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HazCollect National Message Monitor & Test Result Reporting
The second HazCollect Field Operational Demonstration (FOD) National ADR Test
message is scheduled for Nov 29, 2006 at 3:10 PM EST (2010 UTC). This
National test message will not include the state of Alaska. Also, for this
test, Eastern Region and Louisiana WFOs have reconfigured the NWEM formatter
to broadcast the test message without the SAME tones.
The following procedures are provided to help you monitor and provide test
results after the test. The office WCM and operations team should have
identified all HazCollect state and WFO messages to be received for situational awareness and broadcast on NWR during HazCollect setup.
All sites should follow the instructions in Section I, System Monitor
Procedures, then:
o If no problems are found, follow the steps in Section II, Successful Test
Result Notification Procedures.
o If problems are found, then follow the steps in Section III, Problems
Reporting Procedures.
I.System Monitor Procedures
1. Did your office receive all state messages you are supposed to?
You should have received one AWIPS red banner alarm for each state ADR message.
Each state message should trigger a red banner alert and each message should be
sent to CRS. WFOs with service areas near or within multiple states should
expect to receive messages for each of those states.
However, NWR-ready NWEM messages may not be broadcast on NWR if the NWEM
message contains listening areas that are NOT included in the CRS database.
An error message may appear in the CRS Alert Monitor window. Under these
conditions, the following error message (in yellow with no audible alarm)
will appear in the Alert Monitor window:
Message from AWIPS contains error(s):
No acceptable areas (LACs / zones)
The error message appearing in the Alert Monitor window will be
followed by the filename and the Weather Message Correction directory
where it is stored.
2. Did all state messages get broadcast on all appropriate transmitters?
Depending on how long the broadcast cycle is on a given transmitter, and
where the message gets placed in that cycle, several minutes may pass
before the actual broadcast of the ADR test message.
To verify actual ADR broadcast,
a. Go to the CRS Maintenance menu and select Activity Logs.
b. In the Activity Logs window, select Transmit for Log Type and i
Date/Time for List Range.
c. For From Date/Time, enter 0611292000.
d. For To Date/Time, enter 0611292100.
e. In the Search box, enter ADR.
f. Click on the Save Hotkey in the upper left under File From the retrieved log.
g. After a few seconds all the Transmit Log ADR entries between 20:00z and
21:00z will display in the Log List.
h. When the response is received, you can verify ADR product broadcast on all
appropriate transmitters.
i. On the same Log List display, you can also verify that these messages
were SAME-coded (except Eastern Region and Louisiana offices).
II.Successful Test Result Notification Procedures
1. Send a single email to the first four WSH personnel and your regional
HazCollect focal point(s) to indicate successful test at your site:
WSH Personnel
Herbert.White@xxxxxxxx
Arthur.Kraus@xxxxxxxx
Bert.Viloria@xxxxxxxx
Jae.Lee@xxxxxxxx
Regional HazCollect Focal Points
I.Ross.Dickman@xxxxxxxx (for ER sites)
Joseph.Palko@xxxxxxxx (for ER sites)
Mike.Mach@xxxxxxxx (for SR sites)
Gregory.Noonan@xxxxxxxx (for CR sites)
Craig.Schmidt@xxxxxxxx (for WR sites)
Bill.Ward@xxxxxxxx (for PR sites)
III.Problem Reporting Procedures
1. Please use the following procedures to save off your Transmit Logs for
the test period in question:
a. Go to the CRS Maintenance menu and select Activity Logs.
b. In the Activity Logs window, select Transmit for Log Type and Date/Time
for List Range.
c. For From Date/Time, enter 0611292000.
d. For To Date/Time, enter 0611292100.
e. In the Search box, enter ADR.
f. Click on the Save Hotkey in the upper left under File from the retrieved log.
g. After a few seconds all the Transmit Log ADR entries between 20:00z and
21:00z will display in the Log List.
h. Click on the Copy to File button (third button from the left on the bottom
of the window).
i. The Copy LOG files to Disk window pops up with the default directory
/crs/data/SL/logs/ displayed with the prompt: Enter the copy file name.
j. Enter the file name JLN112906 and click on Copy. This will copy the file
to disk where it can be analyzed later.
k. Click on Exit Hotkey in the upper right to close the window.
2. Send a single email, with description of problems found during the test,
to your regional HazCollect focal point(s) and to all of the WSH personnel:
WSH Personnel
Herbert.White@xxxxxxxx
Arthur.Kraus@xxxxxxxx
Bert.Viloria@xxxxxxxx
Jae.Lee@xxxxxxxx
Joel.Nathan@xxxxxxxx (for CRS problems)
Michael.Moss@xxxxxxxx (for AWIPS problems)
Regional HazCollect Focal Points
I.Ross.Dickman@xxxxxxxx (for ER sites)
Joseph.Palko@xxxxxxxx (for ER sites)
Mike.Mach@xxxxxxxx (for SR sites)
Gregory.Noonan@xxxxxxxx (for CR sites)
Craig.Schmidt@xxxxxxxx (for WR sites)
Bill.Ward@xxxxxxxx (for PR sites)
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