{"id":2045,"date":"2020-07-30T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=2045"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:27:11","slug":"download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/archive\/2019-1\/xcd\/download\/","title":{"rendered":"Download McIDAS-XCD v. 2019.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since May 2009 SSEC has been distributing McIDAS-XCD updates as fully supported Fastrack releases. This means that the software is fully supported by SSEC, and that each change to the software has been tested on all of the supported system configurations. Prior upgrade versions were distributed once a year, normally in late-May.<\/p>\n<p>The SSEC McIDAS Help Desk provides full assistance for McIDAS software questions pertaining to the current or previous issue. The Help Desk will still assist those sites that are two issues behind the current issue at a reduced capability. A complete description of your MUG support is detailed in the SSEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/mug\/policydoc\/\">McIDAS Users&#8217; Group Policy Document.<\/a>\u00a0 Also note that if you plan to upgrade to 2019.1 from a version earlier than the previous release (2018.2), you must first read and perform any required actions in the release documents for each of the versions you skipped so you know about their major changes and any required actions in the interim. For example, if you are upgrading from version 2017.1 to 2019.1, you must first read and perform the required actions in the release documents for versions 2017.2, 2018.1 and 2018.2 before proceeding to 2019.1. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/past_versions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">past versions<\/a> page for links to those and other materials from past versions.<\/p>\n<p>A login and password is required to download any software. Once you&#8217;ve entered your valid login and password, you can obtain any other McIDAS software your site is licensed to receive (e.g., McIDAS-X and McIDAS-XCD).<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; border-top: 0px solid black; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 15px; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;\">McIDAS-XCD 2019.1 &#8211; released 10 Sep 2019<\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box-group mcidas-box-group-2-columns \" >\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<h3>McIDAS-XCD Software &amp; Installation<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"..\/install\/\"><strong>2019.1 McIDAS-XCD Installation Instructions<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/os-logos\/linux.gif\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Linux icon\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As user <strong>oper<\/strong> download the following files to the <strong>~oper\/mcidas<\/strong> directory on your McIDAS\u2011XCD workstation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install script (21 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/xcd\/fas\/2019.1\/xcd2019.1.sh\">xcd2019.1.sh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Source\/data files (999 KB)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/xcd\/fas\/2019.1\/xcd2019.1.tar.Z\">xcd2019.1.tar.Z<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Information to review before installation\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/xcd\/fas\/2019.1\/xcd_README_2019.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">xcd_README_2019.1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/doc\/xcd_guide\/2019.1\/install-2.html\">System Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are upgrading from an older version, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/past_versions\/\">past versions<\/a> page for links to download files and other materials from past versions.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<h3>What's New in McIDAS-XCD 2019.1<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\"><strong>Updated TEMP SHIP data decoder and configuration files.<\/strong> Some issues were uncovered with the initial 2018.2 release of the TEMP SHIP decoder, including an adjustment to the wind speed calculations and error messages resulting from incorrect information contained in the ITSHPDEC.CFG file.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\"><strong>Updated McIDAS-XCD code and configuration files to accommodate the updated McIDAS-X station database file STNDB.CORE<\/strong> that was released in McIDAS-X\u00a0 2019.1. This includes a change to the maximum number of stations for surface METAR data increasing to 12500 from 10000. The updates are detailed in McIDAS-X Inquiries <a href=\"https:\/\/mcidas.ssec.wisc.edu\/inquiry-x\/index.php?inquiry=16728\">16728<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mcidas.ssec.wisc.edu\/inquiry-x\/index.php?inquiry=16854\">16854<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px;\"><strong>Updated PIREP data decoder to recognize CONS (continuous) and INTMT (intermittent) turbulence categories.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script>\n\t\t\t\t$(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box-group\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since May 2009 SSEC has been distributing McIDAS-XCD updates as fully supported Fastrack releases. 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