Welcome back to AWIPS Tips!
We are excited to announce our release of 20.3.2-2 that incorporates many updates and fixes from the 20.3.2-1 release. This release includes installers for CAVE (CentOS7, Windows, VMware Player, and MacOS), and for EDEX (CentOS7).
EDEX Updates
- Fix syntax error in pqact.conf.priority and pqact.grids
- Fix regex for satellite data so we don't request duplicate data in pqact.conf.priority and pqact.goesr
- Replace checkFileTime.pl with checkFileTime.sh which can run without root permissions via cron
- Replace ufpy package with NSF Unidata’s python-awips package
- Update awips_install.sh installer to disableexcludes from yum.conf
- Update derived parameters to include GFS20 to fix Surface Precipitation
- Updates to satellite menu:
- Update CPSD description file
- Add Fog derived products to GOES WCONUS menu
- Added "Rocket" to plume menu items
- Updated Meso and Full RGB menus to have all valid RGB's
- Small changes to modes to allow proper compressing of log files
- Repair ACARS purging file
CAVE Updates
- Remove GFE from Windows and Mac perspective menus (functionality not available on those Operating Systems currently)
- Remove Edit Plot Attributes from METARs station plots (functionality also currently removed from NWS AWIPS because it’s not implemented correctly yet)
Windows CAVE Installers
- Updated naming convention of the .exe file to avoid confusion
NOTE: CAVE should be run using the CAVE.bat file to correctly use the packaged python
How to Install EDEX
Visit our EDEX Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.
How to Install CAVE
Visit our CAVE Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, MacOS or Virtual Machine installation methods.
EDEX Connection
Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu.
Functionality/Reporting
If you come across any deficiencies or have any enhancement requests, please fill out our short reporting form.
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Check back in two weeks for the next blog post where we review how to access and plot satellite data in python-awips.
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