Unidata McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2016

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Unidata McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2016 Table of Contents

Copyright Statement and Trademarks

Chapter 1 - Installing and Configuring McIDAS-X

• Installing McIDAS-X on Unix or Mac OS X Workstations
• Installing McIDAS-X on Windows 7 Workstations
• Configuring McIDAS-X Sessions with .mcidasrc
• Registering MD File Schemas
• Configuring GINI, NEXRAD, NEXRCOMP, and NOWrad ADDE Servers

Chapter 2 - Introduction

• Conventions
• Workstation Characteristics
• Starting and Ending a McIDAS Session
• Entering and Editing Commands
• Displaying Images and Graphics
• Using Strings and Function Keys
• Using the McIDAS-X Graphical User Interface
• Using the ADDE
• Getting Started with ADDE

Chapter 3 - Commands

• Documentation Conventions
• Commands by Categories
• Commands by Alphabetical Order

Chapter 4 - McBASI Interpreter

• McBASI Interpreter Commands and Reserved Words
• Functions
• McBASI Sample Programs

Chapter 5 - F Key Menu System

• Creating a Menu File
• Pseudocommands
• Defining Loops
• Sample Menu File

Appendices

• A - Global Keywords
• B - Julian Day Calendar
• C - Sensor Source Numbers
• D - Bands for Satellite Imagery
• E - Stability Parameters
• F - System Files
• G - MCPATH
• H - Running Commands Outside a McIDAS-X Session
• I - McIDAS-X Site Administration and Management

Unidata McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide
Version 2015 Table of Contents

Copyright Statement

Chapter 1 - Introduction to McIDAS-XCD

• Terminology
• Data receiving and processing
• McIDAS-XCD Status Display Window

Chapter 2 - Installing and Configuring McIDAS-XCD

• System Requirements
• Installing McIDAS-XCD 2015
• Configuring McIDAS-XCD
• Starting and Stopping McIDAS-XCD
• Checking the Filing Status of McIDAS-XCD Data
• Uninstalling the Previous Version of McIDAS-XCD

Chapter 3 - McIDAS-XCD Administrative Commands

Chapter 4 - Troubleshooting

Chapter 5 - Decoding GRIB Messages

• Processing the GRIB message
• Converting GRIB codes
• Creating McIDAS Grid Files with DMGRID
• Creating GRIB Files with DMBIN

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