[McIDAS #DPG-164615]: Unable to create GOES image files

Hi Scott,

re:
> I'm trying to create GOES gif files and I'm missing something. I've
> installed MCIDAS-X and LDM-MCIDAS and I'm receiving the data. As near
> as I can tell, I'm creating the AREA#### files, but I'm not getting past
> that point. I'll use Goes-East Visible as an example.
> 
> My pqact entry:
> 
> UNIWISC ^pnga2area Q. (..) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
> PIPE    -close
> pnga2area -vl /usr/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
> -a /usr/ldm/etc/SATANNOT
> -b /usr/ldm/etc/SATBAND
> -d /glfs0/ldmdata/data/data -r \1,\2
> 
> My ROUTE.SYS entry:
> 
> UV GOES-East US Visible       140-149  AREA0145     17129 1940 GE-VIS.BAT   3

OK.

re:
> It looks like I'm successfully creating the AREA0145 file in
> /glfs0/ldmdata/data/data, but I don't understand what process is supposed
> to take that AREA file and create a gif.

Are you wanting to create a GIF of each image received from an LDM
pattern-action file action?  Or, are you interested in setting up
your system to create GIFs of images that are stored on disk.  The
setup for these two use cases is a bit different.

re:
> I've been all through the support
> entries and they are just not making sense to me. Any help you can give
> me would be wonderful.

First, let's sort out exactly what kind of work flow you are interested
in establishing, and then we'll take it from there.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DPG-164615
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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