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NSF Unidata AWIPS 23.4.1-0.4 Full Beta Release

23 Oct 19:24
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AWIPS 23.4.1-0.4 is a full beta release, with both EDEX and CAVE installation options.

This release (building upon previous versions 23.*) includes a major upgrade for the operating system, running on Rocky 8 Linux – which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution for EDEX and linux based CAVE.

This release is still in beta since the National Weather Service (NWS) is still working on their 23.4.1 release to operations. In the interim, we are waiting on final clearance from the NWS, before releasing a production (non-beta) version and source code. Users will have the option of installing their own EDEX, or continue to connect to Unidata's public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu).

ℹ️ We will still have our version 20 public EDEX up and available at edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to (ex. version 23.* of CAVE will not connect to version 20.* of EDEX and vice versa).

⚠️ At the end of the 2024 calendar year, our version 20 public EDEX will be decommissioned due to RedHat7/Rocky7 End of Life and you will be forced to update to version 23 to continue to access data.

Major Updates:

  • Operating System upgrade from RHEL7 (CentOS7) to RHEL8 (Rocky8)
  • Python upgrade from Python 3.6 to 3.11
  • Minor Java upgrade to a newer version of openJDK 11

AWIPS Updates:

  • Add Marginal and Enhanced risks to PGEN outlooks
  • Add in new datasets (ingest, decoders, and displays):
    • mPING
    • CIMSS GOES Lightning Cast
    • CIMSS GOES Turbulence Probability
    • HiResW-CONUS gridded model data
    • FV3 gridded model data
  • Enhancements made to RAWS observation plots and sample readout

  Windows CAVE

  • Fixed toolbar with missing magnification dropdown
  • Fixed default start-up CAVE windows to fit screen

How to Install EDEX 23.4.1-0.4

Visit our EDEX Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.


How to Install CAVE 23.4.1-0.4

Visit our CAVE Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, and Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

To report any bugs/issues/broken functionality, please fill out this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

NSF Unidata AWIPS 23.4.1-0.3 Beta Release (with EDEX)

25 Jul 16:43
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AWIPS 23.4.1-0.3 is a beta release, with both EDEX and CAVE installation options.

This release includes a major upgrade for the operating system, running on Rocky 8 Linux – which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution.

This release is still in beta since the National Weather Service is still working on their 23.4.1 release to operations and does not have full functionality. Users will have the option of installing their own EDEX with this version, or continue to connect to Unidata's public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu).

ℹ️ We will still have our version 20 public EDEX up and available at edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to (ex. version 23.* of CAVE will not connect to version 20.* of EDEX and vice versa).

Major Updates:

  • Operating System upgrade from RHEL7 (CentOS7) to RHEL8 (Rocky8)
  • Python upgrade from Python 3.6 to 3.11
  • Minor Java upgrade to a newer version of openJDK 11

AWIPS Updates:

  • Fix NCEP database permission issues
  • Fix NUCAPS sounding display (now shows data)
  • Update Warngen GUI
    • Still includes Flash Flood
    • Incorporate better labeling
  • Incorporate TOWR-S V25 updates
  • Update Satellite menu
    -Update LDM entries for VIIRS datasets
  • Update Dust and Smoke displays
  • Update configs to ingest new GOES-19 data when data starts flowing
    • Remove outdated/duplicated products
    • New Channel 13 (Clean Window IR) in Deg F display
    • New Split Window Moisture (10.3-12.3 μm) display
    • New configs for experimental datasets*
  • EDEX Connection window updated with beta server URL

*These datasets are not yet available, but when they are they will be available in AWIPS


How to Install EDEX 23.4.1-0.3

Visit our EDEX Beta Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.


How to Install CAVE 23.4.1-0.3

Visit our CAVE Beta Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, and Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

To report any bugs/issues/broken functionality, please fill out this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

NSF Unidata AWIPS 23.4.1-0.2 Beta CAVE Release

26 Jun 20:10
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AWIPS 23.4.1-0.2 is a beta release of CAVE for installation on linux, mac, windows, and virtual machines (Windows and Linux). This release includes a major upgrade for the operating system, running on Rocky 8 Linux – which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution.

This release is a CAVE only release, where we have a public version 23.4.1 EDEX for our users to connect to using the edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu URL. The National Weather Service is still working on their 23.4.1 release to operations. In the interim, we are waiting on final clearance from the NWS before releasing a public Unidata EDEX install and source code. We understand the CentOS7/RHEL7 end of life is upon us, but this is all we are allowed to provide at this time.

