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[GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites

> 
> Steve,
> 
> I just tried it with a a new file and this does not work for me.  I have 
> attached the file.
> Where did I go wrong?
> 
> 
> > cat obs200611132000 | sed 's/\r/\r\r/g' | dcmetr -v 4 -d - -c 061113/2000 
> > YYYYMMDDHH_metar.gem
> [4322] 061113/2007[DC 3] Version 5.9.3
> [4322] 061113/2007[DCMETR 7] 3.3
> [4322] 061113/2007[IN -11] metar.pack

Robert,

The file was fine and decoded here. Your problem from the line above is that 
metar.pack
wasn't found, which suggests that your GEMTBL variable isn't pointing to the
correct place (or it's not set at all). Check your "source Gemenviron".

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support







> [4322] 061113/2007[DC 2] read 81/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 81
> [4322] 061113/2007[DC 2] read 0/204718 bytes strt 81 newstrt 81
> [4322] 061113/2007[DC -9]
> [4322] 061113/2007[DC 5]
> [4322] 061113/2007[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
> [4322] 061113/2007[DC 6]
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 2:50 PM
> To: Robert Mullenax
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites
> 
> Robert,
> 
> As expected, the problem with your report is the unseen carriage return 
> characters.
> Your file uses a single \r\n sequence at each line, while the FOS patterns 
> expect
> \r\r\n. In particular, the start of a bulletin is requires to be SOH \r \r \n
> and the end of a bulletin is required to be \r \r \n ETX. Without that correct
> sequence, the decoder is just reading bytes looking for a valid bulletin.
> 
> You can modify and decode your data through a pipe such as:
> cat BIWS2006111017 | sed 's/\r/\r\r/g' | dcmetr -v 4 -d - -c 061110/1700 
> YYYYMMDDHH_metar.gem
> 
> Steve Chiswell
> Unidata User Support
> 
> 
> > Our mail server has not been sending attachments out lately  (I have no 
> > idea why)..if you don't get this maybe I could send you the AWS data via 
> > LDM for a short period of time?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 10:40 AM
> > To: Robert Mullenax
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites
> >
> > Robert,
> >
> > Please send either as an attachment or post since when you cut and
> > paste, you are translating the control characters, and we need to
> > verify that you have them correct since I can get the bulletin to decode
> > when I put in the correct bulletin delimeters.
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> > > I used FILE   -close.  I cut and pasted it into the e-mail.
> > >
> > > ^A^M
> > > 285^M
> > > SAAA10 SSCC 092345^M
> > > METAR BIWS 092345Z AUTO 26003KT M10/M18 RMK A01=^M
> > > ^C
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Thu 11/9/2006 1:36 PM
> > > To: Robert Mullenax
> > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites
> > >
> > > Robert,
> > >
> > > It sounds like you do not have proper bulletin delimeters  so that the 
> > > decoder can find
> > > the start and end of the bulletin.
> > >
> > > Please send me the raw data from the pqact FILE command.
> > >
> > > Steve Chiswell
> > > Unidata User Supporrt
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Data arrived at 1846 and the decoder started up, but no file was 
> > > > written and the log file shows it has closed without processing a 
> > > > bulletin:
> > > >
> > > > [5945] 061109/1646[DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.9.3
> > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2]  Interrupt Signal
> > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 5]  Normal termination.
> > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
> > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 6]  Shutting down.
> > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.9.3
> > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DCMETR 7]  DCMETR version:  3.3
> > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 2]  read 79/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 79
> > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 2]  Interrupt Signal
> > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 5]  Normal termination.
> > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
> > > > [6084] 061109/1710[DC 6]  Shutting down.
> > > > [21063] 061109/1846[DC 3] Version 5.9.3
> > > > [21063] 061109/1846[DCMETR 7] 3.3
> > > > [21063] 061109/1846[DC 2] read 79/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 79
> > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC -6]
> > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC 5]
> > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
> > > > [21063] 061109/1856[DC 6]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Robert Mullenax
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > > Sent: Thu 11/9/2006 12:12 PM
> > > > To: Robert Mullenax
> > > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > > Subject: [GEMPAK #CSI-145319]: dcmetr and Antarctic AWS sites
> > > >
> > > > Robert,
> > > >
> > > > I clipped out your metar and sent it to dcmetr and it decoded:
