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1. Vl Ane H Update Driver Software Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Step 12 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 13 Once the driver has been updated click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device Edgeport Serial Port Your Edgeport adapter should be listed with a COMH File Action View Help e9 mE HME FRE 4 hy WIN J22ENVFQDOK gt amp Audio inputs and outputs gt Batteries b Bluetooth b j Computer gt Disk drives gt E Display adapters gt lt 3 DVD CD ROM drives gt Floppy disk drives gt a Floppy drive controllers b G3 Human Interface Devices gt ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 4 lonMultiPortSerial gt Edgeport 1 gt Keyboards gt A Mice and other pointing devices gt amp Monitors b amp Network adapters a YF Ports COM amp LPT Communications Port COM1 Communications Port COM2 Printer Port LPT1 gt dp Print queues gt BB Proc
2. Cancel Step 14 Your new Network Location should now be created Click OK eoo OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard i Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Keyspan USA 19H Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data a gt Network Location Globalstar Packet Data created Keyspan USA 19H added to location Globalstar Packet Data Create Location Step 15 Select the Globalstar Packet Data option from the Default Connection list and Select Globalstar for the Type and then click Finish WeatherNet weather on demand Account Settings onnectio y Network Connection Typ Broadband Dialer Optimizer Dialer Globalstar Packet Data Your WeatherNet software is now configured to use your Globalstar phone Configuring Iridium 9555 9575 on Mac Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for your Iridium 9555 9575 and set up the connection Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connecti
3. Quick Tip Switch between Personalities by clicking on the Personality menu above the column of content buttons on the Basic mode screen Left click the Personality of interest to you from the Personality drop down which appears To select a file for Download via Basic mode left click on any of the content buttons The selected content button changes color when clicked At the same time a description of the selected file along with its download size and price appears in the otherwise empty download box to the right of the Content Button list and above the world map Quick Tip The first word of the product description appearing in the download box identifies whether the file you ve just selected is a GRIB TEXT or CHART Quick Tip lf a file has been previously downloaded by WeatherNet the date of this last file retrieval appears at the far left of the product description in the Download Date column If the file has not been retrieved before by WeatherNet this field will display N A for this file Select additional files for download and continue to build the list of files for retrieval by continuing to click on the buttons in the Content Button list Add further content by clicking on the Go to Weather Page 2 button and selecting from this list as well Quick Tip With two important exceptions files whose button names start with a number followed by Day eg 3 Day are GRIB files The two exceptions are the 7 Day Text Wx Forecast and 7
4. Step 11 You should now see Iridium Direct Connect selected in the network provider name field Click Create Location OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Keyspan USA 19H Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data gt Complete the Modem Script Installation before continuing Modem script successfully installed Cancel Grete Location y 2 Create Network Location Confirm you wish to create Network Location S59 Globalstar Packet Data for device Keyspan USA 19H no Ees IN Connection Wizard is trying to modify the system network configuration Type your E password to allow this Name Test Cancel Modify Configuration Step 14 Your new Network Location should now be created Click OK 00o OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Keyspan USA 19H Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data Network Location Globalstar Packet Data crea
5. Weather Page 2 GoTo Weather Page 2 DOWN LOAD s How to Use Basic Mode 1 Draw a box on the world map enclosing the area of the world for which you want to receive weather and or ocean content Quick Tip Left click on what will be the upper left corner of the area of interest to you Click hold and drag your cursor down and to the right until the box is the final size you desire A box that is 15 to 30 degrees in size on each side is about right for most applications 2 Left click on one or more Content Buttons in the list in the upper left corner of the Basic mode screen This adds items to the Download List in the box above the world map 3 Click on the Weather Page 2 button below the Content Button list if you want to see an additional 10 buttons and add more products to your Download List 4 Click the Download button in the lower left corner of the screen 5 Click the GO button on the ensuing File Transfer screen Map and Map Controls The most noticeable aspect of the Basic mode page is the world map Your first view of this map will be at a global perspective The Home Location icon will be present at your Home Location position The content box may or may not be juxtaposed next to this Home Location icon Quick Tip In Basic mode the content box and home location icon are not linked If they so desire users can box an area far away from their Home Location for content retrieval Boxing To identify the a
6. What Category ALL Region ALL Product Category Region Type D What Specify the file name or any element of a filename or file description Category Select which weather or ocean content category you want to search within or leave the default ALL categories in place Searches will complete faster if a category is chosen Region Select the region of the world in which you interested or leave the default ALL regions in place Type Select the type of file in which you are interested or leave the default ALL types as is Once you have specified what you are searching for press the Find Now button in the upper right corner of the Find popup The search commences but can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop button New search resets all search criteria except the What component Done Closes the Find popup Quick Tip Search results can be dragged directly from the Find popup results area to a batch name or the Batch Details section of a batch Left click and hold on the Find result and drag it to the batch or batch detail location ol Loads the Install Sample Batches module This is a Windows folder containing a list of all the Sample Batches created by OCENS for specific geographic areas and topical interests A total of 40 such sample batches are available Name j Date modified Type Size 22 _ Alaska AYR Weather wxn 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WEN F
7. Install New Modem Do you want Windows to detect your modem Windows will now try to detect yourmodem Before continuing you should 1 if the modem is attached to your computer make sure it is tumed on 2 Quit any programs that may be using the modem Click Next when you are ready to continue IV Dont detect my modem will select it from a list Step 20 Select QUALCOMM and Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem then click Next Gs Select the manufacturer and model of your modem If your modem is not listed or if you have LB an installation disk click Have Disk Manufacturer Models Standard Modem Types Digi International Iridium QUALCOMM Eq This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 21 Select the COM port that the Edgeport adapter phone was listed on and then click Next Install New Modem Select the port s you want to install the modem on You have selected the following modem Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem On which ports do you want to install it All ports Selected ports COM1 COM2 COM4 Step 22 Click Finish Your modem has been set up successfully f you want to change these settings double click the Phone and Modem Options icon in Control Panel click the Modems tab select this modem and then click Properties ay a ee Step 22 Click OK Step 23 Click Finish To add a modem device t
8. Make sure both the batch and the specific files are enabled for download In order for a file to be downloaded the batch in which it lives must be enabled Ga and a check must be in the box to the left of this file in the batch detail section 4 If one or both of these conditions are not met the file will not download Why am I receiving yesterday s weather chart NOAA weather charts contain a valid time which generally is associated with the Universal i e Zulu or Greenwich time that chart content is collated for analysis A 06Z chart contains data valid at 06 Zulu or Greenwich mean time The Marine Prediction Center MPC is committed to releasing analyzed charts as quickly as possible Generally these charts are released at the valid time plus 3 hours we ll refer to it as H 3 hours Analysis of a OOZ valid time chart would be completed within 3 hours or by 03Z Upon completion MPC passes the files to another NOAA department which converts the MPC filename to the WMO standard and posts them to the NOAA FTP site for distribution Such posting may introduce another lag of up to one half hour to 45 minutes Many of the WeatherNet weather charts can be downloaded for a specific valid time or provide a Most Current option Be aware that if you request a Most Current chart before the most recent valid time has posted you will receive a chart that may be six to nine hours old For example let s presume a given chart is produced at 0
9. 1 The un zoomed global map is drawn with either the Prime Meridian 0 degrees or the Antimeridian 180 degrees at its center The Change Map View button transitions from one view to the other 2 The Change Map View button can also be used to quickly move you from any zoomed view to a full un zoomed global perspective Interactive Weather Parameters Displays the present center point of your Content Box and the width in degrees of the Box These values change as you re draw the box on the world map These values are returned to the corresponding Interactive Weather Parameters boxes on the File Transfer screen when you close the world map Status Displays for you the latitude and longitude in degrees and fraction of a degree at the point of your cursor Quick Tip You can drag a zoomed map using Ctrl Right Click You cannot drag a map that is not Zoomed OK Locks in the changes you have made and returns you to the File Transfer screen Cancel Terminates the world map screen without making any changes Download Metrics You may want to check the size and or cost of the entire set of files you are about to download before you proceed with the download The Download Metrics box in the upper right corner of the File Transfer menu provides this feedback It summarizes for you the content cost NOT airtime cost of the data you are about download the approximate amount of time it will take to download these data and the approximate
10. 1205 1845 6 2142 3 E90 2082 3 aa 0 17 1829 3 E90 0 00 w a as 1113 4 SSE J53 08 28 007 0 29 08 28 062 0 04 08 28 122 0 00 ENE 71 E 90 E 90 gt E 135 5 180 bas aaa abe m m m m m m ye D p9 f re 08 29 062 SpotCast Wind Wave html format with alerts OCENS COM SpotCast Location 18 02N 114 43E UTC DATE HR DEG T Hgt m PER s SPD k 08 22 002 08 22 06Z SSW 196 08 22 122Z SSW 197 08 22 187 SSW 201 08 23 007 08 23 062 SSW 206 08 23 187 SSW 206 08 24 062 08 24 122Z SSW 210 08 24 187 SSW 711 08 25 00Z 08 25 062 SSW 208 08 25 182 08 26 00Z SSW 209 08 26 062 SSW 206 08 26 122Z SSW 205 08 26 182Z SSw 204 08 27 00Z 08 27 122 SSW 201 08 27 182Z 08 28 00Z 08 28 06Z SSW 193 08 28 122 SSW 194 08 28 187 SSW 196 08 29 002 SSW 197 SpotCast Weather text only format SSW 212 SSW 212 oo 213 55W 200 SSW 197 SSW 208 SSW 213 SSW 208 os J o 76 78 75 7 im BE 55W 211 OCENS COM SpotCast Location 30 94N 142 73W Model Cycle 08 22 00Z UTC LFTIDX PRECIP SURF PRES CLOUD AIRTEMP CAPE WIND DATE HR F SPD kts DEG T 08 22 ooz 2 0 0 00 1018 31 74 9 3 8 ENE 75 08 22 06Z 2 0 0 00 1019 24 74 9 10 8 ENE 75 08 22 122 O 0 00 1018 34 tana 10 8 ENE 75 08 22 182 4 0 0 00 1020 91 F ge oe 10 7 E 08 23 002 4 0 0 00 1019 55 yg eR 5 6 ENE 71 08 23 062 3 0 0 00 1021 mE 5 8 ENE 75 08 23 12Z 4
11. Basic and Library mode maps are also identified here Allows you to specify which GRIB models you want to use for weather and ocean data and controls whether or not certain file types or formats will be included in your Wizard search E Moves you to WeatherNet account control settings for your username and password entry or adjustment Links to the GPS settings page Settings on this page are invoked if GPS is chosen as your preferred source of position information on the Home Location page Ea Loads the Data Handling preferences page to proscribe where you want your WeatherNet data stored on your computer and the software you want to use to view and analyze these data A thorough discussion of the Data Handling page is presented by clicking here 2 Launches this Help file Basic Mode _ Takes you to the WeatherNet Basic mode CORSE Takes you to the WeatherNet Library mode Starts the process of checking for and conducting an update of your WeatherNet Content Database and or Marine Zones City List Data Handling Preferences 00 The Data Handling Preferences page is accessed through the Portal modes icon located in the lower left hand corner of the screen It can also be accessed from the Basic mode screen and the Batch gt Global Properties menu of the Library mode The Preferences can be uniquely configured for specific batches resident in your Library mode Batch list as well The Data Handling Preferences pag
12. Confirm you wish to create Dial up Network Connection Iridium Direct Connect for device Iridium PPP Data Modem L s JLo Step 26 Once the connection has been created click OK Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Iridium PPP Data Modem J Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect y Dial up Network Connection Iridium Direct Connect created Device Iridium PPP Data Modem added to Iridium Direct Connect Step 27 Select the Iridium Direct Connect option from the Default Connection list and Select Iridium Default for the Type and then click Finish If you have been directed to use Rudics service for data with your Iridium by OCENS you will need to select the appropriate service Rudics is a service that is use with Postpaid monthly airtime plans WeatherNet weather on demand Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Wener serer v Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out Seconds before receive send time out Eee Connection Information Default Connection Iridium Direct Connect v Type Then click Finish Your
13. H E Total Precip a p Wind GFS Global H 500 mb ce Air Temperature afi CAPE ce Cloud Cover H Lifted Index ce Precipitation ce Surface Pressure al Wind 423 NAVGEM Global Ee 500 mb fy Air Temperature 40 Precipitation H Surface Pressure ig Wind Wind Includes wind speed and direction Available from GFS and Navgem global models and the regional European model QUICK TIP Wind values are included in OCENS SpotCastwx reports In SpotCast htm wind values are coded according to the Beaufort wind scale https en wikipedia org wiki Beaufort_ scale Additionally wind values greater than 31 knots also flash to highlight the specific date and time at your forecast location when very high winds are expected Surface Pressure Available from GFS and Navgem global models and the regional European model Precipitation Available from GFS and Navgem global models and the regional European model Inches per hour Air Temperature Available from GFS and Navgem global models and the regional European model 500 mb level Available from GFS and Navgem global models and the regional European model Cloud cover Available from the GFS and regional European model Lifted Index Available from the GFS and regional European model When the Lifted Index value is positive the atmosphere at the respective height is stable and when the value is negative the atmosphere is unstable Unstable atmospheric conditions can contribute or
