[gembud] Unidata AWIPS 16.2.2 available for el6 and el7

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• Subject: [gembud] Unidata AWIPS 16.2.2 available for el6 and el7
• From: Michael James <mjames@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:48:41 -0700

Unidata AWIPS 16.2.2 is now available.  This version features a new set of
RPMs which are designed to *fully update* existing 16.1.5 CAVE and EDEX
installations.

To update CAVE or EDEX, simply run the "installCAVE.sh" or "installEDEX.sh"
scripts below

Relevant links

   - http://unidata.github.io/awips2/
   - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/doc/install.html
   - http://python-awips.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
   - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installCAVE.sh
   - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installEDEX.sh
   -

16.2.2 Release Notes

   - CAVE is now supported on CentOS/Red Hat 7 (x86_64), installed via the
   same installCAVE.sh script as before (the script will determine CentOS
   version and point to
   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/doc/el7.repo for el7)
   - EDEX is *not* available for CentOS/Red Hat 7 at this time.
   - CAVE is now installed as two packages (awips2-cave,
   awips2-cave-wrapper) rather than as individual component packages.
   - GOES-R product sub-menus added to D2D Satellite menu.
   - National ingest of BufrUA soundings (previous versions filtered
   location to WFO localization).
   - "AlertViz" has been replaced by "AlertView".
   - "AWIPS CAVE" menu shortcut for Linux available in Applications >
   Internet > AWIPS CAVE.
   - LDM can now be started and stopped by both ‘awips’ and ‘root’ users,
   solving the process ownership conflict which happened when root issued an
   ldmadmin start or stop  after the service was already started by user awips.
   - NAWIPS-like colorized surface temperature bundle added to the Surface
   Obs menu.
   - Using the bundled GEMPAK binary release, the awips user cron can now
   create FNEXRAD composites of DAA (one hour precip) and DTA (storm-total
   precip), which are then immediately ingested (required gempak-python be
   installed).
   - EDEX purge scours raw data to within 1 hr, freeing more than 100 GB of
   space (LDM scour would scour to within 24hrs).
   - Updated NUCAPS NSHARP plugin to color sounding locations based on
   quality control flag.
   - Product ingest fix for nctext decoder.
   - NEXRAD Display plugin for D2D with selectable stations to load level 3
   site products and map bundles.
   - NCEP’s Day-Night Terminator overlay resource now available to plot in
   D2D perspective.
   - Every WFO and 88D location now has its own map scale, WFOs selectable
   in the D2D Map Scales dropdown, 88Ds selectable via "Radar > NEXRAD Display"
   - Restart button added to CAVE Localization Preferences, made active
   when site or localization info is updated.


CAVE 16.2.2 status:

   - CentOS/RH 6 x86_64 -
   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installCAVE.sh
   - CentOS/RH 7 x86_64 -
   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installCAVE.sh
   - Mac OS X -
   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/awips2/awips2-cave-16.2.2.dmg
   - Windows 64-bit - 16.2.2 STILL UNSUPPORTED, use existing 15.1 releases
   from http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/doc/install.html

Notes

   - You may need to remove ~/caveData (~/Library/CAVE on Mac) after
   updating CAVE (if you are re-connecting to the same EDEX server your
   bundles and other customizations will be re-synced).
   - Support requests should be sent to support-awips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Michael James
Unidata Program Center
Boulder, CO