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.9.4
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DCMETR 7]  DCMETR version:  3.3
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 2]  read 89/102399 bytes strt 0 newstrt 89
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 2]  read 0/102311 bytes strt 89 newstrt 89
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC -9]  End of input data file.
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 5]  Normal termination.
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 1
> > > > [2273920] 061109/1104[DC 6]  Shutting down.
> > > >
> > > > GEMPAK-SFLIST>r
> > > > PARM = 
> > > > PMSL;ALTI;TMPC;DWPC;SKNT;DRCT;GUST;WNUM;CHC1;CHC2;CHC3;VSBY;P03D;P03I;
> > > > MSUN;SNOW;WEQS;P24I;TDXC;TDNC;P03C;CTYL;CTYM;CTYH;P06I;T6XC;T6NC;CEIL;
> > > > P01I
> > > >
> > > > STN    YYMMDD/HHMM      PMSL     ALTI     TMPC     DWPC     SKNT     
> > > > DRCT
> > > > GUST     WNUM     CHC1     CHC2     CHC3     VSBY
> > > > P03D     P03I     MSUN     SNOW     WEQS     P24I
> > > > TDXC     TDNC     P03C     CTYL     CTYM     CTYH
> > > > P06I     T6XC     T6NC     CEIL     P01I
> > > > BIWS    061109/1700  -9999.00 -9999.00   -13.00   -20.00     3.00   
> > > > 210.00
> > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00
> > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00
> > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00
> > > > -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00
> > > >
> > > > when you say nothing happened, I'm assuming that you mean you have no 
> > > > files named
> > > > YYYYMMDD_saot.gem in your surface directory? If you do, then you are 
> > > > probably just waiting for
> > > > the data to flush the write before you can see it (without any other 
> > > > data, the decoder will flush in 600 seconds by default but can be 
> > > > adjusted with -t).
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise, you might want to do some tests by cat'ing the FILE'd 
> > > > bulletin to the decoder
> > > > so you can test things out with -v 4. You can send me one of your metar 
> > > > bulletins for me to try if you
> > > > still have trouble.
> > > >
> > > > Steve Chiswell
> > > > Unidata User Support
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The SPAWAR folks have deployed some weather stations around McMurdo 
> > > > > and are transmitting the obs in METAR format on the Antarctic-IDD.  I 
> > > > > am saving the obs in raw form, but it would be ideal to use dcmetr to 
> > > > > decode them.  Here is what the bulletin looks like when saved to 
> > > > > disk(the obs are generally every 15 minutes):
> > > > >
> > > > > ^A^M
> > > > > 721^M
> > > > > SAAA10 SSCC 091700^M
> > > > > METAR BIWS 091700Z AUTO 21003KT M13/M20 RMK A01=^M
> > > > > ^C
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Even though it has a header, it is not being sent through the NWS 
> > > > > Gateway.  I added an entry for BIWS in sfmetar_sa.tbl:
> > > > >
> > > > > BIWS      99999 BLACK ISLAND AWS(ANTARC)         -- NZ  7813  16615   
> > > > > 213
> > > > >
> > > > > and created a pqact entry as a test:
> > > > >
> > > > > EXP    ^USAP\.NZCM\.AWS\.BIWS\.(........).(..)(..)
> > > > > PIPE    decoders/dcmetr -v 2 -a 500 -m 72 -s sfmetar_sa.tbl
> > > > > -d data/gempak/logs/dcmetrt.log
> > > > > -e GEMTBL=/usr/gempak/GEMPAK5.9.3/gempak/tables
> > > > > data/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_saot.gem
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > However, nothing gets decoded.  This is what dcmetrt.log says:
> > > > >
> > > > > [5945] 061109/1646[DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.9.3
> > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2]  Interrupt Signal
> > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 5]  Normal termination.
> > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
> > > > > [5945] 061109/1651[DC 6]  Shutting down.
> > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.9.3
> > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DCMETR 7]  DCMETR version:  3.3
> > > > > [6084] 061109/1701[DC 2]  read 79/204799 bytes strt 0 newstrt 79
> > > > >
> > > > > It read the file (79 bytes is right), but then nothing happens.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there any chance this can be successfully decoded?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Robert Mullenax
> > > > > NMSU/PSL/CSBF Meteoroology
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ticket Details
> > > > ===================
> > > > Ticket ID: CSI-145319
> > > > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > > > Priority: Normal
> > > > Status: Closed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ticket Details
> > > ===================
> > > Ticket ID: CSI-145319
> > > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > > Priority: Normal
> > > Status: Closed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: CSI-145319
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: CSI-145319
> Department: Support GEMPAK
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: CSI-145319
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed