Download McIDAS-X
McIDAS software releases are distributed as a total replacement of the core system. Since May 2009 SSEC has been distributing McIDAS-X updates as fully supported Fastrack releases. This means that the software is fully supported by SSEC, and that each change to the software has been tested on all of the supported system configurations. Full system testing occurs at least once on each platform during each calendar year. Prior upgrade versions were distributed once a year, normally in late-May.
The SSEC McIDAS Help Desk provides full assistance for McIDAS software questions pertaining to the current or previous version. The Help Desk will still assist those sites that are two issues behind the current version at a reduced capability. A complete description of your MUG support is detailed in the SSEC McIDAS Users’ Group Policy Document. If you are upgrading from an older version, please see the past versions page for links to download files and other materials from past versions.
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McIDAS-X Software
2023.1 Installation Instructions
Download Software
- Install/uninstall script (30 KB)
- Source/data files (296 MB)
- ADDE remote server configuration script (22 KB)
McIDAS-XRD
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System Requirements
2023.1 Operating Systems
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Apple – supported on macOS 12.x |
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Red Hat – supported on RHEL 8.x and 9.x |
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Microsoft Windows – supported on Windows®10 with WSL |
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Note: The installation will fail if the names of the downloaded files do not exactly match those listed. If your web browser changes the names of the files during download (e.g., mcidas2023.1.tar.Z becomes mcidas2023_1_tar.Z), you must rename the files before installing.
What's New in McIDAS-X 2023.1
- Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. See the 2023.1 Supported System Configurations for the complete list of system configurations where McIDAS-X 2023.1 is supported.
- Updated the calibration and navigation modules for the new MTG (Meteosat Third Generation) ADDE servers. The MTG FCI servers are being released as a preliminary release separate from McIDAS-X. These will be the first operational servers written in Python and will be officially released when they are fully tested with data from the satellite.
- Updated the GOES-R Series ABI servers to support NOAAPort American Samoa sectors.
- Updated the VIIRS servers to accurately report the scan line times.
- The grib servers and GRD* commands were updated to use scaling factors from the source grid which gives output AREA files the expected values for gridded fields with exponential values. Updates were also made to read ETSS, PETS, SPC, GLW, GLSW, and RRFS grids.
- The netCDF servers that write image files with IMGCOPY were updated to better handle pixels that are in space. This improves performance when displaying the netCDF files in McIDAS-V.
- Updated USCOUNTY.MAP, USSTATE.MAP and USZONE.MAP files with the most recent National Weather Service GIS-AWIPS Shapefile database updates. The US*.MAP files are used by the WWDISP command and the MAP command’s COUNTY=, MARINE=, STATE= and ZONE= keywords.
- Updated the McIDAS-XRD Package included in the McIDAS-X installation files to include:
- one new command (IMGEU, which reads in an AREA file and McIDAS-X enhancement table to create a multi-banded RGB AREA file).
- 6 new data files (SUVI-*.ET, which are the standard enhancements used for AREA files with generated SUVI data).
See the McIDAS-XRD Instructions and Software page for the complete list of software included in McIDAS-XRD 2023.1.
See 2023.1 – All Software Changes to see a list of all of the code changes included in the release.
If upgrading from an older version, see the past versions page for links to download files and documentation from past versions.