14. If you are a returning or upgrading WeatherNet user have launched WeatherNet after installation and have progressed through the content Wizard for the first time you should notice a REGISTER button in the lower left portion of the main Portal mode screen Click on the REGISTRATION button to commence the reload of your account information Screen 1 of the Registration Wizard describes the Registration process and its options Screen 2 provides three Registration pathways Returning or upgrading users should follow the Enter Assigned Username and Password pathway Screen 3 posts WeatherNet s Connection Settings dialog Enter your existing username and password here and confirm whether you will be connecting through a DSL or wifi tyoe Network Connection or through a satellite phone for downloads Click OK when you have completed your entries on the Connection Settings dialog Your account names will be stored and you are ready to begin using the latest version of WeatherNet Using the WeatherNet Wizard The WeatherNet content Wizard provides unprecedented organization of and access to the selection of weather fishing and ocean data It can be subdivided into three distinct elements Content pages the Content Preferences page and Control pages These three elements and their constituent components are described within this section Content Pages The Wizard s Content pages are where you tell WeatherNet the general types of information
15. MetMapper Chart ve Most Recent Discussion of Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico fee for this Discussion is vs Most Recent Discussion of Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream fee for this Discussion is waived wher Most Recent Discussion of Analysts of the southern Gulf Stream fee for this Discussion ts warved wher Gulf Stream coverage is broken down into Northern Southern Gulf of Mexico and Entire Stream sections Portal mode extracts the region appropriate to your geo location Most Recent BW Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 30N 80 to 38W MetMapper Chart Most Recent BW Analysis of the entire Gulf Stream 20 to 45N 55 to 81W MetMapper Chart Most Recent BW Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream 32 to 45N 62 to 81W MetMapper Chart A Most Recent BW Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream 20 to 38N 68 to 82W MetMapper Chart Satellite Imagery We believe we capture every corner of the earth s surface in one or more of the satellite images in our Satellite Imagery data set Data from both GOES geostationary satellites and higher resolution polar orbiting satellites are provided In many cases infrared visible and water vapor images are available For the North Atlantic and North Pacific regions products which layer surface analysis or wind wave weather charts on top of the most recently available satellite images also can be obtained and are updated four times each day E5
16. across the top of the screen represent key content types such as grib weather grib fishing data buoy information weather charts text products and more Buttons in the lower left corner of the Portal mode connect to control settings in the Wizard as well as a data management page which lets you specify where you want your data stored and the software packages with which you want to view it The other major component of the Portal mode screen is the content list or tree evident in the upper left portion of the screen The Content Tree contains the summary output generated by the Wizard search rules you have put in place Each time you enter and Finish the Wizard the Tree automatically updates Clicking on Refresh List at the base of the Content Tree updates the list based on movements in the Portal map particularly if you ve already used the Recenter amp Reload button at the base of the world map Additional details on the components and use of the Portal mode are available here GPS integration A noteworthy addition introduced with version 3 are the Home Location settings and in particular the GPS integration therein With the addition of the GPS feed WeatherNet can cross reference the types of products in which you are interested with your location in the world and only suggest that set of products which are both of interest to you and relevant to your location The utility of GPS integration in WeatherNet is made possible by the geo refere
17. lt 0 5 POOR 0 5 V lt 2 0 MODERATE 2 0 V lt 5 0 GOOD V 5 0 Warning Area The geographic area for which a specific NWS office is responsible for warning and forecast responsibility Warning A headline indicator to emphasize that a weather event hazardous to all mariners or marine operations is occurring or expected to occur Waterspout A violently rotating column of air over water whose circulation extends to the surface Wave Period Time in seconds between the passage of consecutive wave crests past a fixed point Wave Spectrum The distribution of wave energy with respect to wave frequency or period Wave spectra assist in differentiating between wind waves and swell Wave Steepness The ratio of wave height to wavelength and is an indicator of wave stability When wave steepness exceeds a 1 7 ratio the wave typically becomes unstable and begins to break West Wall The coast side boundary of the Gulf Stream typically south of Cape Hatteras Wind Radii Found in the tropical forecast advisory products wind radii are the largest radii of that wind speed found in that quadrant Quadrants are defined as NE 0 90 SE 90 180 SW 180 270 and NW 270 0 As an example given maximum 34 knot radii to 150 NM at 0 degrees 90 at 120 degrees and 40 NM at 260 degrees the following line would be carried in the forecast advisory 150NE 90SE 40SW 150NW Wind Waves May be referred to as WAVES Waves generated from the action
18. you will need to right click on the Edgeport Serial Port and select Update Driver Software 4 lonMultiPortSerial gt Edgeport 1 gt Keyboards gt A Mice and other pointing devices b amp Monitors b amp Network adapters 4 gt Other devices fm Edgeport Serial Po a IF Ports COM amp LPT Communications Communications Printer Port LPT1 gt Gp Print queues gt BB Processors gt a Sound video and ga Vl Ane H Update Driver Software Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Step 12 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 13 Once the driver has been updated click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device Edgeport Serial Port Your Edgeport adapter should be listed with a COMH File Action View Help e9 mE HME FRE 4 hy WIN J22ENVFQDOK gt amp Audio inputs and outputs gt Batteries b Bluetooth b j Computer gt Disk drives gt E Display ada
19. 0 0 00 1019 28 FAs i 5 0 Sw 218 08 23 182 4 0 0 00 1021 90 730d 6 ENE 71 08 24 002 4 0 0 00 1020 85 Ted 3 2 NE 44 08 24 062 3 0 0 00 1020 9 Faal 0 Z NE 33 08 24 12z 3 0 0 00 1019 1 73 1 3 7 NE 56 08 24 182 3 0 0 00 1020 3 Fic me l 1 4 ENE 63 08 25 00Z 3 0 0 00 1018 0 Pan 0 6 NNW 341 08 25 06z 2 0 0 00 1020 0 74 9 0 6 NNW 341 08 25 122 0 0 0 00 1018 0 74 9 143 8 Nw 315 08 25 182 2 0 0 00 1019 5 74 9 464 0 Sw 218 08 26 00Z 2 0 0 04 1018 0 74 9 415 9 NW 323 08 26 06Z 1 0 0 00 1019 74 9 25 12 NNW 341 08 26 122 2 0 0 00 1017 26 74 9 29 10 NNW 338 08 26 182 1 0 0 00 1019 3 74 9 4 6 NNW 341 08 27 00Z 0 0 0 00 1018 5 74 9 117 11 N 360 08 27 062 2 0 0 00 1019 1 74 9 79 11 NNE 30 08 27 122 2 0 0 00 1017 1 Fwd 56 8 ENE 63 08 27 182 2 0 0 00 1018 20 74 9 67 8 ENE 75 SpotCast Wind Wave text only format OCENS COM SpotCast Location 11 34N 104 24w Model cycle 08 22 00Z UTC WAVES WIND DATE HR DEG T Hgt m PER s SPD k DEG T 08 22 002 ssw 193 Lets Is 2 7 4 w 280 08 22 062 Sw 216 8 10 4 7 9 w 273 08 22 122 wsw 247 1 8 fe 7 4 w 266 08 22 182 WSW 245 1 8 1a 7 8 WSW 248 08 23 002 Sw 216 iS 5 5 10 8 WSW 248 08 23 062 ssw 212 LS iis 7 3 WNW 281 08 23 122 ssw 198 1 9 15 4 7 5 WNW 295 08 23 182 ssw 197 1 8 14 9 4 6 WNW 300 08 24 002 ssw 199 1 8 14 5 6 9 NW 306 08 24 062 ssw 202 1 8 14 1 7 9 Nw 319 08 24 122 ssw 202 LS 13 8 8 0 NNW 330 08 24 182 ssw 207 LG Lio 6 3 N 356 08 25 002 ssw 210 1 9 14 2 Dade N 358
20. 08 25 062 Sw 221 1 9 12 9 F ge i N 9 08 25 122 Sw 223 1 9 12 8 7 0 NNW 348 08 25 182 w 265 1 9 9 7 8 2 N 4 08 26 002 w 263 1 8 9 5 5 9 NNE 14 08 26 062 w 259 1 8 9 2 2 8 NNW 338 08 26 122 Sw 221 1 8 15 9 6 0 Nw 306 08 26 182 ssw 211 Le ra 7 9 WNW 300 08 27 002 ssw 210 Lae 17 1 9 2 WNW 297 08 27 062 ssw 210 Le i6 7 7 5 WNW 295 08 27 122 ssw 208 1 8 16 5 6 1 WNW 288 08 27 182 ssw 208 Lo 15 8 OF sil w 262 Coastal Forecasts Offshore Forecasts High Seas Forecasts Met Area Forecasts We offer two means of helping you find the text products of interest to you A Point and Click approach where you pick the specific text products from a map or a Home Location linked approach where the text products within your Home Location box are auto selected for you OCENS WeatherNet weather on demand SpotCast Wind Wave providing 7 day forecast of wind and waves for your lat lon Text Weather SpotCast General Met Conditions providing 7 day forecast of general wx for your lat lon the type of Text weather forecasts in which you are interested or click Next to skip Coastal Forecasts Use Point and Click to choose my Coastal Forecast Zone s Coastal Forecasts by Home Location Offshore Forecasts Use Point and Click to choose my Offshore Forecast Zone s Offshore Forecasts by Home Location High Seas Forecasts Use Point and Click to choose my High Seas Forecast Zone s High Seas Forecasts by Home Location MetArea Forecasts Use Point and C
21. Click OK Step 5 Click on Modem Setup Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel Itno device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Select network provider name No devices found make sure your device is connected or setup a new Modem device for it by clicking on the Modem Setup button below To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers OCENS A aia i aati aa These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 7 Right click on the Iridium 9555 handset File Action View Help e9 m E H mS PRs 4 ay
22. Day Wind Wave These two files are the popular SpotCast text weather forecasts Indeed there are GRIB files with button names that do NOT begin with a number but other than these two SpotCast products all button names beginning with a number are GRIBs Personalities WeatherNet Basic mode comes equipped with eight 8 different Personalities A WeatherNet Personality is a collection of files associated with topical or geographic interests of specific WeatherNet user groups Switch between Personalities by clicking on the Personality menu above the column of content buttons on the Basic mode screen Left click the Personality of interest to you from the Personality drop down which appears The Personality in which you are presently operating is identified in the upper right corner of your Basic mode screen The eight Personalities are Standard the default Personality Alaska Europe Europe Fishing Gulf Stream Pacific Racing Tuna and Tuna Atlantic Standard Consists of twenty of the most popular items in WeatherNet Weather Pagel Weather Page 2 SpotCast 7 Day Wx Forecast 5 Day WW Wind ORIB SpotCast 7 Day Wind Wave 5 Day Waves GRIB 3 Day WW Wind GRIB Trop Atl Hurricane 3 Day Waves GRIB Surface Height 3 Day Surf Pressure GRIB NW Atl Ste Analysis 3 Day Precip GRIB NE Atl Sfc Analysis Surface Currents NE Pac fe Analysis Surface Temperature Tropical Atl Sfc Analysis 3 Day NAVGEM Wind GRIB Tropical Pac Sfc Analysis 3 Day GFS Wi
23. Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Globalstar GSP 1 700 Modem v Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data y Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem COM4 Step 24 Click Yes Confirm you wish to create Dial up Network Connection Globalstar Packet Data for device Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem vs n Step 25 Once the connection has been created click OK Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Globalstar GSP 1 700 Modem v Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data y Dial up Network Connection Globalstar Packet Data created Device Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem added to Globalstar Packet Data x ee N Then click Finish Your satellite phone connection is configured Configuring Globalstar GPS 1600 w Edgeport USB Adapter Win8 Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on you
24. Download Size The top Current File Transfer Status bar indicates individual file progress The bar moves from left to right as the file download proceeds The File Download Time is the projected amount of time it will take to download this file based on the actual size of the file the WeatherNet client sees coming off of the WeatherNet server and the type of connection over which it is operating In addition the elapsed time value increments below the bar as the file is retrieved from the WeatherNet server to your computer When the bar reaches the far right side the download of this file is complete and File Elapsed Time and File Download Time should be equal or nearly equal to one another If there are additional files in the set you have requested the Current File bar restarts at the left side and treks across to the right as that file download progresses The process is repeated until all files are downloaded The lower Total File Transfer Status bar monitors the transfer progress of the entire set of products you have requested As such if you are requesting more than one file this bar will move from left to right at a slower pace than the upper bar The Total Download Time and Total Download Size values under this lower bar represent the download time and download size based on the actual sizes of the set of files coming off of the WeatherNet server and the type of connection the retrieval is being processed over Total Download Time is st
25. Forecast Met Areal East Atlantic North of Equator 12 05 02 11 15 Batch Name This is the name of the batch in which the target file is located and usually is the same name as the batch that you have highlighted in the Batch Operations section Quick Tip If no batch is highlighted in Batch Operations the Batch Name present in Batch Details is that batch which you were working with last Product This is the identity present in the Content Library corresponding to a specific piece of WeatherNet content It should match the name of the file which you moved from the Batch Content section into your working batch Filename The actual name of the file Last Download The date and time of the last download of the subject file The next four elements of the batch detail entry are Type Price Size and Description Type Price Size Description WMO Met4rea 0 18 Kb MetArea 001 NATL Ocean E of 35W 48 71N Offshore Forecast Type This is the content classification to which the product is assigned in the content library Price The price you will pay for this piece of content This price does NOT include any cost of airtime for the download of this file Size The ESTIMATED size of this file The size is reasonably accurate for non GRIB products Satellite imagery color ocean charts and other picture type products where the content can vary depending upon the number of filled cells may have actual sizes that are quite different from the size pre
26. Latest Western Caribbean Weather Update from Chris Parker Jenifer Clark produces some of the highest quality Gulf Stream assessments available anywhere Data are updated on Monday Wednesday and Friday and are usually available by 1 PM US East Coast time each of these days As with the Chris Parker data free files are available which tell you the date of the most recently uploaded Jenifer Clark files d Jenifer Clark Gulf Stream d 00 day Most Recent Sea Temp and Currents aoe Date of most recent Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream analysis no fee be Date of most recent northern Gulf Stream analysis no fee tn Date of most recent southern Gulf Stream analysis no fee ses Most Recent BW Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 30N 80 to 98W MetMapper Ct ven Most Recent BW Analysis of the entire Gulf Stream 20 to 45N 55 to 81W MetMapper Chart RM Most Recent BW Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream 32 to 45N 62 to 81W MetMapper Chart ven Most Recent BW Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream 20 to 38N 68 to 82W MetMapper Chart Most Recent Color Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 30N 80 to 98W MetMapper vs amp Most Recent Color Analysis of the entire Gulf Stream 20 to 45N 55 to 81W MetMapper Chart vi Most Recent Color Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream 32 to 45N 62 to BIW MetMapper Chart ue Most Recent Color Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream 20 to 38N 68 to 82W
