McIDAS-X Version 2005
Upgrade Procedure
May 2005

Please take the time to read this entire document; its important to understand the whole procedure before you begin. If you connect to ADDE remote servers at other sites, contact the site coordinators at those sites. The site coordinators can tell you if any server problems that might affect your system were noted since this upgrade was distributed.

This upgrade procedure is divided into four sections.

• Section I. Supported Software Configurations contains the software versions to use with McIDAS-X 2005.
• Section II. Before Installing McIDAS-X describes the Required and Optional Actions to perform before installing McIDAS-X 2005.
• Section III. Installing McIDAS-X explains how to install McIDAS-X 2005.
• Section IV. McIDAS-X Significant Changes describes the Required and Optional Actions to perform after installing McIDAS-X 2005.

Section I. Supported Software Configurations

McIDAS-X 2005 is supported on systems running Apple Mac OS X, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Microsoft Windows XP with Services for Unix, Red Hat Linux, SGI IRIX or Sun Solaris. The software configurations compatible with McIDAS-X 2005 are listed in the table below and in Chapter 1 of the McIDAS User’s Guide (revised 5/05).

McIDAS-X 2005 was tested on these versions only. The McIDAS Users’ Group (MUG) is extremely limited in its ability to support sites running 2005 with other software versions.

Vendor: Apple

Operating System	Mac OS X 10.3
Fortran compiler	g77: 3.4 (available for free at http://hpc.sourceforge.net)
C compiler	gcc: 3.3 (packaged with Mac OS X 10.3)
X Window System	packaged with Mac OS X 10.3

Vendor: HP

Operating System	HP-UX 11.11
Fortran compiler	vendor: HP Fortran 90 version 2.5.1	-or-    g77: 3.0.3
C compiler	vendor: HP C/ANSI C 11.11.02	-or-    gcc: 3.0.3
X Window System	packaged with HP-UX 11.11

Vendor: IBM

Operating System	AIX 5L version 5.2
Fortran compiler	vendor: XLF 8.1.0	-or-    g77: 3.3.2
C compiler	vendor: XLC 6.0	-or-    gcc: 3.3.2
X Window System	AIXwindows 5.2

Vendor: Microsoft

Operating System	Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 and Services for Unix 3.5
Fortran compiler	g77: 3.3
C compiler	gcc: 3.3
X Server	see below
Windows XP Notes: Because McIDAS-X for XP is distributed as a binary package, the Fortran and C compilers are needed only if you do local development on the workstation. The compilers are included in the Software Development Kit (SDK) available with Services for Unix (SFU). We do not have a specific X server that we recommend. We have tried many X servers, but have encountered problems with all of them, especially when cutting and pasting. Some work better than others; many people at SSEC use Exceed, X-Win32 or MI/X.

Vendor: Red Hat

Operating System	Enterprise Linux 3.0
Fortran compiler	g77: 3.4.3
C compiler	gcc: 3.4.3
X Window System	packaged with Enterprise Linux 3.0
Operating System	Enterprise Linux 4.0 on 64 bit
Fortran compiler	g77: 3.4.3
C compiler	gcc: 3.4.3
X Window System	packaged with Enterprise Linux 4.0
Linux Notes: On Linux systems, we recommend that you use the GNOME desktop environment. Other desktops, such as KDE, will not display the McIDAS-X windows correctly. 64 bit installs of Enterprise Linux 4.0 have not been completely tested as McIDAS‑X 2005 ADDE remote servers.

Vendor: SGI

Operating System	IRIX 6.5.21
Fortran compiler	vendor: SGI Fortran 77   7.4.2m	-or-    g77: 3.3.2
C compiler	vendor: ANSI C 7.4.2m	-or-   gcc: 3.3.2
X Window System	packaged with IRIX 6.5.21

Vendor: Sun

Operating System	Solaris 9 OS SPARC Platform Edition
Fortran compiler	vendor: Forte Developer 7	-or-    g77: 3.3.2
C compiler	vendor: Forte Developer 7	-or-   gcc: 3.3.2
X Window System	packaged with Solaris 9
Operating System	Solaris 9 OS x86 Platform Edition
Fortran compiler	g77: 3.3.2
C compiler	gcc: 3.3.2
X Window System	packaged with Solaris 9

Section II. Before Installing McIDAS-X

Complete all Required Actions below.

