I believe you can edit the ~awips/etc/ldmd.conf file on your AWIPS system.
Check with the awips2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list.
On Mar 1, 2017 11:16 AM, "Matthew Foster - NOAA Federal" <
matthew.foster@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the input. We would love to run multiple pqact instances, but
> this is the AWIPS version of LDM, so only one pqact can run.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Steve Emmerson <emmerson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The only limit is the amount of virtual memory on the machine.
>>
>> Performance may suffer, however, if the list gets too big. What's "too
>> big" will depend on your system.
>>
>> You might want several smaller pqact(1) configuration-files rather than
>> one big one simply to keep things organized.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve Emmerson
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Patrick L. Francis <wxprofessor@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an upper limit to the number of patterns that can/should be in
>>> pqact.conf?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any insight!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> matt..
>>>
>>>
>>> I've never run into any limits, but Big Steve Emmerson could of course
>>> prove me wrong there.. what I like to do is keep all my product actions in
>>> separate files called via ldmd.conf
>>>
>>> for example i have something similar to:
>>>
>>> pqact.warnings
>>> pqact.models
>>> pqact.nids
>>> pqact.me
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pqact.me&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=EO9-RoN76tYjglJUt1Fz1w&m=v9PiSQIb82R0WIkoLGcpayIMlIdAhSy81RES_lQR48c&s=_HNA7fL_ngeLC8aQaujSB_wDNxV2TWIprWMNkbufz3g&e=>
>>> (for admin type stuff)
>>>
>>> then in ldmd.conf
>>> EXEC "pqact /home/ldm/etc/pqact.nids"
>>> EXEC "pqact /home/ldm/etc/pqact.models"
>>> EXEC "pqact /home/ldm/etc/pqact.warnings"
>>> EXEC "pqact /home/ldm/etc/pqact.me
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pqact.me&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=EO9-RoN76tYjglJUt1Fz1w&m=v9PiSQIb82R0WIkoLGcpayIMlIdAhSy81RES_lQR48c&s=_HNA7fL_ngeLC8aQaujSB_wDNxV2TWIprWMNkbufz3g&e=>
>>> "
>>>
>>> I do that because in the old days we had pqact.gempak and it took
>>> forever to find what i was looking for, and this way each product action is
>>> only committed if needed to lessen the processing burden... but to answer
>>> your question again I've never hit any limits, but that doesn't mean there
>>> isn't one. [image: :-)]
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> --patrick
>>>
>>> …………………………………………………………...........
>>>
>>> Patrick L. Francis
>>>
>>> Director of Research & Development
>>>
>>> Aeris Weather
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://aerisweather.com/
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aerisweather.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=EO9-RoN76tYjglJUt1Fz1w&m=v9PiSQIb82R0WIkoLGcpayIMlIdAhSy81RES_lQR48c&s=14TIdAjSsXrTqZFkm3BmZYgc8F-mcvXDIa7wBqlzMSE&e=>
>>>
>>> http://modelweather.com/
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__modelweather.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=EO9-RoN76tYjglJUt1Fz1w&m=v9PiSQIb82R0WIkoLGcpayIMlIdAhSy81RES_lQR48c&s=vHC3epxer2Xw931BZspXHcPpiaikOjy0SH7sKXfPVuw&e=>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> wxprofessor@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> http://facebook.com/wxprofessor/
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__facebook.com_wxprofessor_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=EO9-RoN76tYjglJUt1Fz1w&m=v9PiSQIb82R0WIkoLGcpayIMlIdAhSy81RES_lQR48c&s=YIWo0YJzAF4cSCyonytVHocurW-x-iU2kTHaynd7sGo&e=>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> …………………………………………………………
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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