27. Sound video and game controllers b Storage controllers gt gl System devices gt Universal Serial Bus controllers n Step 8 Select Update Driver Software 4 b Other devices I UrdteDiverSofoare Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Launches the 7 Step 9 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 10 Click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device i Edgeport 1 Step 11 The Edgeport device should now be listed twice Under the Other devices you will need to right click on the Edgeport Serial Port and select Update Driver Software 4 lonMultiPortSerial gt Edgeport 1 gt Keyboards gt A Mice and other pointing devices b amp Monitors b amp Network adapters 4 gt Other devices fm Edgeport Serial Po a IF Ports COM amp LPT Communications Communications Printer Port LPT1 gt Gp Print queues gt BB Processors gt a Sound video and ga
28. Step 16 You may need to enter an area code to continue if this window opens Before you can make any phone or modem connections Windows needs the following information about your current location What country region are you in now What area code or city code are you in now If you need to specify a carrier code what is it If you dial a number to access an outside line what is it The phone system at this location uses Tone dialing Pulse dialing Step 17 The Phone and Modems window should be open Select the Modems Tab The list below displays the locations you have specified Select the Step 18 Click Add B amp B The following modems are installed Modem Geneve Propet Step 19 Select Don t detect my modem and click Next Install New Modem Do you want Windows to detect your modem Windows will now try to detect yourmodem Before continuing you should 1 if the modem is attached to your computer make sure it is tumed on 2 Quit any programs that may be using the modem Click Next when you are ready to continue IV Dont detect my modem will select it from a list Step 20 Select QUALCOMM and Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem then click Next vi Select the manufacturer and model of your modem If your modem is not listed or if you have lt 4 an installation disk click Have Disk Manufacturer Models Standard Modem Types G
29. WIN J22ENVFQDOK p ky Audio inputs and outputs D 2 Batteries b Bluetooth p JE Computer gt Disk drives p ly Display adapters gt lt 3 DVD CD ROM drives gt Floppy disk drives p Floppy drive controllers b a Human Interface Devices gt Gg IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt amp Keyboards p R Mice and other pointing devices b Monitors p o Network adapters 4 b Other devices i Iridium 9555 Handset gt Ports COM amp LPT gt dap Print queues D n Processors gt a Sound video and game controllers gt lt gt Storage controllers b oli System devices Step 8 Select Update Driver Software a Jp Other devices gt i a Ports COM amp LPT Update Driver Software b Print queues Disable p O Processors Uninstall gt Sound video and ga gt lt Storage controllers Scan for hardware changes b ol System devices g Launches the Updat Step 9 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 10 Click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished install
30. a non frontal migratory character and maintaining its identity for 24 hours or more It may or may not be associated with a detectable perturbation of the wind field Tropical Storm A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind ranges from 34 to 63 knots 39 to 73 mph inclusive Tropical Storm Warning A warning for sustained surface winds associated with a tropical cyclone within the range of 34 to 63 knots 39 to 73 mph expected in a specified coastal area within 24 hours Tropical Wave formerly Known as inverted trough A trough or cyclonic curvature maximum in the trade wind easterlies The wave may reach maximum amplitude in the lower middle troposphere or may be the reflection of an upper tropospheric cold low or an equator ward extension of a mid latitude trough Universal Time Coordinated UTC The standard international time reference based on the time at Oo longitude Greenwich Meridian Valid Time That period of time during which a forecast until it is updated or superseded by a new forecast issuance is in effect Visibility A measure of the opacity of the atmosphere The prevailing visibility is the greatest distance that can be seen throughout at least half the horizon circle not necessarily continuous Visibility reported or forecast in NWS marine products should be in nautical miles The following terms may be used within marine products to describe visibility Terms Visibility V nm VERY POOR V
31. also need to have the Keyspan drivers for your OS installed prior to continuing this process These should have come with your device but can also be found in the WeatherNet DMG file NOTE Please make sure to reboot the computer after installing the Keyspan drivers Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon l Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button 00 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard lt 2 x PE _ ie a Y S58282088058m OCENS rs i Account Information WeatherNet Username weather on demand Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection Type Advanced Connection Wizard Finish 7 lt Back Finish Cancel 7 rs Step 4 Make sure your Keyspan USB adapter is connected to your computer and then click OK OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Verify Device Connect 999 Before proceeding make sure your modem or satellite phone device is powered up and attached to the system Step 5 Select the Keyspan USA 19xx from this device list Your modem or satellite phone
32. and Open Lake Forecast GLF Developing Gale Storm In the High Seas and Offshore forecasts a headline used in the warnings section to indicate that gale storm force winds are not now occurring but are expected before the end of the forecast period Expiration time The time noted in the communication s header at which the product is no longer in effect and should have been removed from the communication system Extratropical Cyclone A synoptic scale low pressure system whose primary energy source is baroclinic Fathom A unit of water depth equal to 6 FT Fetch The across water distance over which waves are generated by winds having an approximately constant direction and speed Freezing Spray Advisory An advisory that may be issued within the Offshore Waters Forecast the Coastal Waters Forecast the Nearshore Marine Forecast and the Open Lake Forecast GLF an accumulation of freezing water droplets on a vessel at a rate of less than 2 centimeters cm per hour caused by some appropriate combination of cold water wind cold air temperature and vessel movement Gale Warning A warning of sustained surface winds or frequent gusts in the range of 34 knots 39 mph to 47 knots 54 mph inclusive either predicted or occurring and not directly associated with a tropical cyclone Great Lakes Faxback A dissemination system housed at Weather Forecast Office WFO Cleveland by which Great Lakes users request and receive hard copies of
33. and associated COM port number are listed here skip to Step 12 Otherwise Click Device Manager To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers dal ah aaa s COM port see list OCENS These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 7 Right click on the Edgeport 1 device File Action View Help e s m B amp 4 gy WIN J22ENVFQDOK b a Audio inputs and outputs gt Batteries b Q Bluetooth b jE Computer gt Disk drives gt M8 Display adapters b amp amp DVD CD ROM drives gt ed Floppy disk drives D E Floppy drive controllers b G3 Human Interface Devices gt ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt Keyboards D A Mice and other pointing devices b amp Monitors b Network adapters 4 Other devices n Edgeport 1 b IP Ports COM amp LPT gt Gp Print queues gt BB Processors b a
34. and precipitation GRIBs ocean current GRIBs weather charts and text forecasts is really appropriate for any vessel operating in the region 3 Day Waves GRIB Offshore Ca Baja Surf Anal _ 3 Day Surf Pressure GRIB 3 Day Precip GRIB Offshore Ca Baja W W Anal N Pacific Sea State Analysis surface Temperature 3 Day Lifted Index Surface Currents Hazard Area Warning Surface Pres on Sat Image Trop Cent Pac Surface Analysis Trop East Pac Surf Anal Tuna Atlantic We add GRIB ocean data specific to the Atlantic basin to the globally available GRIB products present in the Tuna Personality Mixed Layer Depth Trop Atl Surface Analysis 3 Day Wind GRIB N Atlantic Surface Analysis Navy North Gulf Stream Hi Res Sea Surface Temp Nawy South Gulf Stream Hi Res Sea Surface Height Jenifer Clark Gulf Stream Hi Res Sea Surface Currents Trop East Atl Advisory Trop West Atl Advisory Sea Surf Currents from RTOFS Trop Atl Wx Discussion Sea Surf Height from RTOFS West Atl Advisory Tuna Pacific Gobally available GRIB sea surface temperature sea surface height and currents dominate the Weather Page 1 buttons in this Personality created specifically to bring products of high relevance to the Pacific Ocean based Tuna industry front and center for them f merece es Download List The Download List is the box above the world map and to the right of the Content Buttons This box is blank when you launch the Basic
35. bearing and range values at the point of the cursor and also permit meaningful integration of your GPS with your on screen classical weather and ocean charts Charts can be viewed without MetMapper but they will not display the interactive layers Quick Tip Ocean chart sizes can vary greatly from day to day and chart to chart so use caution when downloading over slow or expensive connections US Navy black and white charts in particular are recommended for Iridium Globalstar or Isatphone connections Pro Services Chris Parker Bahamas and Caribbean weather forecasts and Jenifer Clark Gulf Stream charts are available in our Pro Services section Chris Parker data are available for the Bahamas and Caribbean Chris produces charts on a daily basis and usually uploads fresh data by 10 AM US East Coast time A Date of Latest report is available for each product and summarizes the date and size of the most recently uploaded products There is no charge for this file other than any airtime required by your satphone to retrieve the information If you are uncertain whether Chris has posted new forecasts download these small less than 500 bytes date of latest files before downloading Chris forecast 9 Chris Parker Met Forecasts for Bahamas and Caribbean a Met Forecast Bahamas 6 Latest Bahamas and Western Atlantic Weather Update from Chris Parker Met Forecast Caribbean Latest Eastern Caribbean Weather Update from Chris Parker
36. clean view reaching the satellite by cloud cover single day passes may contain large areas where no data could be reliably observed The 8 day composite takes a big step towards addressing this by analyzing all the data collected by a given satellite over an 8 day period If an area of the ocean is obscured by clouds on day 1 perhaps this location will be cloud free on one or more days 2 through 8 If it is data is pulled from that pass and used to fill in the target ocean region If an area is cloud free for more than one day the most recent day always replaces the older data The result is an 8 day composite file which typically contains much more usable information for a given ocean area than the single day most recent files QUICK TIP f you are operating in a given ocean area and you have enjoyed an extended period of cloud free conditions the single day most recent files provide an exceptionally affordable point of access to valuable chlorophyll information Fish Prices and Fishing Reports NE Atlantic Only These products are collected for a special group of fishing customers in the NE Atlantic We are capable of supporting the special interests of other groups for unique product classes The ALL selection at the base of the column highlights each of the selections available on the Fishing Data page Clicking ALL again un selects each of the products Model Preferences Page The Model Preferences page is arguably the most i
37. configurations Step 1 Make sure you are connected to the Optimizer WiFi signal Step 2 Launch WeatherNet Step 3 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon Step 4 Set the Default Connection to Optimizer Dialer and the Type to the corresponding satellite phone that your Optimizer is connected to 0O0 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard lt a a pme E rA a gt GRIBA A GRIB VY Bpap a mOCENS h Account Information WeatherNet e weather on demand Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server Je Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Optimizer Dial er Type V Hughes BGAN J Iridium OpenPort Iridium Pilot JRC Fleet Broadband Optimizer Globalstar Finish E Optimizer IsatPhone Optimizer MSAT Canada Optimizer MSAT USA Sailor Fleet Broadband Skipper Fleet Broadband Wideye lt Back Finish Cancel That s it Your WeatherNet software is now ready to go Windows Configurations Configuring Globalstar GSP 1700 Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the GSP 1700 and set up the connection If installing on Windows 8 start with these instructions O
38. created Iridium 9555 Handset added to location Iridium Direct Connect Create Location Step 10 Select the Iridium Direct Connect option from the Default Connection list 80 0 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard Y Bosaraannnnnm OCENS Account Information WeatherNet Username weather on demand e Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server v L Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Iridium Direct Connect Type Iridium Default Advanced Connection Wizard Finish O lt back rmen cancer Step 11 Select Iridium Default for the Type and then click Finish If you have been directed to use Rudics service for data with your Iridium by OCENS you will need to select the appropriate service Rudics is a service that is use with Postpaid monthly airtime plans Your WeatherNet software is now configured to use your Iridium phone Configuring Iridium 9505a on Mac w Keyspan USB Adapter Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the Iridium 9505a and set up the connection Using your satellite phone with your Mac requires that you us a Keyspan USA 19HS USB Serial adapter You will
39. device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences _ Select your device from the list vy lt select device gt Built in Serial Port 2 Keyspan USA 19H 2 Built in Serial Port 1 Keyspan USA 19H Cancel Create Location Step 6 Make sure that the Iridium Direct Connect option is selected for the network Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Keyspan USA 19H Select network provider name lt select provider gt Globalstar Packet Data Iridium Direct Connect IsatPhone Pro Keyspan USA 19H KeySeriall Step 7 A modem script installer will launch click Continue TIY em This will install the Globalstar Modem Script that is needed to communicate with your Globalstar phone Step 8 Click Install This will take 12 KB of space on your computer Click Install to perform a standard installation of this software on the disk Macintosh HD Connection Wizard is trying to modify the system network configuration Type your password to allow this Name passwort The installation was successful The software was installed
