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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 http://www.srh.noaa.gov "Science Is Organized Knowledge" - Library of Congress On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:00 PM, <noaaport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Send noaaport mailing list submissions to > noaaport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.unidata.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/noaaport > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > noaaport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > noaaport-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of noaaport digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NOAAport upgrade tips (Gilbert Sebenste) > 2. Re: NOAAport upgrade tips (Gilbert Sebenste) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > 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 > Message-ID: > <alpine.LRH.2.03.1408181951420.19767@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > 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 * > > ******************************************************************************* > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > * > > > ******************************************************************************* > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > noaaport mailing list > noaaport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/ > > End of noaaport Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1 > *************************************** >
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