NOAAPORT Solaris Installation

The commercial version of WXP is delivered as a collection of:

• Binaries - the actual executables compiled for different platforms
• Databases - extraneous files used by WXP for data processing and plotting
• Documentation - this documentation either in HTML or PDF form

This installation guide outlines how to prepare the local system, how to get WXP, and how prepare WXP for general use. This last step includes setting up of resources, naming conventions and cron tasks.

In order to obtain data for WXP to use, one must set up an ingestor. WXP comes with its own ingestor which can be used with an existing Family of Services (FOS) feed or with NOAAPORT.  This installation procedure assumes, you are using the Unisys NOAAPORT Gateway and WXP Product Manager (WXP ingestor).  WXP can be used with the Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) or a local ingest product such as one that comes with the data feeds.

Note: WXP is designed to work well with the WXP and LDM ingestors but may not work as well with others.  WXP is robust enough to handle most other data but it might require some reformatting.

Prerequisites:

• Unisys NOAAPORT Mode C solution with WXP Product Manager
• If you are using the Tcl/Tk based GUI for WXP 5, you will need to install Tcl/Tk

Installation Steps:

1. Local System Preparation
   Prepare the system for use with WXP by creating a WXP account to administer WXP, creation of WXP directory tree and required disk allocation.
2. Downloading WXP
   The next step is actually getting WXP. This includes the binaries, database files and documentation.
3. Setting Initial WXP Resources
   WXP needs to know the where data are located on the system.

Once these steps are finished, WXP is ready to be run on the system. Proceded to either the Tutorials or Users Guide to see what you can do with the main body of WXP programs.

For further information about WXP, email devo@ks.unisys.com
Last updated by Dan Vietor on May 5, 1999