40. dialing Pulse dialing Step 17 The Phone and Modems window should be open Select the Modems Tab The list below displays the locations you have specified Select the Step 18 Click Add B amp B The following modems are installed Modem Geneve Propet Step 19 Select Don t detect my modem and click Next Install New Modem Do you want Windows to detect your modem Windows will now try to detect yourmodem Before continuing you should 1 if the modem is attached to your computer make sure it is tumed on 2 Quit any programs that may be using the modem Click Next when you are ready to continue IV Dont detect my modem will select it from a list Step 20 Select Iridium and Iridium PPP Data Modem then click Next g Select the manufacturer and model of your modem If your modem is not listed or if you have ma an installation disk click Have Disk Manufacturer Models Standard Modem Types Digi International Iridium QUALCOMM El This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 21 Select the COM port that the Edgeport adapter phone was listed on and then click Next Install New Modem Select the port s you want to install the modem on You have selected the following modem lic PPP Data Modem On which ports do you want to install t Allports Selected ports COM1 CO
41. download products view them and then go do other things with your life Later in the day you want to view the downloaded products and analyze their content more completely How do you access these products after you have closed WeatherNet or the programs you are using to view your weather or ocean data If you are in Basic mode downloaded products can be re viewed in two ways 1 Double left click on the file description in the Download List 2 Left click on a file in the Download List to highlight it then click on the View button below the world map In both cases WeatherNet will auto launch the appropriate software for expedited viewing Using Library Mode The WeatherNet Library is the core of WeatherNet Library mode provides direct access to the full slate of WeatherNet content Mode Program Edit Batch Transfer Help PORTALS WIZARD P a Batch Name Creation D Description H E Basic Mode m Buoy H B Buoy Current Text m Fish Prices m GRIB Currents m GRIB Fishing m GRIB Met B GRIB WindWave New Batch click me Wizard Batch 04 03 2012 Automatic Popular Batch 04 03 2012 Automatic Ti t Product Filename Last Downl Type Size Description Available data is stored on the library shelves which are represented as folders in the upper left wing of the Library screen Animation Buoy Text and so forth Library users create folders in the upper right wing of the Library screen we call it the Batch Operat
42. example lets say you download using the GRIBS from the GRIB Interactive category And you do this download at 0900 If you downloaded the analysis product at that time that would be for an analysis of actual conditions that occurred 9 hours ago If say you downloaded a 12 hour forecast at the same time that forecast will be valid in just 3 hours at noon If downloaded at 10 AM the 12 hour forecast would be valid in just 2 hours still at noon If you downloaded at 1400 the 12 hour forecast you downloaded is two hours past its still valid for noon Now you download at 15 Data is still 9 hours old at download the 12 hour forecast is valid for 1800 three hours in the future And so on whew Here is some other extended information about the GRIB model data available in WeatherNet GFS Global Forecasting System 4 runs per day 00 06 12 and 18 UTC 0 5 degree approximately 30 km horizontal resolution Best suited for forecasting mid latitude large scale and global weather patterns Navgem Navy Global Environmental Model 2 runs per day 00 and 12 UTC 0 5 degree approximately 30 km horizontal resolution Best suited for large scale and global weather patterns Coupled to the HYCOM model ocean surface data WW3 NOAA Wave Watch 3 Forecast cycle 00 06 12 18 UTC four daily Forecast available 4 5 5 hours after forecast time Resolution at 1 deg lat by 1 25 deg lon RTOFS Real Time Ocean Forecasting System 1 r
43. fa SpotCast 7 day forecast with alerts of weather conditions at a position html 2 pii SpotCast7 day forecast of weather conditions at a position E SpotCast Wind Wave 5 Wind Wave rene SpotCast 5 day forecast with alerts of Mediterranean wind and wave conditions at any position SpotCast5 day forecast of Mediterranean wind and wave conditions at any position ee SpotCast 7 day forecast of wind and wave conditions at any position ite TEXT SpotCast 7 Day OVER WATER wind and wave forecast with alerts for a position Text Coastal offshore high seas and World Meteorological Organization WMO Met Area text products are available in WeatherNet Coastal Navtex and offshore products focus primarily on the US and Canada High seas products if not otherwise included in the Met Area forecasts offer coverage of the North Pacific North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Met Area forecasts warnings and notices are global in nature US coastal and offshore forecasts are subdivided into ten 10 regions Alaska US West Coast Gulf of Mexico Florida East Coast US Southeast US MidAtlantic US Northeast Great Lakes Caribbean and Hawail Canadian coastal products include both site specific forecasts for areas around Pacific Canada and Atlantic Canada as well as summary forecasts and marine weather statements for Pacific Canada Great Lakes Canada the Atlantic Maritimes and Atlantic Newfoundland region Hurricane advisories are in
44. file name or any element of a filename or file description Category Select which weather or ocean content category you want to search within or leave the default ALL categories in place Searches will complete faster if a category is chosen Region Select the region of the world in which you interested or leave the default ALL regions in place Type Select the type of file in which you are interested or leave the default ALL types as is Once you have specified what you are searching for press the Find Now button in the upper right corner of the Find popup The search commences but can be stopped at any time by pressing the Stop button New search resets all search criteria except the What component Done Closes the Find popup Quick Tip Search results can be dragged directly from the Find popup results area to a batch name or the Batch Details secton of a batch Left click and hold on the Find result and drag it to the batch or batch detail location Batch The batch menu allows you to create delete and edit Libray mode batchs export and backup existing batches and import batches from other locations or other WeatherNet users Submenus include New Loads the Batch Properties module to create a new batch and define its attributes Delete Eliminate or remove a highlighted batch Rename Change the name of a highlighted batch Enable Disable If a highlighted batch is enabled a left click on this menu item will disable it and th
45. for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 10 Click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device i Edgeport 1 Step 11 The Edgeport device should now be listed twice Under the Other devices you will need to right click on the Edgeport Serial Port and select Update Driver Software 4 lonMultiPortSerial gt Edgeport 1 gt Keyboards gt A Mice and other pointing devices b amp Monitors b amp Network adapters 4 gt Other devices fm Edgeport Serial Po a IF Ports COM amp LPT Communications Communications Printer Port LPT1 gt Gp Print queues gt BB Processors gt a Sound video and ga Vl Ane H Update Driver Software Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Step 12 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the late
46. frequently report heights equivalent to the average of the highest one third of all waves observed Small Craft There is no precise definition of a small craft any vessel that may be adversely affected by small craft advisory criteria Other considerations include the experience of the vessel operator and the type overall size and sea worthiness of the vessel Small Craft Advisory SCA An advisory issued by coastal and Great Lakes Weather Forecast Offices WFO for areas included in the Coastal Waters Forecast or Nearshore Marine Forecast NSH products Thresholds governing the issuance of small craft advisories are specific to geographic areas Note Frequent gusts are typically long duration conditions greater than 2 hours For a list of NWS Weather Offices by Region refer to the following website http www nws noaa gov organization html NWS Region Thresholds for Small Craft Advisory SCA Eastern Sustained winds or frequent gusts ranging between 25 and 33 knots Except 20 to 25 knots lower threshold area dependent to 33 knots for harbors bays etc and or seas or waves 5 to 7 feet and greater area dependent Central Sustained winds or frequent gusts on the Great Lakes between 22 and 33 knots inclusive and or seas or waves greater than 4 feet Southern Sustained winds of 20 to 33 knots and or forecast seas 7 feet or greater that are expected for more than 2 hours Western Sustained winds of 21 to 33 knots potentia
47. handy means of quickly purging all those text forecast selections imbedded in the coastal offshore high seas and or Met Area forecast maps This button has no affect on BuoyWx Canadian or Chris Parker forecast choices you have made Satellite Imagery We place satellite imagery anything involving satellite imagery and frankly because there wasn t a better place for it Nexrad Radar returns on this page Infrared Visible Water Vapor Infrared satellite imagery provides returns 24 hours per day because it senses in the infrared rather than visible spectrum Visible imagery will be blank when downloaded from areas which are at that time in the dark ie local night time QUICK TIP Even when compressed satellite images can be quite large so use caution when downloading over satellite phone connections particularly low bandwidth connections Weather Chart over Image Weather Chart over Image charts are only available for the East and West Northern Pacific Ocean and East and West Northern Atlantic Ocean Nexrad Radar Radar charts delivered here are the Short Range version of Base Reflectivity These radar sweeps reach out to about 124 nm 143 miles Select the US city for which you want the radar return from the drop down city list on this page The ALL selection at the base of the column highlights each of the selections available on the Satellite Imagery page Nevertheless you must manually select the specific city f
48. here because it is only available from the GFS model Likewise Swell data is only produced within the NMG model To obtain Lifted Index or Swell data simply select either or both as a target s on the GRIB Weather page Fishing and Ocean data RTOFS Global RTOFS HiRes Atlantic RTOFS Mixed Layer Chorophyll All fishing and ocean data itemized here are in GRIB format RTOFS Global SST SSH Salinity and Currents that are globally available at a spatial resolution of 0 083 x 0 083 lat lon One forecast per day RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data are only available for the Atlantic Ocean at a spatial resolution of 0 05 one twentieth degree lat lon One forecast per day RTOFS Mixed Layer data are also only available for the Atlantic Ocean The spatial resolution is 0 132 deg lat by 0 068 long One forecast per day VIIRS MODIS A and MODIS B chlorophyll data Two forms are available for each source The most recent daily file represents the data from a single day of coverage by each satellite The 8 Day Composite compiles the data from each satellite over an 8 day period to provide more complete coverage A new file is available each 8 days it is not a revolving or dynamic 8 days Control Pages The Control Pages in the WeatherNet Wizard are where you manage how WeatherNet works with the outside world other devices and the WeatherNet server It includes the Home Location GPS and Account Settings screens Home Location Home Location The source of
49. in Portal mode downloaded products can be re viewed by double left clicking on the file description in the Content Tree Move your cursor over the description and double left click WeatherNet will auto launch the appropriate software for expedited viewing Using Basic Mode The WeatherNet Basic mode is a scaled down version of WeatherNet focusing on key subsets of WeatherNet content These subsets are geared to geographical or topical interests of WeatherNet user groups The Basic mode operates independently of the Portal and Library modes Content selections made here do not affect what is selected in or downloaded by the Portal and Library modes Likewise content selections made in the Portal or Library modes are not carried over to the Basic mode The Basic mode page consists of four main page areas including the content buttons download list map and map controls and control icons Each of these sections are described in detail in the following chapters el le Mode Program Personality Weather Page 1 Click on Weather buttons to add remove product from the list below We athe rN et SpotCast 7 Day Wx Forecast PET T ae ee Download Date Size Price Product Description 3 Day WIWS Wind GRIB 3 Day Waves GRIB 3 Day Surf Pressure GRIB 3 Day Precip GRIB Surface Currents Click and drag a box around a region for which you want to download weather cha nge Map View Surface Temperature _ 3 Day NAVGEM Wind GRIB 3 Day GFS Wind GRIB
50. in which you are interested Before describing each page in detail certain elements of the page carry through all pages Finish Pressing the Finish button on any page terminates the wizard extracts from it your content and control preferences processes the proprietary search algorithm and moves you to the WeatherNet Portal mode screen where you can accept or modify the resulting Content List suggestions Back Moves you to the previous Wizard screen Next Moves you to the following Wizard screen Cancel Terminates the Wizard without saving any changes that were made in that session of Wizard execution Help Loads this Help file QUICK TIP Recognize that by hovering your cursor over any content name or icon will display the corresponding hover text and often times additional information about this item There are seven content pages GRIB Weather Weather Charts Text Forecasts Satellite Imagery Buoys Ocean Data Fishing Data GRIB Weather GRIB data is some of the most popular weather information to move over satellite phones because of its inherently compact format The GRIB Weather page is where you select the one to seven day forecasts of GRIB sourced weather files These file types include Wind Wave Swell Surface Pressure 500 mb Precipitation Cloud Cover Lifted Index CAPE Air Temperature The ALL selection at the base of the column selects each of the GRIB types Wind data GRIBs consist
51. left as is If you will be connecting through a home office cafe or marina wifi DSL or cable internet connection select Network Connection Otherwise choose your satellite phone connection Click the Finish button when you are through with the Content Wizard The Finish button will 1 save your content and control settings 2 move you to the Portal mode screen 3 run the WeatherNet content algorithm and 4 display in the Content List in the upper left corner of the Portal a list of products matching your content class choices preferences and geographic location Click on a next to any content class in the Tree to expand the category Click on a next to any sub class to view specific products in this class sub class branch Click once on any check mark next to a specific product to de select it Click once on any empty selection box to re select it Right click on the OCENS logo for any content class or sub class to disable or enable all the products subordinate to that class or sub class Downloading Registering 1 Once you are happy with the set of products you to want acquire with WeatherNet click the DOWNLOAD button on the Portal screen if you are a new or otherwise un registered user you will see a REGISTER button instead of a Download button Clicking the Register button launches the Registration Wizard in order to create a Demo or an Active account 2 The File Transfer and Control FTC screen appears
