August 2009 SDI POES
Server Binary Updates for NOAA-19

The servers on SDI POES systems were updated in August 2009 to support NOAA-19. Rather than packaging a completely new version (like 2005jun01), we are distributing updated server binaries for you to install in the /home/mcadde/mcidas/bin directory. See the SDI POES Software Changes page to see the list of changes for all versions of SDI POES available on the McIDAS Website.

You can obtain the files in step 4 below if you purchased MUG support for your SDI POES system or have been contacted and been given approval by SSEC. You will be prompted for your site's login and password when you attempt to download the installation files. If you do not know the login and password, ask your site coordinator. If you know the login and password and still have a problem obtaining these files via the web, ask your site coordinator to contact the McIDAS Help Desk by e-mail or by phone at (608) 262-2455.

Complete the following steps to obtain and install the software.

1. Login to the SDI POES workstation as user root.

2. Change to the /home/mcadde/mcidas/bin directory .
   Type: cd /home/mcadde/mcidas/bin

3. Make backup copies of the existing poesadir and poesaget binaries by renaming them to poesadir.bak and poesaget.bak.
   Type: mv poesadir poesadir.bak
   Type: mv poesaget poesaget.bak

4. Install the updated binaries by downloading the following two files to the /home/mcadde/mcidas/bin directory.

   File name	Size	Description
   poesadir	6815 KB	poesadir server binary
   poesaget	7157 KB	poesaget server binary

5. Use the chmod command to give the new server binaries the correct permissions.
   Type: chmod 755 poesadir
   Type: chmod 755 poesaget