Core Software Changes

Review the changes to core software before installing McIDAS-X 2005. Section IV lists some of the significant changes since the last upgrade. Two ASCII text files, MAY05PRG.TXT and MAY05INQ.TXT, list all software changes made to McIDAS-X since the previous upgrade. A third file, MAY05OPN.TXT, lists all software bugs known at the time this upgrade was distributed. These three files are available on the McIDAS Website (http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/) and are provided with the upgrade CD for sites that receive their software that way. After installing McIDAS-X 2005, the files are in the ~mcidas/data directory.

Required Action:

See Section IV of this document to review the significant changes made to core software. You can also place the three text files in the ~mcidas directory before installing the upgrade. To do so, complete the instructions in Obtaining McIDAS-X 2005 in Chapter 1 of the McIDAS User’s Guide (revised 5/05).

Operating System and Compiler Changes

Beginning with this upgrade, the following changes were made to operating system and compiler versions that McIDAS-X is supported on.

• Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4.0 on 64 bit systems was added as a new operating system that McIDAS-X is supported on. Please note that as stated in Section I, Supported Software Configurations, Enterprise 4.0 on 64 bit has not been completely tested as an ADDE remote server. And as before, Enterprise 3.0 is also supported; note that the version of the g77/gcc compilers used with it was changed from 3.2.3 to 3.4.3.
• The SGI IRIX version that McIDAS-X is supported on remains at 6.5.21. However, the vendor compilers’ (SGI Fortran 77 and ANSI C) version changed from 7.41 to 7.4.2m, and the g77/gcc compilers’ version changed from 3.3 to 3.3.2.

Required Action:

See the table in Section I, Supported Software Configurations, for the complete list of operating system and compiler versions that McIDAS-X 2005 is supported on. We recommend that you update the operating systems and/or compiler versions on your McIDAS-X workstation(s) to those listed in the table.

Compatibility with -X Remote Servers and -XCD

McIDAS-X 2005 can run in a stand-alone mode. However, many commands can access data on other workstations (remote servers). Therefore, your McIDAS-X client workstations and the remote servers they access must be running compatible versions in order for all features to work as expected.

For example, the items below are dependent upon the McIDAS-X version that the client and/or server is running.

• Remote server workstations must have port 112 open to allow clients running McIDAS-X 2005 or 2004 to access their data. Likewise, ports 500 and 503 must also be open to allow clients running McIDAS-X 2003 to access their data. See ADDE Data Transfer Methods in Section IV of this document for details.
• This 2005 upgrade includes Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) client and server updates to allow copying (with the IMGCOPY command) of selected MSG bands (not just one band or all bands). This feature works only if both the server and client are running version 2004a or later (because the feature was first added in version 2004a). The client changes are backward-compatible, so you can install 2005 on a client and successfully use IMGCOPY to copy MSG imagery from a remote server running 2004 (though you won't be able to copy selected bands because the server is on an older version that doesn't support that option). However, the server changes are NOT backward-compatible. For example, if you install version 2005 on a remote server serving real-time MSG imagery (segmented Level 1.5 files transmitted by EUMETSAT), clients running version 2004 or earlier will no longer be able to use IMGCOPY to copy MSG data from your server. So it's important that remote server administrators do not install version 2004a or later on their real-time MSG servers until all of the clients that access their MSG data are running McIDAS-X 2004a or later.
• This upgrade contains modifications to the MOSRPT command to work with new MOS dataset names that are created in McIDAS-XCD 2005. The new ‑XCD datasets, RTWXTEXT/NAMMOS and RTWXTEXT/NGMMOS, are being added to maintain consistency with National Weather Service model names. This means that the MOSRPT command in this 2005 ‑X upgrade will work as documented only if the ‑XCD server it accesses is running   ‑XCD version 2005. In order to accommodate data access from older –XCD servers, the MOSRPT command contains undocumented options TYPE=FOUS and TYPE=ETA that default to the dataset names used in ‑XCD 2004 and earlier (RTWXTEXT/ETAMOS and RTWXTEXT/FOUS14).

Required Action:

Coordinate upgrading your site’s McIDAS-X and -XCD systems according to your needs, considering the compatibility requirements listed above.

Disk Space

McIDAS-X disk space requirements increased, mainly due to the addition of new servers.

