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Hello, After making the changes to the default background maps (map lines and lat/lon lines and labels) you can select "File > Default Maps > Save as the Default Map Set" in the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer window. After doing this, every time a new tab is created in the current...

Hi Miguel, Thanks for your data files. Here is a summary of my testing results: On macOS: I verified MET3 and MET4 FD and HRV data works on my macOS machine, which has the same local servers as Linux. I get the descriptive band listing and the displays are correct. On Windows: I verified that MET3 F...

Hello, I downloaded the 07/23/2021 0Z file (gfs.t00z.pgrb2.0p25.anl) from the URL you linked to. I loaded it through the General>Files/Directories chooser as a gridded data source, selected the "3D grid > Moisture > Cloud mixing ratio @ Isobaric surface", and the Color-Shaded Plan View dis...

I'm glad you were able to figure out the problem on macOS. I was able to run your script on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux. Have you tried looking at mcidasv.log (inside if your /home/username/McIDAS-V directory) to see if anything is being printed there using the correct date/time info when you run t...

Hello, You can find a list of local dataset formats supported on the Data Formats and Sources page of the User's Guide. In the table under Supported Data Types and Formats, look for the Satellite Imagery data type. This lists all of the different local ADDE servers that can be used to create dataset...

Hello, There are WARN lines that print to mcidasv.log at startup related to default.py, radar.py, and prerelease. We have open inquiries to investigate the *.py warnings, but none of these should be the cause of any errors. You mentioned that you are running McIDAS-V 5.4. Our last stable release is ...

Hello, The satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov server is hosted by NOAA's ESPC and it appears to be down at the moment. I'm unable to connect to PUB. I sent an email to ESPC operations to ask for a status update on the server/dataset. In the past, this PUB dataset has contained FY2 data, though I'll need to...

Hi HP,

Thanks for letting me know. I'm glad that you are no longer receiving the excess emails from the L2 Radar forum post. Please let me know if you see this problem in the future with other forum posts.

Thanks again,
Bob

Hi again HP, Our systems programmer is trying to debug what's going wrong. As a test, would you mind re-enabling your email settings the way they were before? We want to see how things change from looking at your settings on our end. After doing this, please let us know if you're still seeing the ex...

Hi HP, I actually just sent an email to our systems programmer who recently updated our forums to see if he had any thoughts on what may be going wrong here. So, just to verify: - You were still receiving the excess emails when you had the email option checked for only: * Someone replies to a topic ...