52. m sec sec deg hPa degC degC degC nmi hPa ft 2012042421 50170 10 0 11 0 08 4 41 MM 10124 MM MM MM MM 07 MM Descriptions and assumptions associated with these parameters are presented below MM indicates missing data WDIR Wind direction the direction the wind is coming from in degrees clockwise from true N during the same period used for WSPD WSPD Wind speed m s averaged over an eight minute period for buoys and a two minute period for land stations Reported Hourly GST Peak 5 or 8 second gust speed m s measured during the eight minute or two minute period The 5 or 8 second period can be determined by payload WVHT Significant wave height meters is calculated as the average of the highest one third of all of the wave heights during the 20 minute sampling period DPD Dominant wave period seconds is the period with the maximum wave energy APD Average wave period seconds of all waves during the 20 minute period MWD The direction from which the waves at the dominant period DPD are coming The units are degrees from true North increasing clockwise with North as 0 zero degrees and East as 90 degrees PRES Sea level pressure hPa For C MAN sites and Great Lakes buoys the recorded pressure is reduced to sea level using the method described in NWS Technical Procedures Bulletin 291 11 14 80 labeled BAR in Historical files ATMP Air temperature Celsius WTMP Sea surface temperature Celsius DEWP Dewpoint temp
53. need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Select network provider name No devices found make sure your device is connected or setup a new Modem device for it by clicking on the Modem Setup button below Modem Seup Step 6 If your device and associated COM port number are listed here skip to Step 13 Click Device Manager To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Nest You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers ae ti it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 7 Right click on the Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM File Action View Help e 9 m E BB F Rs 4 gy WIN J22ENVFQDOK b iy Audio inputs and outputs D P Batteries gt amp Bluetooth gt JE Computer gt Disk drives b E Display adapt
54. of your cursor Wizard Quick Access Icons The Launch Wizard and Wizard icons displayed across the top of the Portal mode screen take you quickly to the start of the Content Wizard or to popular points within the Wizard This button takes you to the introductory page of the Wizard If you intend to start at the beginning of the wizard and work through its associated Content and Control pages this would be an excellent button to use Takes you to the GRIB Weather page of the Wizard for wind wave swell surface pressure 500 mb precipitation cloud cover lifted index and air temperature GRIB selections GRIB E Moves you to the GRIB Fishing page of the Wizard for sea surface temperature sea surface height chlorophyll mixed layer depth salinity and fish price selections Is a shortcut to the OCENS SpotCast interactive text forecasts and other text weather data on our Text weather page 4 Accesses the weather chart page of the Wizard for surface analysis 500 mb wind sea state wind wave and hurricane cyclone weather charts Links to the Text weather page for coastal offshore high seas MetArea and Canadian text weather forecasts as well as special reports from SpotCast and Chris Parker s Jumps to our satellite imagery page in the Wizard for the selection of infrared visible and water vapor imagery as well as chart over image and Nexrad radar data yw Takes you to select the ci
55. offshore products A few local area forecasts are also available for the Mediterranean Baltic and Hong Kong Quick Tip The Global GRIB Model Discussion is an informative summary of the thinking behind the current GRIB model outputs and offers a qualitive assessment of the confidence in each model forecast Text data like all other Library mode products are selected by drag and drop In Portal mode the WeatherNet Wizard provides a clickable map of US coastal and offshore zones high seas forecasts and WMO Met Areas Forecasts are selected from these maps with Ctrl Left click Alternatively you can also have WeatherNet tell you which text forecasts are adjacent to your Home Location box in Portal Mode For example select Coastal Forecasts by Home Location if you want WeatherNet to show you the Coastal Text forecasts within in your Home Location box Quick Tip A handy feature of MetMapper is its capacity to window a weather chart and the text forecast associated with it in one window Tides Four day forecasts of tidal information along with sunrise and sunset are available for thousands of locations around the world in WeatherNet 4 Tides can be added to our download request by checking a Tides box on the Ocean Data wizard page There are two ways to select Tides The first option is to use your Home Location box If Tides using Home Location is selected WeatherNet will use your Home Location box to find all the Tide forecasts available i
56. port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 23 Select Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem from the device list and Globalstar Packet Data as the network provider name and click Create Connection Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Globalstar GSP 1 700 Modem v Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data v Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem COM4 Step 24 Click Yes Confirm you wish to create Dial up Network Connection Globalstar Packet Data for device Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem ove Li Step 25 Once the connection has been created click OK Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in N
57. satellite phone connection is configured Mac Configurations Configuring Globalstar GSP 1700 on Mac Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the GSP 1700 and set up the connection Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button 00 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard S88 S28a8e80588 Ea OAA Bs J l OCENS A Account Information WeatherNet TERRAN weather on demand z Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection gt Type Advanced Connection Wizard Finish Cena E Cree Step 4 Make sure your GSP 1700 is connected to your computer and then click OK OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Verify Device Connect 999 Before proceeding make sure your modem or satellite phone device is powered up and attached to the system o Step 5 Select the Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM from this device list OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite p
58. select buoys For most buoys selected WeatherNet returns selections of Dominant Wave Period Atmospheric Pressure Wind Direction Wind Speed Wave Height and Sea Temperature Some buoys only provide a subset of these data Data is presented in a graphical chart of the changes to that variable every three 3 hours over the last five 5 days Ocean Data This Wizard page focuses on Surface Current information but also provides an access point to our Ice resources Surface Currents from GRIB Several GRIB models provide surface current information You can identify your preference or choose to review all of them with your specifications on the Content Preferences Wizard page Surface Currents from Navy Charts Gulf Stream only Surface Currents from Jenifer Clark Gulf Stream only Tides Outputs are in picture ie jpg gif etc format for these products As stated the Navy and Jenifer Clark products provide surface current information for the Gulf Stream extending from the Gulf of Mexico through the western North Atlantic If selected here the WeatherNet search algorithm will auto identify these products for you when you are in range With OCENS MetMapper s interactive map layer and tools you can pinpoint breaks and analyze current based rhumblines directly on your Navy and Jenifer Clark surface current products Ice data are provided for the Arctic and Antarctica In each location s respective summer ice reports
59. small craft advisory issued for ice covered waters Coastal Lakeshore Flooding i Oceanic Coastal Flooding is the inundation of land areas adjacent to bodies of salt water connected to the Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean or Gulf of Mexico caused by sea waters over and above normal tidal action This flooding may impact the immediate oceanfront gulfs bays back bays sounds and tidal portions of river mouths and inland tidal waterways ii Lakeshore Flooding is the inundation of land areas adjacent to one of the Great Lakes caused by lake water exceeding normal levels Lakeshore flooding impacts the immediate lakefront bays and the interfaces of lakes and connecting waterways such as rivers Coastal Lakeshore Hazard Message CFW An NWS product issued to describe coastal and lakeshore flooding high surf and at WFO option a high risk of rip currents A Coastal Lakeshore Flood Advisory will be issued when minor flooding is possible i e over and above normal high tide levels A Coastal Lakeshore Flood Watch will be issued when flooding with significant impacts is possible A Coastal Lakeshore Flood Warning will be issued when flooding that will pose a serious threat to life and property is occurring imminent or highly likely Coastal Waters Forecast CWF The marine forecast for areas including bays harbors and sounds from a line approximating the mean high water mark average height of high water over a 19 year period along the mainl
60. the position information WeatherNet uses to plot your position on the world maps in the Portal and Basic modes is provided by you here You also specify the size of the all important Content Box you want to surround your Home Location Quick Tip You can also specify your Home Location by drawing directly on the Portal Mode world map Doing so updates the Manual values on this Home Location page There are three options to provide position information to WeatherNet via GPS one of over 1 000 city locations worldwide and the manual entry of the position of interest to you GPS The most common means of providing position information for deployed units of WeatherNet is via a GPS which is already or can be attached to your computer WeatherNet will display to the right of the GPS selection button the most recent GPS position reported to the software If checked the Use Last when Disconnected option will use your last GPS position as your Home Location if the GPS feed is for any reason interrupted However this selection is only valid if GPS is identified on this page as your source of position information If instead you specify a city location or manually enter a location these entries supercede the last position value from a GPS Quick Tip If GPS is selected on the Home Location screen you must also correctly configure your GPS feed of position data on the GPS Control Screen before data is available for WeatherNet to use City L
61. used in Offshore and High Seas products from the Ocean Prediction Center any maritime cyclone whose central pressure is dropping or is expected to drop at a rate of 1 MB per hour for 24 hours Rip Currents A relatively small scale surf zone current moving away from the beach Rip currents form as waves disperse along the beach causing water to become trapped between the beach and a sandbar or other underwater feature The water converges into a narrow river like channel moving away from the shore at high speed Rough Seas Sea conditions associated with regionally defined wind thresholds over bays inlets harbors inland waters and estuaries where larger waves are forming with whitecaps and spray everywhere Sea Ice Any form of ice found at sea which has originated from the freezing of sea water sea ice does NOT include superstructure icing Ice formed from the freezing of the waters of the Great Lakes will be considered the same as sea ice Seas See Combined Seas Seiche A standing wave oscillation of water in large lakes usually created by strong winds and or a large barometric pressure gradient Severe Thunderstorm Watch A watch issued within the Coastal Waters Forecast the Great Lakes Open Lakes Forecast and the Nearshore Marine Forecast Reference NWSI 10 512 for severe thunderstorm watch criteria Significant Wave Height The average height trough to crest of the one third highest waves An experienced observer will most
62. username you created during registration If you have yet to register WeatherNet will automatically fill this field for you during the inline registration process Password This is the WeatherNet password you created during registration If you have yet to register WeatherNet will automatically fill this field for you during the inline registration process Weather Gateway Should always be set to Weather Server unless you are instructed by OCENS to use an alternate Port Should always be set to 194 unless otherwise instructed to do so by OCENS Network Timeouts If for some reason there is a long delay in response time over your connection adjust the seconds before connection timeout upward The default is 90 seconds Connection Information There are can be several options her All users will see Network Connection Use this if you are working from the home or office or connecting via wifi to the Internet Broadband Dialer Select the Broadband Dialer if you have a high speed satellite device and desire WeatherNet to auto connect to it for downloads Such devices include Iridium OpenPort Iridium Pilot JRC Fleet Broadband Sailor Fleet Broadband Skipper Fleet Broadband Wideye Optimizer Dialer Select the Optimizer Dialer if you are using an Optimizer or Redport satellite wifi appliance to connect to any one of these satellite phones Iridium OpenPort Iridium Pilot JRC Fleet Broadband Optimizer Globalstar Optimize
63. your Home Location It assigns a specific point to you in the world Most of the time however you want to be aware of the weather products around that point not just right on top of it The Content Box provides that context WeatherNet creates from the value you enter here a box with sides equal to that number It then searches through the WeatherNet database and finds those products of interest to you that intersect your Content Box A found product may be completely contained inside your Content Box most likely when you ve requested point data like buoys or a Nexrad radar report or have only a corner or a piece of it encountering your Content Box for example a weather chart or satellite image And some found products will completely consume your Content Box so the Content Box will exist entirely within the boundaries of the product Of course the question is How big should make the box There is no right answer The answer you like will probably be the result of some testing of different sizes OCENS recommends a box in the 10 to 30 degree range Anything much bigger than this and your search is probably going to return both an overwhelming number of hits and numerous hits that may have little to do with the weather and ocean decisions you are going to be making But it all depends on the diversity of products in which you are interested and the goal of your search Quick Tip The value you enter in the Content Box Size cell re
64. 060 and 10054 Typically a firewall issue Tell your computer firewall software to allow access to WeatherNet on port 194 Error 288 The satellite network dropped your connection Wait a few minutes and try again Timed out waiting for dialup completion This usually means that your connection time out is too short Go to the Account Settings page of WeatherNet Find the Network Timeouts section Increase the value associated with seconds before connection timeout Right Click Shortcuts Rapid access to some handy WeatherNet features is available with a mouse right click These right click shortcuts are summarized here Library mode In Batch section upper right wing right click accesses highlighted batch Enable Disable Delete Rename Export and Properties all batch enable disable and delete and batch import functions In Batch Detail section across bottom right click accesses highlighted file View View with Copy Delete and Properties file Paste as well as Select All Unselect All and Delete All Unselected Portal Mode In Content List right click on OCENS logo allows you to Enable or Disable all files underneath that level If Enabled files will download If Disabled files will not download I m Puzzled by This section tries to highlight behaviors which are logical within the framework of the way WeatherNet works but which may be less than obvious to you Files are not downloading from Library mode
