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DM 01-09.01 DISCONTINUATION OF THE MULTICAST TECHNOLOGY
Effective: 2009/02/04 UTC

NOXX10 KWBC 092029
DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-09.01

TO  FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  DISCONTINUATION OF THE MULTICAST TECHNOLOGY

EFFECTIVE DATE FEBRUARY 4 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER ANNOUNCED THE MIGRATION
OF THE RADAR LEVEL III DATA DISTRIBUTION FROM THE MULTICAST  TECHNOLOGY TO THE LOCAL DATA
MANAGER /LDM/ TECHNOLOGY IN MARCH 2008.  THE GOAL OF THIS MIGRATION WAS TO UPDATE THE RADAR
PRODUCT CENTRAL COLLECTION/DISSEMINATION SYSTEM /RPCCDS/ TO CURRENT  HARDWARE AND DISSEMINATION
TECHNOLOGY.  THE NWSTG CONCLUDED TESTING WITH SELECTED INTERNAL/EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS.  THE
MIGRATION OF THE RADAR LEVEL III DATA DISTRIBUTION FROM A MULTICAST TECHNOLOGY TO A LOCAL DATA
MANAGER (LDM) TECHNOLOGY BECAME OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5 2009.

ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE MULTICAST TECHNOLOGY WILL BE DISCONTINUED.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RPCCDS AND LDM CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING URL.

HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/TG/RPCCDS.HTML
WILSON FONG 301-713-0877 EXTENSION 123 IS THE CONTACT INDIVIDUAL.

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

HTTP /COLON/ //WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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