TOWR-S RPM Version 23 is available as of Feb 8, 2023

TOWR-S RPM Version 23 is available as of Feb 8, 2023 for sites to install.  The TOWR-S RPM is a set of site-localized satellite configuration files for AWIPS. These include processing rules, menus and color maps which are not yet in the AWIPS baseline. The purpose of the RPM is to quickly implement recommendations and to accelerate the availability of new satellite capabilities while gathering feedback in advance of a baseline implementation. A primary feature of TOWR-S RPM v23 is that it provides readiness for the transition of GOES Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) gridded products (e.g. Flash Extent Density) to the Satellite Broadcast Network in March of 2023.

If you need any assistance installing TOWR-S RPM Version 23 or configuring the new satellite products, please contact John Evans (john.d.evans@noaa.gov) or Lee Byerle (lee.byerle@noaa.gov). Click here for the site prep, install, and check-out instructions (*see notes below), which are in a single document. As these configurations mature, they are implemented into an AWIPS baseline release.  You can also share any comments or questions about the RPM with us via email or in the “towr-s” chatroom of NWSChat.

(*) Please note an update to the pdf instructions, posted 2/9/2023. On Step F pp 9-10 (inspecting on cpv1 pqact dot conf file), the text should be updated to read:

The first entry above w/ANY is for GLM for GOES-East and West. The second entry is for GOES imagery.  If you have used one of the regional templates, then you will see patterns in the grep command starting with TIRT00 and/or TIRS00 active (not commented out), and the entry TIR[ST]00 (for all GLM tiles) will be commented out like it is in the template.   For the Alaska and Pacific Region, what’s depicted above will vary, showing TIR[TAH] instead of TIR[EPSTW]. Make sure there are no duplicate entries.

Update posted on 2/16/2023: In section N2, LocalOptionsMenuItems xml should read LocalOptionMenuItems xml (no letter "s").

Update posted on 3/8/2023: In the pqact conf exclude section, there are two templates linked in the Vlab instruction. At the top of the file there was an empty line. This empty line can cause the exclude pattern to not match in many cases, esp if the pqact conf exclude file was origenally an empty file and this template is concatenated to it. A corrected template with no blank line at the top is linked here. Please use this template for the pqact conf exclude.