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Re: FNEXRAD Data

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  • Subject: Re: FNEXRAD Data
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:06:46 -0600
Mohammed Ghani wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to request FNEXRAD Data, I have my pqact.conf as well as the
> ldmd.conf set to request and grab Fnexrad products but I am not getting any 
> data
> and some kind of error is being placed into the logs.
> 
> ldmd.conf :
> request FNEXRAD
>         "^pnga2area"
>         snow.nrcc.cornell.edu
> 
> pqact.conf :
> FNEXRAD ^pnga2area Q5 (RL) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
>         PIPE    -close /usr/local/bin/pnga2area -vl 
> /users/ldm/logs/fnexrad.log
>          /data/wx/gempak/radar/\4_\6_\7.fnexrad
> 
> The log reports :
> Jun 24 21:07:34 web.envsci.rutgers.edu pqact[23018]: pipe_dbufput:
> -close/usr/local/bin/pnga2area-vl/users/
> ldm/logs/fnexrad.log/data/wx/gempak/radar/
> 
> If anyone has been able to successfully get Fnexrad data could you please send
> back some samples of your pqact.conf and ldmd.conf files.
> 
> Thanks

Hi Mohammed,

First, is that the entire log entry?  Or, perhaps is there an additional
line that says "write error"?

Did you actually install pnga2area in /usr/local/bin?

Anne
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