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827 NOUS72 KNCF 011733 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO SUBJ: AWIPS CALL TO ACTION FOR GOES-12 ACTIVATION THE TRANSITION OF GOES EAST TO THE GOES-12 SATELLITE WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY AT 1815Z. AWIPS BUILD 5.2.2x GOES-EAST SITES SHOULD COMPLETE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION NOTE 24 WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS. AWIPS BUILD OB1 GOES-EAST SITES SHOULD COMPLETE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION 38 WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS. THE BUILD 5.2.2x MODIFICATION REQUIRES RUNNING AN INSTALLATION SCRIPT AND LOCALIZATION. SINCE BUILD OB1 WAS DEVELOPED WITH THIS TRANSITION IN MIND, THE OB1 MODIFICATION REQUIRES MODIFICATION OF ONE FILE AND LOCALIZATION. BUILD 5.2.2.x GOES-EAST SITES WHO DO NOT COMPLETE NOTE 24 FOLLOWING THE ACTIVATION OF GOES-12 WILL BE UNABLE TO VIEW 13 MICRON IMAGERY AND WILL SEE A "NO DATA" CONDITION ON THEIR NETSCAPE MONITOR DUE TO MISSING 12 MICRON IMAGERY. BUILD OB1 GOES-EAST SITES WHO DO NOT COMPLETE THE MODIFICATION FOLLOWING THE TRANSITION WILL NOT ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS VIEWING 13 MICRON IMAGERY OR WITH THE NETSCAPE MONITOR, HOWEVER, 13 MICRON IMAGES WILL BE MISLABELED AS 12 MICRON IMAGES ON D2D MENUS AND LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE LABELS. BOTH INSTRUCTION NOTES 24 AND 38 ARE POSTED AT: http://www.ops1.nws.noaa.gov/awips_new.htm AWIPS SITES SHOULD INFORM NCF WHEN BEGINNING THE SOFTWARE MODIFICATION ncf/kbb ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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