ℹ️ We will still have our version 20 public EDEX up and available at edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to (ex. version 23.* of CAVE will not connect to version 20.* of EDEX and vice versa).

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Major Updates:

  • Operating System upgrade from RHEL7 (CentOS7) to RHEL8 (Rocky8)
  • Python upgrade from Python 3.6 to 3.11
  • Minor Java upgrade to a newer version of openJDK 11

AWIPS Updates:

  • New NSHARP Load Tools
    • Available by opening the NSHARP palette, either from the NSHARP button on the toolbar or the new menu option in the Tools menu, and is accessed by selecting the “Load Tools” button
  • Ability to load multiple NSHARP soundings in one editor
    • Added to the station plot menu in the NSHARP Editor
  • New Near-Storm Environmental Awareness (NSEA) Digital Cursor Readout
    • Models menu > NSEA Digital Cursor Readouts >
  • New Rain Rate Classification (RRC) data product
    • koax menu (or other site) > koax Precip > Rain Rate Classification (RRC)
  • New SPC Day 4-8 Severe Thunderstorm Probability products
    • NCEP/Hydro menu > SPC Convective Outlooks > Day 4-8 Outlook >
  • New TAF Station Plot display
    • Surface menu > TAF Station Plot
  • New multi-panel layout options
    • Right-click-hold menu > Change Panel Layout >
  • Add references to new KHDC radar
  • Remove references to KLIX radar (now obsolete)
  • EDEX Connection window updated with beta server URL

How to Install CAVE 23.4.1-0.2

Visit our CAVE Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Mac, Windows, and Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.

v23-beta-edex-connection


Functionality/Reporting

To report any bugs/issues/broken functionality, please fill out this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

NSF Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-2 Software Release

21 Feb 16:08
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We are excited to announce our release of 20.3.2-2 that incorporates many updates and fixes from the 20.3.2-1 release. This release includes installers for CAVE (CentOS7, Windows, VMware Player, and MacOS), and for EDEX (CentOS7).

EDEX Updates

  • Fix syntax error in pqact.conf.priority and pqact.grids
  • Fix regex for satellite data so we don't request duplicate data in pqact.conf.priority and pqact.goesr
  • Replace checkFileTime.pl with checkFileTime.sh which can run without root permissions via cron
  • Replace ufpy package with NSF Unidata’s python-awips package
  • Update awips_install.sh installer to disableexcludes from yum.conf
  • Update derived parameters to include GFS20 to fix Surface Precipitation
  • Updates to satellite menu:
    • Update CPSD description file
    • Add Fog derived products to GOES WCONUS menu
    • Added "Rocket" to plume menu items
    • Updated Meso and Full RGB menus to have all valid RGB's
  • Small changes to modes to allow proper compressing of log files
  • Repair ACARS purging file

CAVE Updates

  • Remove GFE from Windows and Mac perspective menus (functionality not available on those Operating Systems currently)
  • Remove Edit Plot Attributes from METARs station plots (functionality also currently removed from NWS AWIPS because it’s not implemented correctly yet)

  Windows CAVE Installers

  • Updated naming convention of the .exe file to avoid confusion

NOTE: CAVE should be run using the CAVE.bat file to correctly use the packaged python


How to Install EDEX

Visit our EDEX Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.

How to Install CAVE

Visit our CAVE Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, MacOS or Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

If you come across any deficiencies or have any enhancement requests, please fill out our short reporting form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

NSF Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-1 Production AWIPS Release

13 Dec 16:03
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Welcome back to AWIPS Tips!

We are excited to announce our production release of AWIPS 20.3.2-1. This release includes installers for CAVE (CentOS7, Windows, VMware Player, and MacOS), and for EDEX (CentOS7).
This release uses RHEL7 (CentOS7), Java11 and Python3.