65. 0Z 06Z 12Z and 18Z You want the Most Current chart available and conduct a download at 14Z The chart you will receive is the 06Z chart Alternatively if you download at 16Z you ll receive the 12Z chart The condition is exacerbated if you request a Zulu time specific rather than a Most Current weather chart Let s use the times from above but now request a 12Z chart at 14Z Because the 12Z chart from today has not yet posted you ll receive the 12Z chart from the day before In general if you conduct your downloads at H 3 5 to H 4 hours you should receive the chart from the latest valid time cycle can t get WeatherNet to download through my computer firewall WeatherNet will operate through any firewall that permits access through PORT 194 Note that some Internet protection software bundled on modern computers such as McAfee Internet Security or Personal Firewall Plus will block access to port 194 If this is the case you will need to configure these programs to allow traffic through this specific port The Optimizer 102 or webXaccelerator 202 available from OCENS are wifi devices that can eliminate this issue for you Will WeatherNet work on my Mac Yes A Mac version is available A version for your iPad will be available Fall 2013 NOAA Weather Terms MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS Allowed Abbreviations The following have been agreed to by the NWS and the USCG for use in marine forecast texts an
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68. At times you will download individual GRIB files which offer additional insights or utility if they can be combined with other GRIB files OCENS GRIB Explorer can combine many types of GRIB outputs into one multi layer presentation In general GRIB Explorer will layer GRIBs from the same GRIB model and covering the identical geographic area lf you need to combine GRIBs from different models or for some reason from different areas WeatherNet can sew these GRIBs together for you using its GRIB Combiner feature To do so click on the box After download combine all GRIB files into one Below this checkbox enter the name of the new GRIB file that will be created from the combination of the downloaded individual GRIB files and browse to the location where you want this file saved on your computer After taking this action GRIBs you download will be combined and saved as a new file by WeatherNet GRIB Explorer will treat these as new products Click OK to save the batch name and the properties you have assigned to it The batch subsequently appears on the batch list in the Batch Operations section of the Library mode screen Batch Enabling Disabling In order to download the files you have within a batch the batch must be enabled An individual batch can be enabled three ways 1 Left click once on the batch s folder icon 2 Double left click on the batch name creation date or description 3 Right click on the batch and select the Enable Di
69. Content page s selections and your Control Preferences to extract an updated list of content for display in the Content Tree It is most commonly used in conjunction with the Recenter amp Reload Map button on the Portal Mode screen in the following manner 1 You notice that the Home Location icon is no longer at the center of your on screen Content Box on the Portal mode map 2 Click the Recenter and Reload Map button to reposition the Content Box with the Home Location icon at its center 3 Click the Refresh List button to have WeatherNet use this new Home Location and Content Box a The new Home Location Content Box will be cross referenced with your existing content preferences b Data suggestions intersecting your new Content Box and your content preferences will be updated to your Content Tree Viewing Your Downloads After your download has finished WeatherNet serves as a file manager as well as a content library and retrieval engine After a Download completes and you exit the File Transfer screen WeatherNet will auto launch the software appropriate to view the product s you have just retrieved But sometimes you ll download products view them and then go do other things with your life Later in the day you want to view the downloaded products and analyze their content more completely How do you access these products after you have closed WeatherNet or the programs you are using to view your weather or ocean data If you are
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71. Edit Batch Transfer and Help Mode The Mode menu provides a means to move to the Portal and Basic mode as well as the WeatherNet Wizard from the Library mode It permits the download of items selected with the Wizard and offers a shortcut to a means of resetting Wizard selections to their defaults Switch to Basic mode Launches you into Basic mode Switch to Portal mode Moves you to the Portal mode screen Launch Content Wizard Transitions to the welcome screen of the WeatherNet Wizard Reset Content Wizard Defaults Removes any of your current selections in the Wizard and restores all Wizard defaults Launch Wizard Download Loads the Portal mode Content Tree The Content Tree presents the results of the Wizard s extraction of files matching your preferences in a list view organized at three levels 1 Category eg GRIB Interactive Weather Charts Buoy and the like Click on a in front of a Category name to expand the Category to view subordinate Data Types Click on a in front of the Category name to collapse the Category a Data Type eg Surface Analysis Waves Sea Surface Temperature and the like Click on the in front of a Data Type name to expand the Data Type to view subordinate File Descriptions Click on a ahead of a Data Type to collapse the Data Type i File Description eg 1 day forecast of primary waves Surface analysis for the Indian Ocean and so forth A single left click on the selection box in front
72. Folder Run OCENS MetMapper MetMapper is the only program to view special OCENS WeatherNet Animation files and an ideal program to use when viewing any Text Weather Chart Ocean Chart Satellite Imagery or other non GRIB product types This program will allow you to create animations from several frames of Weather Charts over time or manipulate and overlay the Ocean or Weather Charts from OCENS WeatherNet If selected MetMapper will auto launch after the download by WeatherNet of files compatible with it Run OCENS GRIB Explorer GRIB Explorer is the optimum viewer for all GRIB Files downloaded in WeatherNet This program will allow you to view and manipulate any GRIB data available in WeatherNet You can add 3 D Plotting time profiles and interface it with your GPS to get real time positioning on your GRIB Files If selected GRIB Explorer will auto launch after the download by WeatherNet of GRIB data Run iView WeatherNet comes bundled with iView iView is a freeware graphics package that offers limited chart viewing capabilities Run File Associated Application This can be any application that is affiliated by your computer with this type of file i e Kodak Image Viewer might launch any time a tif graphics file is downloaded Run Selected Application Use some other application to view the graphics by typing the path to the program in the box below Application This is the path to the application you want to launch You may browse to the execu
73. M port see list Ww These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 22 Select Iridium PPP Data Modem from the device list and Iridium Direct Connect as the network provider name and click Create Connection Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Iridium PPP Data Modem v Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect Modem Setup Iridium PPP Data Modem COM3 Step 23 Click Yes Confirm you wish to create Dial up Network Connection Iridium Direct Connect for device Iridium PPP Data Modem ee _ Step 24 Once the connection has been created click OK Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in N
74. M2 COM3 Step 22 Click Finish Your modem has been set up successfully if you want to change these settings double click the Phone and Modem Options icon in Control Panel click the Modems tab select this modem and then click Properties The following modems are installed Modem El Iridium PPP Data Modem Ia Add ay Remove Properties Step 22 Click OK Step 23 Click Finish To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers Ee eee port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 24 Select Iridium PPP Modem from the device list and Iridium Direct Connect as the network provider name and click Create Connection Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to con
75. Satellite Imagery ce Alaska H E Atlantic North Whole Basin H B Atlantic Northeast Region H B Atlantic Northwest Region H E Atlantic South Whole Basin ai Atlantic Southeast Region a Atlantic Tropical Region H Australia New Zealand H A Caribbean i Caribbean Western ce Europe afi Great Lakes H Greenland and Iceland ce Gulf of Mexico ce Hawaii H D Indian Ocean ce Pacific ai Pacific Northeast Region H Pacific Northwest Region a Pacific Southeast Region ei Pacific Southwest Region i Pacific Tropical East Region m Pacific Tropical West Region SpotCast SpotCast is a product developed by OCENS to provide you point specific weather and wind wave information SpotCast Weather data is available worldwide in two formats Simple Text or HTML The HTML version provides an interactive screen alerting to you to areas of high wind and high lifted index Values are color coded in accordance with colors designated for the Beaufort Wind Scale https en wikipedia org wiki Beaufort_scale Values above 31 knots are color coded and flash Lifted index values less than 4 are coded red to alert you to areas of high atmospheric instability SpotCast Wind Wave products are also available in text and HTML formats Alerting in the html product is similar to that in the weather product with the addition of wave alerts Any wave heights greater than 7 m flash a SpotCast Eee SpotCast Weather 3 eos Weather
76. Tip Ocean chart sizes can vary greatly from day to day and chart to chart so use caution when downloading over slow or expensive connections US Navy black and white charts in particular are recommended for Iridium Globalstar or Isatohone connections Pro Services Pro Services Chris Parker Bahamas and Caribbean weather forecasts and Jenifer Clark Gulf Stream charts are available in our Pro Services section Chris Parker data are available for the Bahamas and Caribbean Chris produces charts on a daily basis and usually uploads fresh data by 10 AM US East Coast time A Date of Latest report is available for each product and summarizes the date and size of the most recently uploaded products There is no charge for this file other than any airtime required by your satphone to retrieve the information If you are uncertain whether Chris has posted new forecasts download these small less than 500 bytes date of latest files before downloading Chris forecast j Chris Parker Met Forecasts for Bahamas and Caribbean Mlet Forecast Bahamas Latest Bahamas and Western Atlantic Weather Update from Chris Parker aa Ey Met Forecast Caribbean Latest Eastern Caribbean Weather Update from Chris Parker ane Latest Western Caribbean Weather Update from Chris Parker Jenifer Clark produces some of the highest quality Gulf Stream assessments available anywhere Data are updated on Monday Wednesday and Friday and are usually availab
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78. a with your Iridium by OCENS you will need to select the appropriate service Rudics is a service that is use with Postpaid monthly airtime plans WeatherNet weather on demand Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Wener serer v Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out Seconds before receive send time out Eee Connection Information Default Connection Iridium Direct Connect v Type Then click Finish Your satellite phone connection is configured Configuring Iridium 9505a 9505 9500 w Edgeport USB Adapter Win8 Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the legacy Iridium phones and set up the connection Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon m Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button P GRIBS X wi CS aa E a OCENS Account Information WeatherNet Username weather on demand Account Settings Password Weather Gateway Gateway wxnet ocens net Port 443 y Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 _ Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection v Type Advanced Connection Wizard Step 4 Plug in the Edgeport Adapter Windo
79. an be assigned to the batch All batches are saved with the wxn extension X OCENS Software WeatherNet Sample Batches EA Search Sample Batches l Organize New folder z g C Documents Name Date modified Type Siis a Music Alaska AYE Weather wxn 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WXNHN File Pictures WE g HE a a E I Poad _ Alaska Bering Sea and Bristol Bay Weathe 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WAN File BE Vide __ Alaska Central Region Weather wen 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WXN File Ideos ae __ Alaska Fishing w n 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WXN File BH _ Alaska Peninsula and Aleutians Weather 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WXN File eee Alaska Southeast Weather wxn 2 13 2007 3 25AM WXN File __ Atlantic Canada Fishing wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WEN File _ Atlantic Canada Weather wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WXN File L Local Disk C i i ae oes Atlantic Hurricane wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WXN File i Shared Folders i ace ed _ Bahamas wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WXN File i 4 am t File name Save as type Weather Hide Folders Import Batch Loads the Sample Batch folder on your computer Scroll through this directory to find the batch of interest to you Select this file and press Open to place the file into Batch Operations window x Organize New folder Heit z E Recent Places Name Date modifi ee Alaska AYK Weather wxn 2 13 2007 3 4 Libraries 3 ale l _ _ Alaska Bering Sea and Bristol Bay Weathe 9
80. and Account Settings Password Weather Gateway Gateway wxnet ocens net Port 443 y Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 _ Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection v Type Advanced Connection Wizard Step 4 Plug in the Edgeport Adapter Windows should automatically install the drivers at this point Once the driver installation is complete you can the click OK Before proceeding make sure your satellite phone or the USB adapter that you are using is connected to the system and powered up The Add New Hardware Wizard may first ask you to install device drivers so follow its instructions before continuing here Drivers for most systems and OCENS supported USB devices can be found in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Step 5 Click on Modem Setup Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel Itno device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Select network provider name No devices found make sure your device is connected or setup a new Modem device for it by clicking on the Modem Setup button below Step 6 If your device
81. and Help functions o Starts your download by either tapping into your Network Connection or using your satellite phone connection m Loads the Account Gateway page as RII Closes the File Transfer screen and starts the auto launch of the software necessary to view the products you have just downloaded You are always returned by this action to the same content selection mode Portal Basic or Library from which you originated before the viewing software is launched A A Launches this Help file Interactive Weather Settings Quick Tip Interactive weather settings are only accessible if you have arrived at the File Transfer screen from the Basic or Library modes The settings are inactive when the File Transfer screen has been launched from Portal mode Because the specific size of the GRIB data you receive changes depending upon how you interact with the world map specifically where you put and how you size your Content Box we lump these and SpotCast products into a GRIB Interactive Interactive Weather category The Interactive Weather settings on the File Transfer menu permit you to edit the location of your Content Box on a world map and or adjust the center point and dimensions of this box one last time before you commence your download IF AND ONLY IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE FILE TRANSFER SCREEN FROM THE LIBRARY OR BASIC MODES Any Interactive product that is in the batch or batches you are about to download will then be affect
