm/etc/pqact.conf setup correctly. >> HRS .* PIPE >> xcd_run HRS >where in the file does this need to be added? I'm not seeing a proper >placement. This entry can be put anywhere in ~ldm/etc/pqact.conf. As I look at your pqact.conf file, I see it right near the top: # Additions for McIDAS-XCD # According to # http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/770/mcx/xcd_start.html # DDPLUS|IDS ^.* PIPE xcd_run DDS HRS ^.* PIPE xcd_run HRS The entry that goes in ~ldm/etc/ldmd.conf is the one that requests the data from an upstream feed site. You already have this setup: request MCIDAS|HRS ".*" 129.93.52.150 This line says that you are requesting all products in the MCIDAS and HRS (the stream containing model data) from the host whose IP address is 129.93.52.150. The fact that new GRID files are being produced says that this was done correctly. Given that the MCGUI doesn't have (yet) a nice, simple interface to GRID display, you will have to run McIDAS commands to produce gridded displays. To get started, I can recommend looking through the GRID section of the McIDAS Learning Guide: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/780/mclearn I am hoping to add GRID access to MCGUI by the next release, 7.90, which will be some time this summer. Tom