⚠️ Our main edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu EDEX is now version 20 and will not be compatible with previous versions of CAVE (ex. version 18.2.1)

ℹ️ Our version 18 EDEX will be available for a limited amount of time, so if you need to use that during your transition to version 20 please contact us at awips-support@unidata.ucar.edu

EDEX Updates

  • Added ingest and decoding capabilities for RAWS data (using the ldadmesonet plugin)
  • Added FNEXRAD/NEXRCOMP Satellite gini radar ingest
  • Added new Polar Satellite Products:
    • NUCAPS Sounding
    • Gridded NUCAPS products
    • Blended Polar Hydro Products
  • Added new GOES Products:
    • Cloud Cover Layers
    • Fractional Snow Cover
    • Ice Concentration and Extent
    • Ice Thickness and Age
  • Updated LDM configs
  • Updated default purging mechanisms for Ancillary EDEX installations
  • Fix to allow different EDEX modes to be used (for ancillary servers)

CAVE Updates

  • Added functionality to save Displays locally
  • Added display of new RAWS data
  • Added additional phenomena signifiers (FR.W and RF.W) for Fire WWA resource
  • Added Matplotlib colormaps (which were available in our AWIPS v18)
  • Re-implemented functionality to delete displays
  • Reorganized Tools menu
  • Enabled GFE to work properly on linux only (can only be localized to OAX)
  • Updated all hotkey shortcuts for more intuitive and easy use
  • Updated Model Comparison bundles to include correct models
  • Update and reorganize Maps Menu
  • Updated radar menu (and associated bundle) for FNEXRAD displays
  • Updated behavior for opening multipane sources - opens in a new editor (tab)
  • Updated generic and NWS icons with Unidata branding
  • Update splash screen to use “NSF Unidata” branding
  • Cleaned up the list of available perspectives
  • Fixed radar 4 panel to load correctly
  • Fixed Warngen to use correct headers
  • Fixed ability to load text products in the text workstation
  • Fixed Vorticity (AV) unit issues
  • Fixed the functionality for locating the cursor using a hotkey
  • Fixed NUCAPS display in CAVE

  MacOS Installers

  • Updated installer to include proper gridslice package for isentropic data rendering

  Windows CAVE Installers

  • Updated packaged python to 3.7
  • Updated installer to include proper gridslice package for isentropic data rendering

Python-AWIPS Updates

If you are using python-awips with our production server, edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu, you will need to update the version of python-awips (v20.1). You can do this with pip or conda:

pip install --upgrade python-awips

or

conda update python-awips


How to Install EDEX

Visit our EDEX Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.

How to Install CAVE

Visit our CAVE Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, MacOS or Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

If you come across any deficiencies or have any enhancement requests, please fill out our short reporting form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-0.4 Beta Release - with EDEX!

12 Jul 15:04
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AWIPS 20.3.2-0.4 is a beta release, with both EDEX and CAVE installation options.

Because this is still in beta, not all functionality is available yet, but we are working to continually update and add features. Users will have the option of installing their own EDEX with this version, or continue to connect to Unidata's public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu).

ℹ️ We still have our version 18.* public EDEX up and available, however the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to.

EDEX Updates

  • CIMSS Prob Severe products have been added
  • UNIWISC Legacy Satellite products have been added
  • NOAA-20 and NSPP VIIRS products have been added
  • Radar mosaic menu options have been updated and are populated with data
  • QPID SSL environment variables are set on install
  • LDM has been updated to version 6.14.5
  • Fire and Public Forecast Zones have been updated
  • Removed a number of unused plugins for better performance
  • Updated postgres logging format to use date instead of day of week
  • Station location/metadata will auto update based on updates from the National Database Manager

CAVE Updates

  • NSHARP Button has been added to the top of CAVE
  • NSHARP "Load" preferences has been updated to v18 functionality (loads a list of available Upper Air locations by time)
  • Updated Export Menu wording
  • Added additional hotkeys to load/save displays
  • Default Procedure GUI is larger and resizable
  • CAVE --> About Dialog now shows build date/version

Windows Specific:

  • CAVE will run with users that have spaces in their username

Mac Specific:

  • Default "Put Home Here" GUI is larger and resizable

How to Install EDEX 20.3.2-0.4

Visit our EDEX Beta Installation Page and follow the instructions for installing EDEX on a Linux machine.

How to Install CAVE 20.3.2-0.4

Visit our CAVE Beta Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, MacOS or Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

This is a beta release, so we are aware that not all functionality is working as expected. We ask you to please be aware of this and have similar expectations. One noteworthy deficiency we are aware of is the radar menu has not been updated yet to reflect what is in version 18. If you come across issues/bugs/missing functionality, we also encourage you to report it using this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-0.3 Beta CAVE Release

03 May 18:32
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AWIPS 20.3.2-0.3 is a beta release of CAVE. We have updates for all installation options of CAVE. The biggest improvement with this release are updated installers for both Mac and Windows -- CAVE no longer requires System or User Environment changes to run!

