[IDV #BMU-403022]: IDV - Unable to connect to EUMETSAT ADDE server

Hi Carla-

> I am sorry if you already received this e-mail...But I am finding your
> silence a bit strange :-)

And here I was on my end thinking your silence was strange. ;-)  I thought
I had replied to your message, but I must have been composing it when
my web app crashed last week.  So, my apologies for the lack of response.

I was able to access the EUMETSAT server using your imagedefaults.xml
so the issue must be on the location of the file on your system.
Is it in the .metapps/DefaultIdv directory of your home directory?
This directory should exist already. On Windows, it is typically
under the c:/Documents And Settings/<username> directory (where
<username> is your login name).  Is that where you put it?

Another (sure fire?) way to do this is install it as a plugin.
From the File->Plugins->Installl From a File menu, choose the
imagedefaults.xml file from your disk.  After installing it, you
will have to restart the IDV.  

Also, the dataset names are case sensitive, so make sure you
use EUM_AD in the chooser for 193.17.10.4.  Finally, the default
is to load the images in a full resolution.  Given the memory 
limitation on your system, make sure you blowdown the image
using the magnification slider.  You can modify your imagedefaults
file (and reinstall it) to set up defaults for your different
datasets if you wish.  For example, I use the following:

  <default
     name="193.17.10.4"
     user="<myid>"
     proj="<myprojid>"/>

  <default
     name="EUM_AD/M8"
     key="LATLON"
     place="CENTER"
     loc="0 0"
     mag="-10 -10"/>
  <default
     name="EUM_AD/M8HRV"
     loc="46 10"
     size="512 512"/>

They entries are cumlative, so you can have one that has your
id/proj for the server and then have subsequent ones that
have defaults for the various datasets on the server.  The id/proj
will be included from the first entry.

Let me know if this doesn't work for you.  Again, sorry for the
miscommunication.

Don

> At 10:42 28-11-2006 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi Carla-
> >
> > > >First, if you are trying to load in satellite imagery, your system will
> > > >not be able to handle it with only 256 Mb of RAM.  The system described
> > > >above is below the minimum requirements for running the IDV.  See
> > > >
> > > >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Systems.html
> > >
> > > I was aware of this constraint, nevertheless I manage to display satellite
> > > images from GOES, from the adde.ucar.edu...
> >
> >Okay, as long as you understand the constraint.  You might want to
> >change the runIDV script to start with 258 Mb of memory instead
> >of 512 mb.  See the instructions at:
> >
> >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Faq.html#faq1_cat3_12
> 
> Ok, thanks, I already changed this.
> 
> 
> 
> > > I created the xml file according to your instructions (including the
> > > information given by EUMETSAT), but I still get:
> > >
> > > Error
> > > Dataset not found on server: 193.17.10.4
> > >
> > > Can you tell what's happening?
> >
> >Are you accessing the EUM_AD dataset from that server?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >  Could
> >you please send your imagedefaults.xml file?
> 
> 
> Sure, it is attached.
> 
> 
> >Thanks..
> >
> >Don Murray
> >
> >Ticket Details
> 
> Thank you!
> Carla
> 
> >===================
> >Ticket ID: BMU-403022
> >Department: Support IDV
> >Priority: Normal
> >Status: Open
> 
> Carla Sofia Fino Barroso
> LSA-SAF
> Instituto de Meteorologia
> Rua C ao Aeroporto, 1749-077 Lisboa
> Tel: (351) 21 844 70 00, Fax: (351) 21 840 23 70
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BMU-403022
Department: Support IDV
Priority: High
Status: Open