The overall disk space requirements for obtaining, building and installing McIDAS-X 2005 are listed in the table below. The disk space requirements for 2004 are listed for comparison. The compiler type (vendor or gcc/g77) used for each build are also listed.

Operating system	Compilers	McIDAS-X 2004	McIDAS-X 2005
AIX 5L version 5.2	vendor	395 MB	405 MB
HP-UX 11.11	vendor	435 MB	450 MB
IRIX 6.5.21	vendor	455 MB	470 MB
Enterprise Linux 3.0	gcc/g77	370 MB	375 MB
Enterprise Linux 4.0	gcc/g77	n/a	420 MB
Mac OS X 10.3	gcc/g77	410 MB	400 MB
Solaris 9 SPARC	vendor	430 MB	445 MB
Solaris 9 x86	gcc/g77	355 MB	365 MB
Windows XP Pro	gcc/g77	295 MB	315 MB

Required Action:

Verify that you have sufficient disk space available to obtain, build, and install McIDAS-X 2005.

Section III. Installing McIDAS-X

If you need assistance with the upgrade or want to know if any problems that might affect your site were noted since this upgrade was mailed, call the McIDAS Help Desk at (608) 262-2455 or send email to the Help Desk.

Required Action:

Obtain and install McIDAS-X 2005 using the instructions in Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring McIDAS-X, in the McIDAS User’s Guide (revised 5/05).

Section IV. McIDAS-X Significant Changes

Complete all Required Actions below. Optional Actions are only for your consideration.

ADDE Data Transfer Methods

This 2005 upgrade contains the final set of changes for McIDAS ADDE data transfer methods. The changes were required because the ports that were initially used (500 and 503) are now registered for uses other than McIDAS. In order to maintain a permanent port for ADDE data transfers, port 112 was registered for McIDAS use and phased into McIDAS-X over the 2003, 2004 and 2005 upgrades. The transition from ports 500 and 503 to port 112 was spread over three upgrades to allow ADDE remote servers to maintain compatibility with client workstations running older upgrade versions as well as those running the current upgrade version.

On the client side:
In McIDAS-X 2003, clients sent their requests for gzip-compressed data to server port 112, compressed data to server port 503, and uncompressed data to server port 500. In McIDAS-X 2004 and later (including this 2005 upgrade), clients send all remote data requests, regardless of the transfer method, to server port 112.

On the server side:
The 2003 and 2004 versions of the ADDE remote server (installed using the mcinet2003.sh and mcinet2004.sh scripts) opened ports 112, 500 and 503 so that requests from clients running version 2003 or older were accepted. Beginning with this 2005 upgrade, the ADDE remote server (mcinet2005.sh) opens only port 112 (ports 500 and 503 are no longer opened). Therefore, 2005 ADDE remote servers will respond only to data requests from clients running version 2005 or 2004 (and also 2003 if the client’s MCCOMPRESS environment variable is set to "gzip"). Thus, commands sent to server port 500 or 503 from clients running older versions will fail on the client (eventually timeout because of no response).

Required Action:

Client workstation users:
If your client workstation accesses data on remote servers you must upgrade it to at least McIDAS-X version 2004 (preferably 2005) if any of the remote servers it accesses are running version 2005.

Remote server workstation administrators:
Before installing the McIDAS-X 2005 ADDE remote server (using the mcinet2005.sh script), you should give your users sufficient notice that they need to upgrade their client workstations to version 2004 or 2005 (or 2003 if their MCCOMPRESS environment variable is set to "gzip") in order to access the data on your server.

McIDAS-X GUI

The McIDAS-X GUI was modified to include the changes listed below.

• The Time Scheduler GUI was modified to allow specification of an ID number, like that in the SKE, SKL and SKU commands.
• The Image Display GUI was updated to make changing frames easier by replacing the GUI's simple label with a spinbox.
• The Weather Watch GUI was modified to reset the time to the current time each time the GUI is started.
• The Shortcut Button GUI was modified to include options to create a drop-down menu button, specify how many buttons to display, specify popup text to display when the cursor is moved over the button, and to whether to upcase the command text.

Optional Action:

Use the GUI by starting it with the GUI command, selecting the Start GUI upon McIDAS startup option in the mcidas -config GUI’s Miscellaneous tab, or automatically start the GUI with each McIDAS-X session by adding a -c GUI command in the Run commands at startup section of your .mcidasrc file.