Not all functionality is available yet, but we wanted to get something out there for people to start playing with and testing. This release is a CAVE only release, with us at Unidata running a version 20.3.2 public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu) that you can connect to.

ℹ️ We will still have our version 18.* public EDEX up and available for the foreseeable future, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to.

Updates for all Operating Systems:

  • Full support of IPv6 connections
  • Update City Map names density and sizing to be more similar to v18
  • Restore Resource Stack default display behavior to mirror v18 (right click toggle between product, date, maps)
  • Added new menu item HRRR --> Composite Reflectivity
  • Restore Warngen functionality for selecting multiple items in the product list (mirroring v18)
  • Two panel view updated to side-by-side instead of top/bottom
  • Remove Hawaii Sector Satellite menus (now found in GOES West Full Disk)

  Mac

  • Improve installer to completely package and bundle Python (as well as Java)
    • This means CAVE no longer alters the System or User Environment at all!

  Windows

  • Improve installer to completely package and bundle Python (as well as Java)
    • This means CAVE no longer alters the System or User Environment at all!

How to Install CAVE 20.3.2-0.3

Visit our CAVE Beta Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, MacOS or Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

This is a beta release, so we are aware that not all functionality is working as expected. We ask you to please be aware of this and have similar expectations. One noteworthy deficiency we are aware of is the radar menu has not been updated yet to reflect what is in version 18. If you come across issues/bugs/missing functionality, we also encourage you to report it using this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-0.2 Beta CAVE Release

05 Apr 16:32
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AWIPS 20.3.2-0.2 is a beta release of CAVE. Great news, we've added installers for MacOS and Windows as well as made updates to the Linux and virtual machine options.

Not all functionality is available yet, but we wanted to get something out there for people to start playing with and testing. This release is a CAVE only release, with us at Unidata running a version 20.3.2 public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu) that you can connect to.

ℹ️ We will still have our version 18.* public EDEX up and available for the foreseeable future, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to.

As a reminder 20.3.2 is running:

  • Python 3.6
  • JAVA openJDK 11

Minor Updates since previous beta release:

  • Updated GIS dialog so the default size fits on more screens, and it has the ability to be resized now
  • Updated postgres log naming convention
  • Updated HPC menu items to WPC
  • Updated Indiana forecast zone shapefile
  • Changed default resource color to be white (instead of green)
  • Increased max http connections from 10-->1000
  • Added Wave Wind 3 back to Models menu
  • Fixed GOES Clout Top Temperature product
  • Fixed Colorized Metar plots
  • Fixed issue with County Names map not loading
  • Fixed missing MRMS and SPC Outlook products
  • Removed some menus that we don't have data for (NCEP Upper Air, SPC Thunderstorm and Severe Thunderstorm Prob)
  • Reduced amount of logging printed out for better system performance
  • Improved performance when loading WWA's
  • Added new menu option HRRR-->Composite Reflectivity

  Linux
- Changed for allowance of IPv6 connections (still an issue for windows)

  Windows
- Removed Alertviz Bar
- Added "Alertview" option to menu

How to Install CAVE 20.3.2-0.2

Visit our CAVE Beta Installation Page and see options for the Linux, Windows, MacOS or Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

This is a beta release, so we are aware that not all functionality is working as expected. We ask you to please be aware of this and have similar expectations. One noteworthy deficiency we are aware of is the radar menu has not been updated yet to reflect what is in version 18. If you come across issues/bugs/missing functionality, we also encourage you to report it using this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-0.1 Beta CAVE Release

22 Feb 16:09
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AWIPS 20.3.2-0.1 is beta release of CAVE for install for Linux and virtual machines (Windows and Linux). We are currently working on a MacOS release.

Not all functionality is available yet, but we wanted to get something out there for people to start playing with and testing. This release is a CAVE only release, with us at Unidata running a version 20.3.2 public EDEX (edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu) that you can connect to.

ℹ️ We will still have our version 18.* public EDEX up and available for the foreseeable future, but the version of CAVE you are running has to match the version of EDEX it's connected to.