82. and or near shore islands extending out to as much as 100 NM Combined Seas Generally referred to as SEAS Used to describe the combination or interaction of wind waves and swell in which the separate components are not distinguished This includes the case when swell is negligible or is not considered in describing sea state Specifically SEAS S2 W2 where S is the height of the swell and W is the height of the wind wave When used SEAS should be considered as being the same as the significant wave height Complex Gale Storm In the high seas and offshore forecasts an area for which gale storm force winds are forecast or are occurring but for which no single center is the principal generator of these winds Continental Shelf CONSHELF The zone bordering a continent and extending to a depth usually around 100 FM 600 FT from which there is a steep descent toward greater depth Continental Slope The area of descent from the edge of the continental shelf into greater depth Dense Fog Advisory Widespread or localized fog reducing visibility to mile or less A Dense Fog Advisory may be issued within the Offshore Waters Forecast the Coastal Waters Forecast the Nearshore Marine Forecast and Open Lake Forecast GLF Dense Smoke Advisory Widespread or localized smoke reducing visibility to mile or less A Dense Smoke Advisory may be issued within the Offshore Waters Forecast the Coastal Waters Forecast the Nearshore Marine Forecast
83. and outputs gt Batteries b Q Bluetooth b jE Computer gt Disk drives gt M8 Display adapters b amp amp DVD CD ROM drives gt ed Floppy disk drives D E Floppy drive controllers b G3 Human Interface Devices gt ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt Keyboards D A Mice and other pointing devices b amp Monitors b Network adapters 4 Other devices n Edgeport 1 b IP Ports COM amp LPT gt Gp Print queues gt BB Processors b a Sound video and game controllers b Storage controllers gt gl System devices gt Universal Serial Bus controllers n Step 8 Select Update Driver Software 4 b Other devices I UrdteDiverSofoare Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Launches the 7 Step 9 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software gt Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 10 Click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device i Edgeport 1 Step 11 The Edgeport device should now be listed twice Under the Other devices
84. are typically shut down for that area and thus WeatherNet ice downloads for that area will be blank or stale Four day forecasts of tidal information along with sunrise and sunset are available for thousands of locations around the world in WeatherNet 4 Tides can be added to our download request by checking a Tides box on the Ocean Data wizard page There are two ways to select Tides The first option is to use your Home Location box If Tides using Home Location is selected WeatherNet will use your Home Location box to find all the Tide forecasts available in WeatherNet that are inside this box The second option is to use the Tides Point and Click map Zoom into the Tides map by drawing a box around the area of interest to you or by clicking the Zoom In button Click on specific Tide sites to add them to your Content selection Tide icons will change from yellow to green in color when they are selected Click on it again to un select changes back to yellow QUICK TIP As Jenifer Clark data are private sector sources of ocean information these products are not available to our customers running in the Race version of WeatherNet The ALL selection at the base of the column highlights each of the selections available on the Ocean Data page Clicking ALL again un selects each of the products Fishing Data WeatherNet is an extremely cost effective means of obtaining powerful fishing data while at sea or while you are preparing your fishing strategi
85. ata from the same model when integrating similar environmental types For example if you are interested in evaluating surface currents winds and waves as a set it is best to use wind wave and surface currents from the same model For your convenience the GRIB product name is followed by the model source in lower case eg wind ww3 is wind data from the WaveWatch3 model whereas wind avngfs is from the GFSAVN model Furthermore although GRIB is a wonderfully flexible and informative data product it nevertheless is entirely model generated with no human feedback loop As such it should be used judiciously OCENS recommends you always juxtapose GRIB data with weather products sourced from weather professionals such as NOAA s Marine Prediction Center and or satellite images of prevailing conditions all of which are also available through WeatherNet By groundtruthing your GRIB data with these other sources you can with confidence incorporate GRIB data into your decision making A number of GRIB models exist Different models forecast for different regions with a few providing global coverage NOAA WAVEWATCH III WWS3 The operational ocean wave predictions of NOAA NWS NCEP are performed using the wave model WAVEWATCH III using operational products of NCEP as input The wave model suite consists of global and regional implementations The global WW3 covers everywhere in the world between latitude 78 N and 78 S The WW3 grid points are only alo
86. ata can be found in Chris Parker s Coastal and Offshore Weather available from OCENS Viewing GRIB Data Unlike other types of WeatherNet data such as picture files charts or text products which can be viewed by any picture viewing or text editing software GRIB data have their own format which require a GRIB viewer However the GRIB data OCENS provides in WeatherNet is not proprietary It conforms to the standards set by the World Meteorological Organization for GRIB information Any GRIB viewer that also conforms to these standards can view GRIB information provided through WeatherNet Having said this OCENS has produced its own award winning GRIB viewing software GRIB Explorer for the PC and for the Mac GRIB Explorer offers a robust set of viewing analysis and animation tools for all of the GRIB weather and ocean data available in WeatherNet For additional information and access to a 3 day demo of GRIB Explorer CLICK HERE for PC users or CLICK HERE for Mac users Combining GRIB Data At times you will download individual GRIB files which offer additional insights or utility if they can be combined OCENS GRIB Explorer can combine many types of GRIB outputs into one multi layer presentation In general GRIB Explorer will layer GRIBs from the same GRIB model and covering the identical geographic area If you need to combine GRIBs from different models or for some reason from different areas WeatherNet can sew these GRIBs togethe
87. ave identified the content of interest to you WeatherNet then auto connects your computer to the OCENS server via the desired wireless interface and immediately downloads the requested weather The WeatherNet client then automatically disconnects when the download is complete No extra seconds waiting for you to manually terminate the connection This Help text will address the features and use of the WeatherNet client application New Features of Version 4 Version 4 continues the interface upgrades completed in version 3 and makes substantial enhancements to the server and supporting database structure Key client side additions to version 4 include a satellite phone connection wizard and satellite dialers that can connect directly to almost any type of satellite phone compatibility with Windows 8 incremental updating procedures that keep your onboard weather database current an update and refresh of all the content buttons within all the Basic mode personalities and the capacity to choose text products coastal offshore high seas with either a point and click approach from a map or by simply using your location to search for reports nearby to you We also introduce with Version 4 our SpotCast point forecasts for general weather conditions and wind wave conditions at any location around the world Version 4 s most significant changes however occur on the back end New servers improve processing and delivery speeds All of the weather conten
88. ave pre filled this page with default selections for preferential GRIB models for weather and ocean data you have full control over adding other models to the search list or otherwise modifying these settings Home Location Tell us how you will be designating your physical location in the world Three alternatives are available via GPS via a list of over 1 000 city names around the world or via manual entry of the latitude and longitude of a location GPS Since GPS is such an important and common source of position reference it commands its own page in the Wizard It is particularly important to validate the communication port from which the GPS stream you will use in WeatherNet originates Bear in mind that many other programs particularly navigation programs will not share their GPS feed with WeatherNet For that reason we also enable WeatherNet to accept forwarding of GPS information from our GRIB Explorer software and the Nobeltec positional packet information Furthermore OCENS Mail can create virtual com ports to which GPS information can be fed that WeatherNet can use Account Settings If you have already registered WeatherNet or otherwise have an existing WeatherNet account enter that account s username and password settings here If you have not already registered or will be registering an active or a demo account leave the username and password cells blank Default settings for gateway port number and timeouts should be
89. b categories with the distinction generally demarcated by a 10 to 15 km threshold Charts with a spatial resolution at or more coarse than 10 to 15 km are classified in the medium category E Ocean Charts ce Atlantic Northeast Region ce Atlantic Northwest Region aia Australia New Zealand H D Bahamas H Baltic Sea a Canada Atlantic Maritimes ai Cape Cod oe Cape Hatteras M Florida m Global H B Gulf Stream D Gulf of Mexico a m Indian Ocean a North Sea aia Pacific Northeast Region A US Southeast The Gulf Stream folder provides data from the US Navy Rutgers and Johns Hopkins Both the black and white and color versions of the Navy s Gulf Stream charts are available The most currently available US Navy charts are the ones accessible via WeatherNet D Navy Currents US Navy Black amp White Northern Gulf Stream aa US Navy Black amp White Southern Gulf Stream Analysis including the Gulf of Mexico ven US Navy Color Northern Gulf Stream US Navy Color Southern Gulf Stream including the Gulf of Mexico Quick Tip All Ocean Charts carry MetMapper headers that auto load MetMapper interactive geo layers after download These layers provide heads up display of lat lon bearing and range values at the point of the cursor and also permit meaningful integration of your GPS with your on screen classical weather and ocean charts Charts can be viewed without MetMapper but they will not display the interactive layers Quick
90. be associated with thunderstorm and other dangerous weather conditions In general low Lifted Index values would be associated with high CAPE values QUICK TIP Lifted Index values are included in OCENS SpotCastwx reports Values lower than 4 are highlighted in red within the SpotCastwx htm to denote time periods of possible concern at the location targeted by the prevailing SpotCast CAPE Convective Available Potential Energy Available from the GFS model only CAPE is effectively the positive buoyancy of an air parcel and is an indicator in addition to Lifted Index of atmospheric instability which makes it very valuable in predicting severe weather The higher the CAPE value the greater the instability Data is presented in terms of joules kg Very severe weather events have been associated with CAPE values of several thousand joules kg In general high CAPE values would be associated with low Lifted Index values GRIB WindWave GRIB WindWave i 7 FMX Baltic H T Primary Wave Direction el Primary Wave Period H Significant Hgt of Wave amp Swell 1 Waves a p Wind a FMX Barents Primary Wave Direction B Primary Wave Period a Significant Hgt of Wawe amp Swell H Wawes ll Wind E FMX Mediterranean m Primary Wave Direction a Primary Wave Period ce Significant Hgt of Wave amp Swell ce Waves H Wind FMX North Sea H T Primary Wave Direction fe Primary Wave Period 00 Significant Hgt
91. by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 13 You may need to enter an area code to continue if this window opens Before you can make any phone or modem connections Windows needs the following information about your current location What country region are you in now F What area code or city code are you in now If you need to specify a carrier code what is it If you dial a number to access an outside line what is it p The phone system at this location uses Tone dialing Pulse dialing The list below displays the locations you have specified Select the Step 15 Click Add gj The following modems are installed Modem a Remove Properties Step 16 Select Don t detect my modem and click Next Install New Modem Do you want Windows to detect your modem Windows will now try to detect your modem Before continuing you should 1 if the modem is attached to your computer make sure it is tumed on 2 Quit any programs that may be using the modem Click Next when you are ready to continue IV Dont detect my modem will select it from a list Step 17 Select Iridium and Iridium PPP Data Modem then click Next vi Select the manufacturer and model of your modem If your modem is not listed or if
92. ch you want information Selected areas are filled with cross hatching in the high seas forecast map Selected areas in the Met Area map appear with a red check mark as cross hatching obscures Met Area name recognition QUICK TIP Use Left Click to select a specific text forecast from a map of available forecast zones Left Click on an already selected text forecast deselects this forecast Double Left Click within a forecast map zooms in within the map QUICK TIP lf you have WeatherNet running on a virtual machine you may have to use Shift Control Left Click to select and de select forecast targets Forecasts for Canadian Waters Chris Parker Bahamas Chris Parker Caribbean Selection of these text products behaves like most other Wizard selections The content Wizard will cross reference your desire for these products with your Home Location and pluck appropriate ones for you from the WeatherNet library QUICK TIP As Chris Parker MWXC is a private sector source of weather information these products are not available to our customers running in the Race version of WeatherNet The ALL selection at the base of the column selects each of the Text Forecast types Bear in mind however that if ALL is chosen you must still manually identify the specific coastal offshore high seas and Met Area text forecasts of interest to you Clicking ALL again un selects each of the products Unselect All Selected Zones This is a
93. cify your device s COM port see list below These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 22 Click Finish To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers Lo ee port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 23 Select Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem from the device list and Globalstar Packet Data as the network provider name and click Create Connection Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a