Configuration GUI

The McIDAS-X startup script was modified to start the McIDAS-X Configuration GUI if the user does not have a preexisting .mcidasrc file (e.g., when McIDAS-X is started for the first time in a new account). It also, by default, adds the new -config flag to the .mcidasrc file so the Configuration GUI appears each time McIDAS-X is started in future sessions. A checkbox on the Configuration GUI's front tab gives the choice of declining that option (in which case the -config flag is commented out). As with previous versions, the Configuration GUI can also be started by running the command mcidas -config at the Unix prompt.

Optional Action:

Read the sections Configuring McIDAS-X Sessions with .mcidasrc in Chapter 1 and Starting McIDAS-X in Chapter 2 of the McIDAS User's Guide (revised 5/05) for more information about the -config flag and the Configuration GUI.

GEO and LEO Commands

The “NIR” option in the channel parameter of the GEO and LEO commands was changed to “SW” to more accurately reflect the description for the ~3.9µm shortwave infrared channel. The names of the other channel options are the same as before, but their descriptions were updated.

Required Action:

Check all occurrences of GEO and LEO commands in your macros, scripts, BATCH files, F Key Menus, McBASI programs and SKE entries to see if they specify the NIR option. If any do, change "NIR" to "SW" so they continue to work with McIDAS-X 2005.

IMGOPER Command

In the IMGOPER command, the ZERO=DATA/MISS keyword was removed and replaced with the new MISS=m1..mn keyword that lets you specify missing data values for each source image, e.g., MISS=0 -1 0 or MISS=NONE. Use of the ZERO=DATA/MISS keyword is still allowed for backward compatibility, but it is no longer documented and supported so you should switch to the new keyword as described in the Required Action section below.

Required Action:

Replace all uses of the ZERO keyword with the corresponding MISS keyword in your IMGOPER commands. In addition to changing your interactive command line entries, check all occurrences of IMGOPER commands in your macros, scripts, BATCH files, F Key Menus, McBASI programs and SKE entries to see if they contain ZERO=DATA or ZERO=MISS. If any do, change ZERO=DATA to MISS=NONE, and change ZERO=MISS to MISS=0.

IMGCHA Command

The IMGCHA and IMGCOPY commands were modified to zero out the original source type (word 56) if it's equal to PRD and STYPE=VISR is specified. This change fixes a problem in displaying product images created with the IMGFILT or IMGOPER commands. A new keyword, OTYPE, was added to IMGCHA to update the original source type. The keyword is unlikely to be needed except for certain cases of sophisticated multi-step image processing.

Required Action:

If temperature information is needed but was unexpectedly lost during multi-step image processing, use the IMGCHA command with the OTYPE keyword to reset the original source type back to its original value.

MSG Server

In previous versions of McIDAS-X, every call to the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) server resulted in a trce file being written on the server. This problem has been corrected to write the file only if requested.

Required Action:

If your site serves MSG data in the raw format, check your server workstation for trce files and remove them.

Other Modifications

The modifications below require no special action.

