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20050309: 20050308:NLDN data and decoder (fwd)




Mark,

The likely problem you are having with your dcnldn action from pqact is
a combination of a bad data path and probably an old distribution or
pqact.conf example. The pqact.conf entry that Jeff sent you is the entry 
that is provided in th $NAWIPS/ldm/etc/templates/pqact.gempak_decoders.in
examples in the current distribution, and will match the defined
NLDN file template in the $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl file. By using
consistent file naming that matches the template file, your installation
will be much easier to maintain.

What version of GEMPAK are you running? If its very old, then
the decoders won't create the directories to the data file location,
which would be the cause of your log message.

The standard location of data directories under ~ldm/data
would be ~ldm/data/gempak/nldn. This would
match the relative location in the entry that Jeff sent you. On the other
hand, you have specified:
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/YYYYMMDDHHNN_nldn.gem

Check that this directory /usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/
exists on your system. And, that GEMDATA is then 
/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak. Although, the added NAWIPS is
not part of the examples I provide.

Also you are not using the -e GEMTBL=.... entry,
but rather coding in the location you your packing file nldn.pack.
I'd recommend using the GEMTBL environmental variable option
preferably, but otherwise, make sure your -p path is correct:
>/usr/local/NAWIPS/gempak/gempak/tables/pack/ That implies your
$GEMTBL location is: /usr/local/NAWIPS/gempak/gempak/tables


Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport



>From: Jeff Weber <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200503092344.j29Niv0X017374

>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:34:02 -0500
>From: Mark Price <address@hidden>
>To: Jeff Weber <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20050308:NLDN data and decoder
>
>Jeff Weber wrote:
>
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>How do you plan on viewing the data?
>>
>>GEMPAK would not use the netCDF decoder?..it would use dcnldn..
>>
>>Like this:
>>
>>#############################################################################
> ###
>># GEMPAK Point source decoders
>>#
>>NLDN    .*
>>        PIPE    decoders/dcnldn -m 25000 -b 30 -s minute05
>>        -d data/gempak/logs/dcnldn.log
>>        -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/tables
>>        data/gempak/nldn/YYYYMMDDHHNN_nldn.gem
>>###
>>
>>
>>
>Hi, Jef
>
>I've been unable to get this to work.. the data is processing, but the
>output is not being written to file.  I've dug around in the docs quite
>a bit, short of going through source code.  Do you think you could help me?
>
>Here's serveral iterations of the pqact entry I've been using, followed
>by some representative log entries.
>The very first line of the log seems particularly suspicious to me, with
>it's [WRITE_NLDN -1].
>Just to be super sure (although it hasn't been a problem with MADIS
>data), I did a chmod 777 on /usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn, with
>no results.
>
>#NLDN   .*      PIPE    decoders/dcnldn -m 25000 -b 30 -s minute06 -d
>data/NAWIPS/gempak/logs/dcnldn.log -p
>/usr/local/NAWIPS/gempak/gempak/tables/pack/nldn.pack -v 5
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/YYYYMMDDHHNN_nldn.gem
>#NLDN   .*      PIPE    decoders/dcnldn -m 25000 -s minute06 -d
>data/NAWIPS/gempak/logs/dcnldn.log -p
>/usr/local/NAWIPS/gempak/gempak/tables/pack/nldn.pack -v 5
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/YYYYMMDDHHNN_nldn.gem
>NLDN    .*      PIPE    decoders/dcnldn -d
>data/NAWIPS/gempak/logs/dcnldn.log -p
>/usr/local/NAWIPS/gempak/gempak/tables/pack/nldn.pack -v 5
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/YYYYMMDDHHNN_nldn.gem
>
>
>
>[30365] 050309/1719[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092217_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1719[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2217  31.91  -91.41
>[30365] 050309/1719[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1719[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092217_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DC 2] read 756/101896 bytes strt 504 newstrt 1260
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] Header len 3 nflash 24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 0/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406686 nsec 800000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -120.000000 mult 2
>[30365] 050309/1725[FL -3]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[DM -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[SF -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2218  32.24  -91.38
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 1/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406687 nsec 100000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] 200.000000 mult 3
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2218  32.20  -91.60
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 2/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406687 nsec 200000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -40.000000 mult 3
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2218  32.31  -91.56
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 3/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406702 nsec 500000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] 40.000000 mult 2
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2218  32.92  -92.10
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 4/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406715 nsec 0 sgnl -20.000000
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] mult 2
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2218  31.86  -91.34
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092218_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 5/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406757 nsec 0 sgnl -70.000000
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[FL -3]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[DM -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[SF -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2219  23.87  -84.10
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 6/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406764 nsec 400000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -70.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2219  31.83  -91.35
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 7/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406770 nsec 700000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -50.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2219  32.24  -91.37
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092219_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 8/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406809 nsec 200000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -140.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[FL -3]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[DM -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[SF -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2220  23.32  -84.53
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 9/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406828 nsec 200000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -80.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2220  32.26  -91.36
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 10/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406849 nsec 500000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -100.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2220  32.19  -91.35
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 11/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406854 nsec 400000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] 100.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2220  31.38  -91.53
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 12/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406854 nsec 600000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -160.000000 mult 2
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2220  31.46  -91.45
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092220_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 13/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406872 nsec 400000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] 60.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[FL -3]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[DM -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[SF -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2221  31.92  -91.37
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 14/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406879 nsec 300000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -40.000000 mult 2
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2221  32.93  -91.99
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 15/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406887 nsec 100000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -100.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2221  32.24  -91.41
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 16/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406910 nsec 400000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -220.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2221  32.31  -91.23
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 17/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406911 nsec 0 sgnl -50.000000
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2221  32.33  -91.35
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092221_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 18/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406942 nsec 100000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -90.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[FL -3]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[DM -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[SF -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2222  23.90  -84.04
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 19/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406948 nsec 500000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -140.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2222  32.30  -91.38
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 20/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406952 nsec 500000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -40.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2222  32.98  -92.03
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 21/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110406971 nsec 800000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -160.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2222  32.19  -91.35
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092222_nldn.gem_%% -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 22/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110407005 nsec 200000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -180.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[FL -3]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092223_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[DM -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092223_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[SF -1]
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092223_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN -1] New output file
>/usr/local/ldm/data/NAWIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092223_nldn.gem
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2223  32.93  -91.99
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092223_nldn.gem -2
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] iret dcb_getb 0 fcnt 23/24
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0]    sec 1110407020 nsec 600000000 sgnl
>[30365] 050309/1725[DCGNLDN 0] -120.000000 mult 1
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] 050309/2223  32.16  -91.33
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0] /usr/local/ldm/data/NA
>[30365] 050309/1725[WRITE_NLDN 0]
>WIPS/gempak/nldn/200503092223_nldn.gem_%% -2
>
>
>Thanks
>Mark Price
>
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