McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide
Version 2018.2

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Configuring the Data Monitors

Each data monitor controls one or more decoders. You can activate or deactivate any data monitor or any decoder by using the DECINFO command. See Chapter 3, McIDAS-XCD Administrative Commands, for more information about DECINFO.

From a McIDAS-X session running under the oper account, list the status of the available data monitors and decoders.

Type: DECINFO

The table below lists the default status of data monitors and decoders.

Data Monitor

Decoder

MD Files

Status

Description

Configuration File

DMSFC

SAODEC

1-10

Active

Surface hourly

ISFCDEC.CFG

DMRAOB

RABDEC

11-30

Active

Upper air

IRABDEC.CFG

TEMPSHIPDEC

41-50

Active

TEMP SHIP

ITSHPDEC.CFG

DMSYN

SYNDEC

51-60

Active

Synoptic

SYNDEC.CFG

SHPDEC

31-40

Active

Ship/Buoy

ISHPDEC.CFG

DMMISC

NAMMOS

71-80

Active

NAM MOS

NAMMOS.CFG

GFSMOS

81-90

Active

GFS MOS

GFSMOS.CFG

PIRDEC

61-70

Active

PIREP/AIREP

PIRPDEC.CFG

TERDEC

 

Active

Terminal Fcst

TERMDEC.CFG

TIRDEC

 

Inactive

TIROS NAV

TIRDEC.CFG

MDRDEC

 

Inactive

MDR grids

MDRDEC.CFG

DMGRID

GRIBDEC

 

Inactive

NCEP GRIDS

GRIBDEC.CFG

DMNEXR

NEXRFILE

 

Inactive

Radar products

NEXRFILE.CFG

DMBIN

GRBFILER

 

Inactive

GRIB & BUFR

GRBFILER.CFG


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