McIDAS Man computer Interactive Data Access System

The SSEC Data Ingestor (SDI-104) is a reliable, low-maintenance weather satellite ingestor designed for the collection of research-quality data from the following satellite families.

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• Unattended operation
• Software frame synchronizer
• Simple internal architecture for reliable operation
• Simple event handler

For additional information, see the SDI-104 Technical specifications.

The software updates available here contain ingestor and server binary updates to install on SSEC Data Ingestor (SDI-104) systems. The software is available to all SDI sites that purchased MUG support for their systems or have been contacted and been given approval by SSEC. See the  Overview in the SDI Operator’s Manual for more information about the SDI-104 package.

A login name and password is required to download any software. Once you’ve entered your valid login name and password, you can obtain any other McIDAS software your site is licensed to receive (e.g., McIDAS-X and McIDAS-XCD).

The table below contains links to the SDI versions available for each ingestor type. The versions are ordered chronologically, with the most recent for each ingestor toward the top of its column. Therefore, to read about and/or obtain the current version for an ingestor, click the version closest to the top of the ingestor’s column and follow the instructions.

Select the appropriate version by finding your ingestor type along the top, and the version (top=newest, bottom=oldest) in the column below it. If the version contains a full release (server binaries, ingestor binaries, and data files), it is noted in italics below the version descriptor. See the SDI-104 Software Changes pages [GVAR | POES-Relay] for descriptions of the changes in each version.