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Additional information on the NOAAPORT feed which resumed at 19:58Z. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support 975 NOUS72 KNCF 012005 ADMNCF DUE TO THE SOLAR RF, THE NCF EXPERIENCED DATA BACKUPS ON THE MHS SERVERS. WE HAVE POINTED THE SERVERS BACK TO THE BNCF UNTIL THE QUEUES CLEAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. NCF sms On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 13:00, Steve Chiswell wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 12:53, Harry Edmon wrote: > > Is NOAAPORT down? I have seen no data since 1920 UTC. > > The data switch has been completed by NWS and we are seeing NOAAPORT > data flowing now. > > Steve Chiswell > Unidata User Support > 072 > NOUS72 KNCF 011815 > ADMNCF > PLEASE PASS TO MIC/HIC,ESA, ITO, AND SOO > . > THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE BCNF WILL > TERMINATE IN ONE HOUR. THE SWITCH FROM THE BNCF > BACK TO THE PRIMARY AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL > FACILITY (NCF) WILL BEGIN IN ONE HOUR. AS STATED IN > PREVIOUS NOTIFICATIONS, THE REPOINTING OF ALL NCF > MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WILL REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY > 20 MINUTES TO PERFORM. DATA WILL BE QUEUED WHILE > THIS SWITCH IS IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE SENT ONCE THE > SWITCH IS COMPLETED. > . > NCF > > 749 > NOUS72 KNCF 011915 > ADMNCF > PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, SOO, ITO > . > THE SCHEDULED RETURN OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS TO > THE PRIMARY NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY (ANCF) HAS BEGUN. > THE REPOINTING OF ALL NCF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WILL > REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES TO PERFORM. DATA > WILL BE QUEUED WHILE THIS SWITCH IS IN PROGRESS AND > THE QUEUED DATA WILL BE SENT ONCE THE SWITCH IS > COMPLETED. > . > NCF