Space Science and Engineering Center

McIDAS Operations

The McIDAS Operations computer room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) is staffed Monday thru Friday, from 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., Central time. You can reach Operations staff by phone or email.
Phone: (608) 262-0502
Email: oper@ssec.wisc.edu (remote users)
mcoper@ssec.wisc.edu (in-house users)

Administrative Messages

The ADDE text file ADMIN/MESSAGES contains information about events affecting McIDAS users. Operations staff updates this file as new information is received. The MESSAGES file includes the following information:

Real-time Data

All real-time data at UW-SSEC is available via ADDE. The ADDE text file ADMIN/RTSERVER lists general information for each data source. It also contains the DATALOC commands necessary to update your client routing tables. RTSERVER can be downloaded to your machine and run as a batch job. The instructions for doing this are given at the beginning of the file.

You can find more detailed information and schedules for each data source in the following ADDE text files:

Data Source Background Information Dissemination Schedule
GOES-East ADMIN/RTEAST ADMIN/EASTSCHED
GOES-West ADMIN/RTWEST ADMIN/WESTSCHED
GMS ADMIN/RTGMS ADMIN/GMSSCHED
Meteosat ADMIN/RTMET ADMIN/METSCHED
POES ADMIN/RTPOES
Conventional Data ADMIN/RTCONV


Updated 5 February 1997 by McIDAS Operations.