Hi all I am currently trialling MSG DM on a single PC, 3GHz, XP, 1GB RAM. I am considering the purchase of a further PC for reception. This would be selected...
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Alan Banks
alanjamesbanks
Aug 4, 2009 2:46 pm
Hi Terry, What you suggest seems very reasonable and there is no doubt the processor would do the job. The real issues appear to be memory and hard drive...
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terrymullen
Aug 4, 2009 6:40 pm
Hi Alan, thanks for that. Extra hard drive(s) could easily be added externally. Ebuyer say that another 1G of RAM can be added but couldn't give me any details...
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Alan Banks
alanjamesbanks
Aug 4, 2009 6:56 pm
In terms of hard drives I'm thinking IDE or preferably today's standard SATA. External HDs tend to be USB. Others may advise better but I don't think these are...
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Alan Sewards
alansewards
Aug 4, 2009 7:01 pm
Hi Terry, All good stuff, but note that an USB external hard drive runs at less than half the speed of a hard drive plugged into the IDE or SATA bus. In other...
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geojohnt@...
wonker3_2000
Aug 5, 2009 7:13 pm
All, A box has appeared telling me my Ramdisk is full and do I want to delete unwanted files. Do I - I don't know. I don't think I have had this before and...
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Ian Deans
iandeans142
Aug 5, 2009 7:32 pm
John, my RAMdisk has only 19Mb free this evening as well, the lowest I have seen it for ages. I had two missing chunks ( 13.07 and 13.13 ) which happened at...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Aug 5, 2009 7:37 pm
... John, There was an issue with EUMETCast today around 15:00 UTC which resulted in missed packets across Europe (but good signal strength) and a simultaneous...
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geojohnt@...
wonker3_2000
Aug 5, 2009 10:34 pm
In a message dated 05/08/2009 20:32:41 GMT Daylight Time, iandeans142@... writes: If you don't run overnight like myself all will be resolved with ...
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geojohnt@...
wonker3_2000
Aug 6, 2009 9:37 am
In a message dated 05/08/2009 20:32:41 GMT Daylight Time, iandeans142@... writes: If you don't run overnight like myself all will be resolved with ...
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Rob Alblas
msgalblas
Aug 6, 2009 8:10 pm
... That's not surprising. RAMDisk is on RAM, so after powerdown all info is lost. At each boot the RAMDisk is (actually, has to be) initialized again. It's...
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geojohnt@...
wonker3_2000
Aug 6, 2009 10:26 pm
In a message dated 06/08/2009 21:10:31 GMT Daylight Time, sat@... writes: That's not surprising. RAMDisk is on RAM, so after powerdown all info is...
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Fred
minhfred2004
Aug 7, 2009 7:32 am
Hello Some time ago I made a small program to delete the 0.fsy and 1.fsy files. See "POVIMRemoveFsy" on the download page on my website for the details. ...
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nigel
nigel_heasman
Aug 9, 2009 7:51 pm
Hi folks, is it just me or has the Sea ice Data (N & S ) not been coming through Eumetcast for a while ? ( EUMETSAT Data Channel 3 ) I haven't been using it...
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Ian Deans
iandeans142
Aug 9, 2009 8:40 pm
Nigel. if it is the South and North Pole data, I cannot confirm that as I do not run overnight, and that is when the data is sent. However I download the NP...
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John Say
seggins2000
Aug 9, 2009 9:00 pm
Nigel & Ian, I can confirm data is being sent...I have that dated 08/08 at least. Cheers John ... From: Ian Deans To: MSG-1@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
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nigel
nigel_heasman
Aug 9, 2009 9:16 pm
Thanks, Ian, I will retrieve the data from there until, maybe, I can get it from Eumetcast. I am trying to save energy (and money !!) here so may well adopt...
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nigel
nigel_heasman
Aug 9, 2009 9:25 pm
Thanks, John, I will check in the morning - hopefully the reception PC will keep running overnight. The power cuts recently are getting a bit boring and one...
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brekaman
Aug 10, 2009 4:50 am
... Hi Nigel, I have also stopped running my systems overnight but there are alternative methods such as the UPS or Inverter (I can get a full days use from my...
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Ian Deans
iandeans142
Aug 10, 2009 9:46 am
Appears to be problems at the moment with loss of signal which I am assuming is at the uplink end. The pink "T" has been going in and out of red with the...
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Bernard Burton
burtonbernard
Aug 10, 2009 9:46 am
10Aug09 0945z My signal quality is down to 28 %, and the RSS reception seems to have ceased (last frame 0910z), although some other data seems to be getting...
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Bernard Burton
burtonbernard
Aug 10, 2009 10:04 am
10Aug09 1000z Sig quality back up to 79%. All data now coming through. Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.woksat.info/wwp.html ...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Aug 10, 2009 10:10 am
... From: "Ian Deans" <iandeans142@...> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:45 AM To: "MSG" <MSG-1@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [MSG-1] Lost Signal ... ...
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m_calvitti
maumsg62
Aug 10, 2009 1:34 pm
I confirm that I have to fix my network monitoring system, now not working. Ciao Maurizio ... From: David J Taylor To: MSG Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:10...
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nigel
nigel_heasman
Aug 10, 2009 1:42 pm
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:50:23 -0000 ... Hi Rob, I do have a UPS for the computer but it can only keep it running for around half an hour - not much good when...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Aug 10, 2009 2:18 pm
... From: "m_calvitti" Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:30 PM To: <MSG-1@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [MSG-1] Lost Signal ... Maurizio, no rush, but we look...
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brekaman
Aug 10, 2009 2:47 pm
... Hi Nigel, I have two 110Amp Hour batteries, deep cycle,from a caravan shop, in series to make 24v input to my 1500W Statpower inverter. Depends how much...
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W_Guenzl
Aug 11, 2009 8:35 am
Hi, since yesterday 09:28:59 UTC my T remains yellow. No data. Signal Quality = 73%. Latest slot time 09:15 UTC. What happened here? Regards, Werner....
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Alan Banks
alanjamesbanks
Aug 11, 2009 8:44 am
Hi Werner See here we all lost signal. You probably need to reboot. ... David has written up how you can set the Rx PC to restart properly. The card is...
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Alan Banks
alanjamesbanks
Aug 11, 2009 8:49 am
BTW David and all, My system is set to logoff/logon which it does successfully. However some hours later B2Status.exe stops working and I get a windows error ...