Command / Topic	Modification
DSSERVE	updated to allow file masking of McIDAS grid files with the DIRFILE keyword and updated to use the same RESOLV.SRV file locking method as servers (both now lock on the full path name of RESOLV.SRV), so there should be no more problems of one overwriting the file while the other should have had it locked
FRMLABEL	added (MDY), (WL), (WN) and (FREQ) placeholders to allow use of a different date format (mon dd yy) and the displayed image's wavelength, wave number and frequency in the image label
GRDDISP	updated COLOR keyword to allow choice of plot color based on parameter value; for example, PAR=T UNIT=F FORMAT=I2 COLOR=2[50-89B10] plots 50-59°F temperatures in graphics color level 2, 60-69°F in level 3, 70-79°F in level 4 and 80-89°F in level 5; temperatures less than 50°F are in level 1, and temperatures greater than 89°F are in level 6
IMGCOPY	modified BAND keyword to allow copying of selected bands (not just one band or ALL bands) if the source image is real-time segmented Meteosat Second Generation Level 1.5 files transmitted by EUMETSAT; copying of selected bands is also available with GVAR raw data on an SDI server or MODIS Level 1b data in HDF format
IMGCOPY, IMGDISP, IMGREMAP	added NAVTYPE=LALO keyword to allow use of lat/lon navigation instead of the regular (native) navigation; this keyword is valid only if the source image is area format and the server supplying the image is running version 2005
IMGFILT	added new FILTER keyword options MERGE and SPOT; the SPOT filter lets you darken or lighten brightness values inside of or outside of one or more circles defined by a center point and radius
IMGREMAP	added DIST keyword to restrict the remap to a specified distance from the subpoint of the satellite; this enhancement was funded by the Aviation Weather Center
MAP	added new keyword LLINSET that draws latitude and longitude lines within a specified inset region; also changed the LABEL=360 option to 360E or 360W to let you specify which direction the longitude label values should increase (360E to the east, 360W to the west); note that 360, which does the same thing as 360W, is still allowed for backward compatibility
MOSRPT	updated for the NCEP NAM (North American Mesoscale) forecast model that replaced the ETA forecast model effective 25 January 2005; the changes include replacing TYPE=ETA with TYPE=NAM and updating the DATASET keyword defaults for TYPE=NAM and TYPE=NGM to match the new McIDAS-XCD default MOS datasets
PLAX	added output line that indicates the ground position error in kilometers at the cursor location, based on the parallax correction for a feature 10 kilometers above the earth
REDIRECT	updated to allow characters between a wildcard and a period in the file name (e.g., *GFS.TXT), and added lock to file LWPATH.NAM so it can no longer be modified by more than one session at a time
STNLIST, STNPLOT	added new option NAMMOS to the TYPE keyword for listing or plotting NAM MOS stations
Upper-Air Commands	updated ALTIM, HODO, UALIST and UAPLOT commands to set the LFC equal to the LCL when an extremely unstable sounding results in the LFC being below the LCL in the initial calculation
ZA	added FRMLABEL command's frame directory placeholders (which are replaced with the corresponding information from the frame, dataset and displayed image) to ZA command for use with graphics labels
ADDE Dataset Access Restrictions	added methods for ADDE Remote Server administrators to restrict access (by user name, project number or IP address) to all datasets on a server, or to specific datasets identified by group or group/descriptor; see Appendix I, McIDAS-X Site Administration and Management, of the McIDAS User's Guide (revised 5/05) for instructions
Default Number of Frames	increased default number of frames set in the .mcidasrc file from four to ten
GOES-13	updated the calibration module with the latest changes for GOES-13, and updated the SDI servers for GOES-13, -14 and -15
Installation Script	updated McIDAS-X 2005 installation script (mcidas2005.sh) to check that the required X11 components exist, and to send third party library configure and make output to mclog with the rest of the McIDAS build output
New MODIS Product Servers	added MODIS product servers to McIDAS-X to allow creation of datasets containing MODIS Level 2 MOD04 (aerosol) or MOD28 (sea surface temperature) data in HDF format on local and remote servers, and display or manipulation of the data using the IMG* commands; see the DSSERVE command's online help or its documentation in the McIDAS User's Guide (revised 5/05) for information about creating the datasets

Data Files

The following changes were made to files in the ~mcidas/data directory.

File name	Change
CORE.SAT	added entries for GOES-13, -14 and –15
DCGFSMOS	increased the capacity for the number of runs per day from two to four
DCNAMMOS	new MD file schema for Model Output Statistics (MOS) data from the NCEP NAM (North American Mesoscale) forecast model that replaced the ETA forecast model effective 25 January 2005
DCNGMMOS	new MD file schema for Model Output Statistics (MOS) data from the NCEP NGM (Nested Grid Model); this file, which is the same as DCFO14, was created because it's a more logical name than DCFO14 and follows the naming convention of the other MOS schemas (DCGFSMOS and DCNAMMOS)
GEODATA.CORE, LEODATA.CORE	updated channel lists for current satellites; in LEODATA.CORE also removed NOAA-12 and NOAA-14 from the list of default datasets used by the LEO command since they are no longer available on SSEC Data Center real-time servers
MCCMDHIST.TXT	updated to include a line indicating each time a new McIDAS session is started; see Entering and Editing Commands in Chapter 2 of the McIDAS User's Guide (revised 5/05) for more information
OUTLHRES	corrected location of Christmas Island (near 2.0° N, 157.5° W)
SATANNOT	added sensor source numbers 104, 114, 128, 138 for TERRA-AER, AQUA-AER, TERRA-SST and AQUA-SST; added sensor source numbers 180 and 181 for GOES-13 Imager and Sounder, 182 and 183 for GOES-14 Imager and Sounder, 184 and 185 for GOES-15 Imager and Sounder; added sensor source number 210 for AMSR-E
SATBAND	added DESC=, WL=, WN= and FREQ= fields (where appropriate) so FRMLABEL and ZA commands can display those values; corrected central wavelength of band 2 AVHRR for NOAA-15 and later (was 0.91µm, now 0.86µm); added band information for GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15 and AMSR-E
STNDB.CORE	added state code for station 74546 (Hillsboro, KS); corrected elevations of NEXRAD stations; added new NEXRAD station VWX (Evansville, IN); added new data types NAMMOS and NGMMOS
USCOUNTY.MAP, USZONE.MAP	updated to most recent NWS versions as of 01 April 2005
XRD2005.TXT	updated with list of commands, servers and data files in McIDAS-XRD version 2005 sidecar package; run McIDAS‑X command SEE XRD2005.TXT to view the list

