Hi Gilbert,
We are using the noaaportIngester, have you been able to test that out?
Thanks,
Paul Kirkwood - NOAA Federal
Chief, Technology Infusion Branch (TIB)
Science and Technology Services Division (STSD)
Southern Region Headquarters
Email: Paul.Kirkwood@xxxxxxxx
Phone: 817-978-1100 x.145
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> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:33:31 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: noaaport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [noaaport] NOAAport upgrade tips
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> Hello everyone,
>
> As you all are aware, as of August 17, the National Weather Service began
> broadcasting their new NOAAport feed with 60+ Mbps of goodness.
> I had to switch over a dish over the weekend and today, and
> I ran into a few pitfalls which you should be aware of, and hopefully this
> will make your transition go as smoothly as possible.
>
> First, if you are using a Novra S300/S300N, be advised that the latest
> firmwware update is Version 2, Revision 11 (V2R11). I bet many of you are
> only running V2R7. So guess what? You get to do a firmware upgrade. The
> latest one supports APSK, while R7 only supports PSK. While it does seem
> to work with R7, there might be issues I don't want to deal with since it
> doesn't support APSK. So, what I would do is upgrade it to firmware
> version 11. This is best done physically at the device itself using the
> Novra-supplied GUI, available on their support website; it's a lot
> easier than using cmcs. If you use cmcs to do it, it will work...but the
> Novra will reset it's IP address to 192.168.0.1. Yep, that causes a
> conflict on just about everyone's system, and that's a pain to work
> around. If you must use CMCS as we did, be advised, and change your
> server to not use 192.168.0.1 as a gateway for a while until you can
> change the Novra back to the original IP address you had it set at.
>
> So, before you do that firmware upgrade...
>
> See that save command on the Novra CMCS, or on the GUI? Save the
> Novra configuration to the disk. It will make it somewhat easier, and then
> you can reload it after the firmware upgrade is complete. That upgrade
> wipes out your settings, and since it's been several years since you
> probably have messed with it, saving at least a few settings might be
> helpful to you.
>
> Once you have all of that done, now you can change the receiver
> settings to receive the new NOAAport broadcast.
>
>
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/document/AWIPS%20Program%20Receiver%20Configuration%20v1.1.pdf
>
> Use the TOP half of the page; ignore the bottom half unless you want to
> configure a second receiver to get the NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS).
> Yep, that's being sent across as well, but on a different frequency.
> Oh, see the part where it says "polarity: Horizontal/Right?" It should be
> Horizontal/Left. I need to tell them that needs to be fixed.
>
> Now, go into your ldmd.conf, and make sure you have all of these:
>
> # Entries needed to read and process the DVB-S/DVB-S2 streams.
>
> # dvbs shared memory ingest processes
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.1"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.2"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.3"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.4"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.5"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.6"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.7"
> exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.8"
>
> # readnoaaport shared memory readers
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.1"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.2"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.3"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.4"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.5"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.6"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.7"
> exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.8"
>
> Yep, one for each pid. Now, you're ready to roll! Enjoy the new feed.
>
> Thanks to Ryan Hickman at AllisonHouse for helping me through this!
> And I hope this helps you, because if you have a NOAAport earth
> station with a Novra receiver and don't do this in the next 43
> days, it will not be fun to be you.
>
> Thoughts/concerns/comments/typical panic and chaos welcome.
>
> Gilbert
>
>
> *******************************************************************************
> Gilbert Sebenste
> ********
> (My opinions only!) ******
> Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
> E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ***
> web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather **
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>
> *******************************************************************************
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:26:17 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: noaaport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [noaaport] NOAAport upgrade tips
> Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.03.1408191015310.7630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> A few more tips for you on the new NOAAport broadcast...
>
> The new NOAAport feed spec sheet says that the Novra S300N (which is what
> the device is shown to be after you upgrade the firmware to revision 11)
> should be set to have a polarity of "Horizontal/Right" per the NOAAport
> spec sheet. It should, in fact, say "Horizontal/Left". Jami Casamento,
> NOAAport engineer, is working on getting that document fixed.
