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>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> >Organization: Universal Weather and Aviation >Keywords: 200102061637.f16GbEX01048 McIDAS LDM XCD Robert, >We are running SSEC-McIDAS 7.704 and now have an LDM running on our >NOAAPORT ingestor. Is there any reason why we can't kick off the XCD >processes through pqact.conf as Unidata does? Not that I know of. In fact, I believe that this is how SSEC runs their NOAAPORT ingest system. >There is an LDM running >on the McIDAS server that is sending the NOAAPORT stream to GEMPAK >decoders. It should work for XCD as well. >This would make our start-up processes and feeds cleaner by having >one source. I agree. Just for interest, what kind of a NOAAPORT reception system do you have? How many channels are you getting? I don't suppose that Universal would allow Unidata sites free ADDE access to GINI imagery and XCD decoded data, or would you? :-) >Thanks, Later... Tom >From address@hidden Tue Feb 6 13:28:52 2001 >Subject: Re: 20010206: starting SSEC McIDAS XCD decoders through pqact Thanks Tom, We have a two-channel SSEC ingestor getting the GINI sat imagery and the text/binary. It's the standard SSEC Gateway PC. We also have a Goes-8 GVAR ingestor and possibly a GOES-10 as well. I'll have to check on the access..one problem is machine capability..we're pretty maxed out now and the big firewall everything is behind. I will definitely check though. Robert -- Robert Mullenax Weather Systems Administrator Universal Weather and Aviation 8787 Tallyho Houston, TX 77061 Phone: 713-944-1622 ext 2223 FAX: 713-943-4645 Email: address@hidden