Required Action:

Merge these modifications with all local copies of the data files.

McIDAS Manuals

Beginning with this upgrade, the suite of McIDAS manuals (McIDAS User's Guide, McIDAS Learning Guide, McIDAS Programmer's Manual, McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide and SDI Operator's Manual) will be available only in HTML format. As before, you will be able to view a manual on the McIDAS Website, or download a compressed tar file containing the manual in HTML format and make it available on your local web server. But you will no longer be able to download a manual in PDF, PS and FM (Portable Document Format, PostScript and FrameMaker) formats.

These changes are mainly due to switching of our main publishing software from Adobe FrameMaker to Macromedia Dreamweaver. Moving to Dreamweaver provides future benefits in that the manuals will be easier to maintain and update in a timely manner. Also, as part of the move we changed to a more logical naming convention for the McIDAS User's Guide and McIDAS-XCD Administrator Guide files. For example, in previous versions of the User's Guide, files were sequentially named from McHTML‑1.HTML through McHTML‑354.HTML and McHTML‑1.gif through McHTML‑79.gif. They have been renamed with this upgrade to more descriptive names like install‑1.html, intro‑1.html, grdcopy.html, imgdisp.html and image_window.gif. In particular, the URLs of the commands (e.g., http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/doc/users_guide/2005/ptdisp.html) are easy to remember, and thus easy to link from other HTML documents.

Optional Action:

Make version 2005 of the McIDAS User's Guide and/or McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide available on your local web server by downloading the compressed tar file from the McIDAS Website. To do so, go to http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/doc/ and select the appropriate manual (either McIDAS User's Guide or McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide), then select the Download HTML link and complete its instructions.

Local Code

Compile and link all local code after installing the upgrade. Listed below are some of the software and structural changes most likely to affect your local code.

• Servers and command dsserve.pgm were modified to use the fully qualified path of RESOLV.SRV for locking.
• File locking was added to command redirect.pgm to prevent multiple users writing to LWPATH.NAM simultaneously.
• Commands wwdisp.c and wwlist.c and associated routines wwmisc.c, m0wwmisc.h, and dcodesub.for were updated to read operational VTEC information and for a change in the WMO header for severe thunderstorm and tornado watch bulletins.
• As requested by users at the 2004 MUG Meeting, NASA-Langley’s 2-byte product calibration module, kbxprd2.dlm, was added to McIDAS-X 2005 and their cloud product commands, barcp.pgm and imgdispcp.mac, were added to McIDAS-XRD 2005.
• The Australian Bureau of Meteorology supplied SSEC with 1-byte FY-2C data. A new calibration module, kbxfy2.dlm, was written to view this data. Updates to the calibration module will be included in a future McIDAS-X Fastrack version.
• The modules listed below were updated to support McIDAS-X on 64 bit Linux workstations.
  

  wwdisp.c	wwlist.c	wwmisc.c
  daytime.c	mccomp.sh	ncdfks.c
  zlm.pgm	mcidas.h	sfcmg.c
  mcts.c	mcts.h

• The modules listed below were modified to fix byte flipping issues with MODIS data.
  