>
> It cannot be stressed enough that you cannot go "cheap" on receiving the
> new NOAAport feed. This will push the limits of broadcasting on a single
> satellite channel. One company I know has a C/N of 18, a signal strength
> of 76%, and a VBER of zero with the new feed...and yet, they are getting
> an uncorrectable error or two every now and then (about 10 in the last 24
> hours not caused by tweaking). The satellite engineer for that company
> believes it is due to a jumper cable from the LNB to the ground block
> being of lower quality RG-6 cable, instead of RG-11, with heavy
> shielding. That will get replaced in a few weeks, but otherwise everything
> about that company's receiving system, from the LNB to the receiver to the
> server, is top-notch. Make sure that dish is pointed correctly, that all
> cable is of high quality, and all connections are tight. This broadcast is
> and will be ruthlessly unforgiving of anything done "on the cheap", or any
> errors introduced in the receiver chain to the receiving server.
>
> Gilbert
>
>
> *******************************************************************************
> Gilbert Sebenste
> ********
> (My opinions only!) ******
> Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
> E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ***
> web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather **
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/niu.weather *
>
> *******************************************************************************
>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > As you all are aware, as of August 17, the National Weather Service began
> > broadcasting their new NOAAport feed with 60+ Mbps of goodness.
> > I had to switch over a dish over the weekend and today, and
> > I ran into a few pitfalls which you should be aware of, and hopefully
> this
> > will make your transition go as smoothly as possible.
> >
> > First, if you are using a Novra S300/S300N, be advised that the latest
> > firmwware update is Version 2, Revision 11 (V2R11). I bet many of you are
> > only running V2R7. So guess what? You get to do a firmware upgrade. The
> > latest one supports APSK, while R7 only supports PSK. While it does seem
> to
> > work with R7, there might be issues I don't want to deal with since it
> > doesn't support APSK. So, what I would do is upgrade it to firmware
> version
> > 11. This is best done physically at the device itself using the
> > Novra-supplied GUI, available on their support website; it's a lot easier
> > than using cmcs. If you use cmcs to do it, it will work...but the Novra
> will
> > reset it's IP address to 192.168.0.1. Yep, that causes a conflict on just
> > about everyone's system, and that's a pain to work around. If you must
> use
> > CMCS as we did, be advised, and change your server to not use
> 192.168.0.1 as
> > a gateway for a while until you can change the Novra back to the
> original IP
> > address you had it set at.
> >
> > So, before you do that firmware upgrade...
> >
> > See that save command on the Novra CMCS, or on the GUI? Save the Novra
> > configuration to the disk. It will make it somewhat easier, and then you
> can
> > reload it after the firmware upgrade is complete. That upgrade wipes out
> your
> > settings, and since it's been several years since you probably have
> messed
> > with it, saving at least a few settings might be helpful to you.
> >
> > Once you have all of that done, now you can change the receiver settings
> to
> > receive the new NOAAport broadcast.
> >
> >
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/document/AWIPS%20Program%20Receiver%20Configuration%20v1.1.pdf
> >
> > Use the TOP half of the page; ignore the bottom half unless you want to
> > configure a second receiver to get the NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS).
> > Yep, that's being sent across as well, but on a different frequency.
> > Oh, see the part where it says "polarity: Horizontal/Right?" It should be
> > Horizontal/Left. I need to tell them that needs to be fixed.
> >
> > Now, go into your ldmd.conf, and make sure you have all of these:
> >
> > # Entries needed to read and process the DVB-S/DVB-S2 streams.
> >
> > # dvbs shared memory ingest processes
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.1"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.2"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.3"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.4"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.5"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.6"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.7"
> > exec "dvbs_multicast -n -m 224.0.1.8"
> >
> > # readnoaaport shared memory readers
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.1"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.2"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.3"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.4"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.5"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.6"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.7"
> > exec "readnoaaport -m 224.0.1.8"
> >
> > Yep, one for each pid. Now, you're ready to roll! Enjoy the new feed.
> >
> > Thanks to Ryan Hickman at AllisonHouse for helping me through this!
> > And I hope this helps you, because if you have a NOAAport earth station
> with
> > a Novra receiver and don't do this in the next 43 days, it will not be
> fun to
> > be you.
> >
> > Thoughts/concerns/comments/typical panic and chaos welcome.
> >
> > Gilbert
> >
> >
> *******************************************************************************
> > Gilbert Sebenste
> ********
> > (My opinions only!)
> ******
> > Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University
> ****
> > E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ***
> > web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu
> **
> > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather
> **
> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/niu.weather
> *
> >
> *******************************************************************************
> >
> >
>
>
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