Major Updates:

  • System upgrade to Python 3.6
  • JAVA upgrade to openJDK 11

Other Updates:

  • Additional multi-pane layouts (2, 9, and 16 panel)
  • Multi-color and line-style contouring (see image above)
  • Faster looping (up to 30 frames per second)
  • Ability to select from the previous 3 runs of a model
  • Additional radar elevation scans below 0.5 degrees
  • Improved Looping Options
  • Enhancements to NSHARP
  • New PGEN tool - PGEN Static
  • Obs Time Batch Basis re-instated
  • New Distance Scale units option
  • New Load as Image and Combine option
  • NSHARP Auto Updates with new model runs
  • Ability to save NSHARP Dislpays
  • Updated SPC Outlook Menus

How to Install CAVE 20.3.2-0.1

Visit our CAVE Beta Installation Page and see options for the Linux or Virtual Machine installation methods.


EDEX Connection

Select the server in the Connectivity Preferences dialog, or enter edex-beta.unidata.ucar.edu.


Functionality/Reporting

This is a beta release, so we are aware that not all functionality is working as expected. We ask you to please be aware of this and have similar expectations. One noteworthy deficiency we are aware of is the radar menu has not been updated yet to reflect what is in version 18. If you come across issues/bugs/missing functionality, we also encourage you to report it using this short form.


For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu

Unidata AWIPS 18.2.1-6 Software Release

27 Jul 15:04
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AWIPS 18.2.1-6 is a new release to both EDEX and CAVE. More information is listed below.

EDEX Updates

  • Uncommented LDM pqact entries for NAM12 to get full suite of data from NOAAPort and CONDUIT
  • Updates to new obs stations/locations
  • Update maps database (CWA, County, State boundaries, marine, highsea, fire weather, and forecast zones)
  • Added GFS LAMP Visibility product
  • Added Cloud & Moisture Imagery configuration files for GOES data from AWS to be processed
  • GOES Vertical Temp/Moisture Profiles reduced to 34 levels (SCN 22-53)

CAVE Updates

  • Updated radar displays to load best resolution Z/V when possible
  • Updates to Watch, Warning, and Advisory displays
    • New menu items and displays to encompass all WAA products
    • Additional drawing properties to configure which WWA products are displayed
    • New display option for showing/hiding text samples
  • Updated color of Warngen Button
  • Disable Warngen "Update List" since it's not applicable
  • Added new Pirep menu option
  • Fixed bad radar name (mkrx to kmrx)
  • Added functionality to show current frame out of total frames
  • Added sorted time functionality in the Forecast/Inventory Time GUI
  • NSHARP Configuration dialog is now resizable

Virtual Machine Specific:

  • Reduced VM Memory from 16GB to 8GB to not use as much system memory and improve functionality
  • Anaconda3 has been installed, and an environment containing python-awips has been created
    • To activate environment in a terminal, run: conda activate python3-awips
  • The python-awips repo, with example notebooks, has been installed in: /home/awips/python-awips/

How to Install AWIPS 18.2.1-6

⚠️ If you already have EDEX installed, do NOT use yum update. Use the latest awips_install.sh and this will give you the opportunity to back-up configurations and logs before removing builds of CAVE/EDEX and installing new versions

ℹ️ If you have a machine where you are wanting both CAVE and EDEX installed, install EDEX first, then CAVE

EDEX Instructions:

  Linux

  1. Download the latest awips_install.sh
  2. In a terminal, go to the download directory
  3. Make the installer an executable:
    • chmod 755 awips_install.sh
  4. Run the installer as root
    • ./awips_install.sh --server
  5. Start EDEX
    • sudo edex start

ℹ️ If this is the first time installing EDEX on a server, you may need to configure a few additional settings. More detailed instructions can be found here.

CAVE Instructions:


  Linux
  1. Download the latest awips_install.sh
  2. In a terminal, go to the download directory
  3. Make the installer an executable:
    • chmod 755 awips_install.sh
  4. Run the installer as root
    • ./awips_install.sh --cave
  5. Remove caveData
    • rm -rf ~/caveData
  6. Start CAVE by opening a terminal
    • cave

  Windows

  1. Remove old builds of CAVE.
  2. Download and Install: awips-cave.msi
  3. Start CAVE by clicking on the CAVE icon on your Desktop

  MacOS

  1. If you haven't already, download and Install: awips-python.pkg for jep to work properly
  2. Remove previously installed CAVE by finding the icon (likely in the Applications folder) and dragging it to the trash.
  3. Remove caveData if it exists
    • rm -rf /Users/<user>/Library/caveData
  4. Download and Install: awips-cave.dmg
  5. Start CAVE by selecting System Menu Go > Applications > CAVE

For notifications of the latest updates from the AWIPS team, sign up for the AWIPS mailing list. Questions or suggestions for the team, let us know at support-awips@unidata.ucar.edu