Accessing the Data via ADDE

Once the SDI begins to ingest data and is connected to the network, the data can be accessed on McIDAS workstations via ADDE. The ADDE group name, by default, is GVAR.

Perform these steps to access the SDI's data.

1. From a McIDAS workstation:

Type: DATALOC ADD GVAR SDI IP addres s

For example, if the SDI has an IP address of 144.92.108.32

Type: DATALOC ADD GVAR 144.92.108.32

2. Use the ADDE command named DSINFO to determine the descriptor names:

Type: DSINFO I GVAR

The output should look something like:

$Dataset Names of Type: IMAGE in Group: GVAR Name NumPos Content -------- ---------- ----------- All 100 GOES-8 all images BLK11 11 GVAR sounder areas CONUS 20 GOES-8 continental U.S. FD 20 GOES-8 full disk FD-E 20 GOES-8 full disk east FD-W 20 GOES-8 full disk west NH 20 GOES-8 northern hemisphere OTHER 100 GOES-8 unknown SH 20 GOES-8 southern hemisphere DSINFO -- done

At this point the suite of ADDE commands can be used with the data.