  modsaget.cp	kbxmods.dlm	mcaput.for
  mcaget.for	aputserv.fp

• Modules IconBar.tcl, GUIMain.gui, Context.tcl, and popuphelp.tcl were updated to enhance capabilities of user-defined buttons in the McIDAS-X GUI.
• The data structure for SATBAND was updated to allow for wavelength, wave number and frequency information. A new applications program interface (API), m0getsatbandinfo.for, was written to access SATBAND. Commands frmlabel.pgm, imglist.pgm, za.pgm and routine mcexptxt.for were updated to access this new information.
• Upper-air commands were updated to set the LFC equal to the LCL when the initial calculation has the LFC below the LCL. The modules listed below were updated for this change.
  

  altim.c	ualist.c	uaplot.c
  hodo.c	mcsndanl.c	sndskewt.pgm
  sndaltim.pgm	sndplot.pgm	sndlist.pgm
  sndhodo.pgm

• Stability parameters from mcsndanl.c can now be listed by adding DEV=CCC to UA* and SND* command entries. The modules listed below were updated for this change.
  

  altim.c	ualist.c	uaplot.c
  hodo.c	mcsndanl.c	sndskewt.pgm
  sndaltim.pgm	sndplot.pgm	sndlist.pgm
  sndhodo.pgm

• The default value of today for DAY= was removed from the real-time GVAR server gvaraget.c. This change was made to match other real-time image servers.
• Ports 500 and 503 were removed from mcinet.sh.
• The documentation for function Mccydtostr was updated in cydstr.c.
• File masking for GRID files was added to McIDAS-X. The following modules were updated for this enhancement.
  

  isgfmt.for	igget.for	mcfndgrd.for
  mcglast_.c	gputserv.fp	gdirserv.fp
  ggetserv.fp	grdcopy.pgm	mcgput.for
  igopen.for	iggmax.for	igmakx.for
  igopen.for	igquit.for	readsort.for
  igget.for	igput.for	gridparm.inc
  igfilename.for

• In preparation for the new GRIB server, the modules listed below were either updated or moved from McIDAS-XCD to McIDAS-X.
  

  database.c	gribgget.cp	gbtbpds001.0v1
  mcgrib.h	mcncdf.h	gbtbpds001.4v1
  gribfunc.c	gribgdir.cp	gbtbpds001.2v1
  ncdffunc.c	ncdfgdir.cp	gbtbpds001.2v2
  ncdfgget.cp	xcdgrib.c	gbtbpds001.2v3
  gbtbpds001.a34v1	gbtbpds001.a60v1	gbtbpds001.a74v1
  gbtbpds001.a98v1	gbtbpds001.av1	gbtbpds001.b98v1
  gbtbpds001.bv1	gbtbpds001.2v128

McIDAS-XRD

A new version of the McIDAS-XRD optional sidecar is available with this upgrade. The new version, 2005, contains 14 new commands, 13 new data files, and six new servers. These changes bring the total number of -XRD 2005 commands to 88, servers to six, and data files to 18. This is the first version of -XRD that contains servers. The servers are placed into the ~mcidas/bin directory.

The list of -XRD 2005 software is available on the McIDAS Website (at http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/software/xrd/upgrade2005unix.html and http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/software/xrd/upgrade2005xp.html) or in the file ~mcidas/data/XRD2005.TXT that’s distributed with -X 2005. To view the file, run the command SEE XRD2005.TXT after -X 2005 is installed.

The -XRD 2005 package can only be used in combination with -X and must be installed after -X 2005 has been installed. The -XRD package contains research and development commands, servers and data files that are not part of -X. The -XRD software is provided on an “as is” basis, meaning it is not MUG-supported. The software in -XRD comes from programmers at various MUG sites. The software is added to the package if it may be useful to other sites and it meets some basic code standards.

SSEC McIDAS User Services packages and distributes the -XRD software, but does little or no testing of it and does not provide any documentation. Each command’s on-line help is all that’s available for documentation. McIDAS User Services will forward all bug reports to the programmer that submitted the software. However, there is no guarantee that bugs will be fixed, as it’s up to the programmer to decide whether or not to fix them.

Optional Action:

Install McIDAS-XRD 2005 by obtaining the files and completing the installation instructions on the McIDAS Website. Select McIDAS-XRD in the Download Software menu along the left side of the page.