so here's a wierd one

[Gerry Creager]

Realizing that Gilbert gets the code before Steve writes it so he can 
test what Steve's thinking and find the feat... er... bugs.  :-)

Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Daryl Herzmann wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tyler,
>>
>> Do your log files show your LDM switching feeds when data starts 
>> flowing again?
>>
>> I can't seem to fully resolve it, but the newer LDM seems to get 
>> confused when you have multiple hosts feeding you the same data types 
>> without specifying PRIMARY ALTERNATE. I dunno, I'm running into all 
>> sorts of strange LDM things lately :(
> 
> Daryl,
> 
> No such problem here for one of my feeds, which, for right now, is 
> running just a primary site because I am testing a feed. BTW, if you 
> upgraded to LDM 6.6.2, are you having problems with things not writing 
> to disk correctly? Or not at all? Check this out:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/ldm/msg04951.html
> 
> And then this:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/ldm/msg04952.html
> 
> Many of the radar products I make on my website run from a script that 
> calls that LDM entry above. As it turns out, in LDM 6, it means that the 
> code that determines the canonical time of a product was not written 
> correctly. It also means that your pqact entries using them may be 
> wrong. I'm guessing that's your problem, as stuff has mysteriously 
> stopped coming in or being saved. That's what happened to me when I 
> upgraded to 6.6.2.
> But 6.6.2 IS correct on how to do it, which means I am now seeing things 
> work the way they should.
> 
> BTW, if you are doing a PRIMARY and ALTERNATE to a specific data feed, 
> the lines, except for the site you are feeding from, have to match EXACTLY.
> Otherwise, it will feed both feeds from both sites.
> 
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