>From: taylo1ml <address@hidden> >Organization: Central Michigan >Keywords: 199908190147.TAA17152 McIDAS-XCD Mel, >I am in the processing of updating all of our LDM/McIDAS/Gempak software. I >have run into difficulties configuring McIDAS-XCD. I am trying to create the >file IDXALIAS.DAT, but have been unable to do so. The command WMORTE LIST DDS > >results in the following: > >$ wmorte.k LIST DDS >circuit DDS not defined >wmorte.k: Done The configuration of McIDAS-XCD is designed to be done from a running McIDAS-X session (as per the instructions in the http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcx/xcd_config.html page). The output you sent above shows that you seem to be attempting this from the Unix command line. This is not bad, but it assumes that you understand quite a bit about how McIDAS works. In particular, the WMORTE command is typically run from the XCCDEC.BAT McIDAS BATCH file. This BATCH file is run from an active McIDAS session as the user 'mcidas' after a number of other steps have been taken (e.g. defining file REDIRECTions, setting the XCDDATA McIDAS string as the directory in which XCD produced data files will be created/updated, etc.). Did you try to do the installation as per the web instructions? If so, did you run into any problems that made you attempt to complete some steps from the Unix command line? >When I run the command CIRCUIT LIST, I get the following: > >$ circuit.k LIST >-------------------------------------------- >Circuit Name: PPS Ingestor:INGETEXT >Public Products Service >Configuration File: PPS.CFG >PPS ingestor is inactive ingestor status display number 1 >-------------------------------------------- >Circuit Name: IDS Ingestor:INGETEXT >International Data Service >Configuration File: IDS.CFG >IDS ingestor is inactive ingestor status display number 2 >-------------------------------------------- >Circuit Name: HRS Ingestor:INGEBIN >High Resolution Data Service >Configuration File: HRS.CFG Spool File: HRS.SPL >HRS ingestor is inactive ingestor status display number 3 >-------------------------------------------- >Circuit Name: DDS Ingestor:INGETEXT >Domestic Data Service >Configuration File: DDS.CFG >DDS ingestor is inactive ingestor status display number 4 >circuit.k: Done >$ These look correct. >I have been looking at the archives and documentation and have not been able >to solve this problem. > >I would appreciate any solutions and/or other configuration parameters I >should be checking. Thanks. The problem(s) could be related to things like the non-definition of appropriate McIDAS file REDIRECTions. If you followed the online documentation, you would have created a set of REDIRECTions that will locate the files that XCD decoders will be concerned with (e.g. index files, rapid access files, IDXALIAS.DAT, etc.). If you have done all of these steps and then wanted to do the various steps in XCDDEC.BAT "by hand", then you would need to run the commands from the ~mcidas/workdata directory. If I am missing something in the above, please let me know. Tom Yoksas
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