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by Mark
Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:23 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: NOAA FTP Problems?
Replies: 1
Views: 30950

Update.............. I emailed those nice guys at the NWS and got the following reply... Telecommunications Operations Center made some technical changes recently that mean you can't ftp to weather.noaa.gov any more. FTP'ing to weather.noaa.gov has not been a officially supported service, but someth...
by Mark
Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:06 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: NOAA FTP Problems?
Replies: 1
Views: 30950

NOAA FTP Problems?

HI All,
Is anyone else having problems downloading cycle files form NOAA?

ftp://weather.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar
by Mark
Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:30 pm
Forum: Digital Atmosphere
Topic: Retrieving Data
Replies: 6
Views: 12599

Hi I'm the Systems Administrator for the company I work for. I haven't physically checked, but my guess is that daws gets it's data via HTTP and FTP so you need ports 80 and 21 open on your proxy/firewall Make sure you set the correct details in daws/preferences/misc proxy settings. Also check that ...
by Mark
Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: Digital Atmosphere
Topic: Home weather station support
Replies: 18
Views: 34344

I've written a Java app that reads data from a Hyundai WS-05 (Re badged Lacrosse WS320) I'm struggling with the history file which is a ring buffer, but should be done any time soon.
by Mark
Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:00 am
Forum: Digital Atmosphere
Topic: Problems downloading metar
Replies: 9
Views: 14856

Still looks fine to me - I guess your system is a bit unstable.
Maybe another install of DAWS :shock:
by Mark
Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:03 pm
Forum: Digital Atmosphere
Topic: Problems downloading metar
Replies: 9
Views: 14856

My system updates @ 50mins into each hour using the following script command.

download,http://www.atmos.albany.edu/weather/dat ... C:\Program Files\DigitalAtmosphereWS\wxdat\Metar.dat

the last one 10 mins ago was fine.
by Mark
Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:49 pm
Forum: Digital Atmosphere
Topic: Problems downloading metar
Replies: 9
Views: 14856

Been getting Metars from Albany all day without any probs.

Damn - That said, just checked my archive and Albany seems to have dropped at 18Z on May 31st and didnt come back until 05Z on the 2nd!
by Mark
Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:51 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Anyone heard from Tim?
Replies: 5
Views: 25574

Anyone heard from Tim?

Does anyone know if Tim is on vacation?
I'm having trouble contacting him regarding a new key for DAWS