Accessing the Data via ADDE

Once the SDI begins to ingest data and is connected to the network, the data can be accessed on workstations running McIDAS via ADDE. The ADDE group name, by default, is POES. Perform the Changing Server Dataset Names procedure if you want to change it.

1. From a McIDAS workstation:

Type: DATALOC ADD POES SDI_IP_address

For example, if the SDI has an IP address of 144.92.108.32

Type: DATALOC ADD POES 144.92.108.32

2. Use the ADDE command named DSINFO to list the descriptor names.

Type: DSINFO I POES

The output should look something like:

Dataset Names of Type: IMAGE in Group: POES

Name             NumPos       Content 
---------------------------   ---------------------------
ALL              100          POES      All POES images
N15GAC           100          POES      NOAA-15 GAC images
N15HRPT          100          POES      NOAA-15 HRPT images
N15LAC           100          POES      NOAA-15 LAC images
N16GAC           100          POES      NOAA-16 GAC images
N16HRPT          100          POES      NOAA-16 HRPT images
N16LAC           100          POES      NOAA-16 LAC images
N17GAC           100          POES      NOAA-17 GAC images
N17HRPT          100          POES      NOAA-17 HRPT images
N17LAC           100          POES      NOAA-17 LAC images
N18GAC           100          POES      NOAA-18 GAC images
N18HRPT          100          POES      NOAA-18 HRPT images
N18LAC           100          POES      NOAA-18 LAC images

DSINFO -- done

At this point the suite of ADDE commands can be used with the data.