94. cluded in the Tropical North Atlantic and Tropical North Pacific folders along with high seas forecasts offshore forecasts and NAVTEX reports for these areas The NOAA product code is associated with all US coastal and offshore products A few local area forecasts are also available for the Mediterranean Baltic and Hong Kong Quick Tip The Global GRIB Model Discussion is an informative summary of the thinking behind the current GRIB model outputs and offers a qualitive assessment of the confidence in each model forecast Text data like all other Library mode products are selected by drag and drop In Portal mode the WeatherNet Wizard provides a clickable map of US coastal and offshore zones high seas forecasts and WMO Met Areas Forecasts are selected from these maps with Ctrl Left click Quick Tip A handy feature of MetMapper is its capacity to window a weather chart and the text forecast associated with it in one window As the weather chart Tides Four day forecasts of tidal information along with sunrise and sunset are available for hundreds of locations Although we focus on areas outside of the continental US as we anticipate it is these areas for which data is most difficult to obtain when voyaging we intend to steadily add US areas through time Weather Charts Aside from GRIB data and perhaps Text products no other category in WeatherNet is more robustly populated than our Weather Chart section All of the NOAA weather chart prod
95. d you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 24 Select Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem from the device list and Globalstar Packet Data as the network provider name and click Create Connection Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Globalstar GSP 1 700 Modem v Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data y Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem COM4 Step 25 Click Yes Confirm you wish to create Dial up Network Connection Globalstar Packet Data for device Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem vs n Step 26 Once the connection has been created click OK Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed
96. d graphical products Day of Week SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Months JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Direction N NE E SE S SW W NW Latitude Longitude N S E W e g 27N 97W Atlantic ATLC Average AVG Degree DEG Eastern ERN Equator EQ Fathom s FM Foot Feet FT Hurricane HURCN Intertropical Convergence Zone ITCZ Knot s KT Latitude LAT Longitude LONG Millibar s MB Northern NRN Nautical Mile s NM Pacific PAC Pressure PRES Position PSN Quadrant QUAD Southern SRN Thunderstorm s TSTM S Tropical Depression TD Tropical Storm TS Visibility VSBY Western WRN Definitions Advisory A headline indicator to emphasize that a weather event significant to small craft mariners or marine operations is occurring or is possible Ashfall Advisory An advisory that may be issued within the Offshore Waters Forecast OFF the Coastal Waters Forecast CWF the Nearshore Marine Forecast NSH or the Great Lakes Open Lakes Forecast GLF The advisory describes conditions associated with airborne ash plume resulting in ongoing deposition at the surface Ashfall may originate directly from a volcanic eruption or indirectly by wind suspending the ash or from forest fires Beach Erosion The movement of beach materials by some combination of high waves currents and tides or wind Brisk Wind Advisory A
97. data Run iView WeatherNet comes bundled with iView iView is a freeware graphics package that offers limited chart viewing capabilities Run File Associated Application This can be any application that is affiliated by your computer with this type of file i e Kodak Image Viewer might launch any time a tif graphics file is downloaded Run Selected Application Use some other application to view the graphics by typing the path to the program in the box below Application This is the path to the application you want to launch You may browse to the executable file associated with this application by left clicking on the E button to the right of the Application cell and then moving within the Windows menu to the location of this file Downloaded Files as Arguments If selected the program you ve identified will launch just once However within this program one wndow will be launched for each product downloaded No Arguments If you select No Arguments multiple iterations of the program will be launched once for each file downloaded Interactive Weather Rarely we will have customers who only want to use WeatherNet to receive GRIB data for one specific location in the world Such a specification is met by clicking Interactive Weather and identifying the lat lon of interest to you BE CAREFUL If this function is invoked Home Location s or Content Boxes otherwise drawn on Portal Basic or Library mode maps are ignored GRIB Combiner
98. de with Command Prompt 7 Disable driver signature enforcement 8 Disable early launch anti malware protection 9 Disable automatic restart after failure Press F10 for more options Press Enter to return to your operating system Once Windows restarts you will be able to continue Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button Gateway vanetocensnet v pots as v Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Step 4 Before proceeding make sure your satellite phone or the USB adapter that you are using is connected to the system and powered up The Add New Hardware Wizard may first ask you to install device drivers so follow its instructions before continuing here Drivers for most systems and OCENS supported USB devices can be found in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Lo Plug in the Globalstar GSP 1700 and click OK Step 5 Click on Modem Setup Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will
99. degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree Sea Surface Salinity Sea surface salinity data in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree Mixed Layer Depth Mixed layer depth data in WeatherNet is only available for the Atlantic basin It is sourced from the RTOFS Atlantic ocean model at a spatial resolution of 0 132 deg lat by 0 068 long One forecast is produced each day Chlorophyll Chlorophyll data is obtained from sensors on three satellites These satellites are the VIIRS MODIS A and MODIS T Data is at a spatial resolution of 4 km 1 25 degree and are presented in two forms a daily most recent pass output and an 8 day composite The daily output is a synthesis of all the passes by a given satellite for the subject day It is generally available by 12 UTC of the day following the collection day these are satellite observations not modelled outputs that have been converted to a GRIB format The 8 day composite is as the name suggests a collection of all the passes from a given satellite sensor over an 8 day period Because the c
100. drivers and dial up networking features for your phone options are also available on this page if you will be using a satellite phone but already have satellite phone drivers installed or you would prefer to install them later Either path avoids the launch of the Satellite Phone installer at this time Screen 4 asks for a Your real name address contact phone and email address b Two 2 credit card numbers and associated expire dates We ask for two in the case the first or primary expires during your annual WeatherNet use year c Your username password preferences A primary and secondary only applied if the primary is already in use username are requested QUICK TIP Usernames and passwords must each include between six 6 and sixteen alphanumeric characters All usernames and passwords should be in lower case No symbols are allowed Click Submit once Screen 4 is completed Credit card values submitted through the in line process are encrypted during relay to OCENS An active account will be created on the server in just a few minutes Active accounts created using the Registration Wizard can be created 24 hours per day 365 days per year Returning or Upgrading Account Registration If you are a WeatherNet user who is upgrading their software the Registration process is very easy as it simply requires re entry of your existing WeatherNet username and password after installation of the new version The steps to do so are described below
101. e 3 day demo period is available to each user Once the demo period has expired further access to WeatherNet is blocked until an active account is created A Demo account can be created by clicking on the Register button on the Portal mode screen or under the Transfer Register for Service menu of the Library mode Screen 1 of the Registration Wizard describes the Registration process and its options Screen 2 provides three Registration pathways Prospects interested in a demo account should follow the Create Free Demo Account pathway Screen 3 clarifies if you will be connecting through a Network Connection or a satellite phone If you choose the latter our Satellite Phone Installer will auto launch and assist you with the process of installing drivers and dial up networking features for your phone options are also available on this page if you will be using a satellite phone but already have satellite phone drivers installed or you would prefer to install them later Either path avoids the launch of the Satellite Phone installer at this time Screen 4 asks for your real name address contact phone and email address It does not ask for credit card information or username password preferences The latter are generated randomly for each demo user during the registration process QUICK TIP Demo accounts created or associated with invalid email addresses will be immediately purged from the WeatherNet server Click Submit once Sc
102. e Pressure data WeatherNet will find all Global models providing surface pressure GFS and NAVGEM presently and return those to the Content Tree on the Portal Mode main screen when the search completes You can then decide if you want to pull data from one or both models by checking the applicable selection boxes on the Tree When you press Finish the types of GRIB data you desired and identified on the content pages will be extracted from these models for the geographic area of interest to you These outputs are then displayed on the Content Tree on the Portal screen for you to review There you can check products that are of highest interest to you or which you don t want to download with each WeatherNet transfer GRIB Weather Data sources Fishing and Ocean Data GRIB Weather models There are four primary sources of GRIB weather data in WeatherNet which include the GFS Navgem and WW3 models and a series of basin specific models for the European region GFS The GFS model is a global model It is a good performing all around model for atmospheric conditions Note that it does not provide wave forecasts as an output The GFS model produces four 4 forecasts for each day Forecasts which look out as far as seven 7 days are available in WeatherNet Navgem Navy Global Environmental Model 2 runs per day 00 and 12 UTC 0 5 degree approximately 30 km horizontal resolution Best suited for large scale and global weather patterns Cou
103. e all GRIB files into one Below this checkbox enter the name of the new GRIB file that will be created from the combination of the downloaded individual GRIB files and browse to the location where you want this file saved on your computer After taking this action GRIBs you download will be combined and saved as a new file by WeatherNet GRIB Explorer will treat these as new products Content Tree You ll soend more time on the Portal mode screen than on any other screen and you ll likely soend more time in the Content Tree section of the Portal mode than any other element therein The Content Tree receives the results of WeatherNet s extraction of weather and ocean data meeting your Content and Model Preferences The Content Tree presents extraction results in a list view organized at three levels Fae Atmospheric pressure H A Wind Direction Ee Wind Speed Gl Sea Temperature Wave Height Pde Wave height at Buoy 51004 SE HA 5 Text H Coastal Forecast Latest Atlantic Maritimes Marine Win a Latest Atlantic Maritimes Marine We Latest Atlantic Maritimes Wave Heigl TT Latest Atlantic Maritimes Canada Ex e Latest Atlantic Newfoundland Marine d Latest Atlantic Newfoundland Marine d Latest Atlantic Newfoundland Wave bees Latest Atlantic Newfounland Canade Dominant Wave Period 1 Category eg GRIB Interactive Weather Charts Buoy and the like Click on a in front of a Category name to expand the Category t
104. e batch will NOT be downloaded within any subsequent session for which it remains disabled If a highlighted batch is disabled a left click on this menu item will enable it Enabled contents of this batch will be downloaded in subsequent sessions in which this batch remains enabled Export Export a single batch for offsite storage archiving or transfer to another WeatherNet user Batch must be highlighted to export Import Import a single batch from a site external to WeatherNet All compatible batches carry a wxn extension Backup Saves your ENTIRE set of batches to a name and location you specify Always execute this option before downloading the current WeatherNet program update Restore Reloads your ENTIRE set of archived batches This command only applies to batches stored using the Backup command Quick Tip Enable Disable Delete Rename Export Import and Properties commands are also accessible with a right click on a highlighted batch Install Sample Batches and Weather Files This option will allow you to select one or more sample batches to be imported and added to your batch list Sample Batches are batches pre configured by OCENS for specific geographic areas and topics A total of 40 such batches are available with topics such as Alaska US West Coast Fishing Gulf Stream and AustraliaNewZealand To load Sample Batches into WeatherNet highlight a batch from the Windows list which appears after selecting Install Sa
105. e consists of four major segments Transfer Folder After Download Interactive Weather and GRIB Combiner Batch Enabled Date Created 04 03 2012 Batch Wizard Batch Description Automatic Transter Folder C Users Public Weather Files Browse After Download 0 Don t run an application C Run file associated application Run iView D Run MetMapper on images C Run selected application Run GRIE explorer on GRIBs only Application Browse Arguments Downloaded Files as Arguments Interactive Weather Chrerride Mapi 0 0000 N 0 000C E Width Deg 0 0 GRIB Combiner After download combine all GRIB files into one New GRIB File help file combine Browse a Cancel Transfer Folder The Transfer folder section is used by you to tell WeatherNet where you want your weather and or ocean data stored on your computer To specify the path to these data click on the Browse button to the right of the Transfer Folder cell and use the subsequent Windows dialog to choose the storage location Quick Tip The Batch Enabled check box and Batch Name and Description text boxes pertain only to the implementation of the Data Handling preferences page under Library mode conditions These can be ignored under Portal and Basic mode configurations After Download Run Choose here whether you want to automatically Don t run an application If selected nothing will happen after downloading your WeatherNet but save it to the specified Transfer
106. e for updated driver software for your device gt Install this driver software anyway Only install driver software obtained from your manufacturer s website or disc Unsigned software from other sources may harm your computer or steal information V See details Step 11 Click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device Communications Port for GSP1700 Your GPS1700 phone should be listed File Action View Help e melum S Fas 4 g WIN J22ENVFQDOK b M Audio inputs and outputs gt X Batteries gt amp Bluetooth b j Computer b E Display adapters gt ef DVD CD ROM drives gt ea Floppy disk drives gt ei Floppy drive controllers Qs Human Interface Devices gt Gg IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt amp Keyboards b F Mice and other pointing devices gt amp Monitors gt KP Network adapters a P Ports COM amp LPT Y Communications Port COM1 Communications Port COM2 17 Communications Port for GSP1700 COM4 IP Printer Port LPT1 gt dh Print queues gt BB Processors b a Sound video and game controllers gt Storage controllers Ml Svetem devicrec Step 12 Close the Device Manager window Step 13 You should be back on this window your device may not be listed Click Create Modem To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you mu
107. ed by you in your Data Management or Batch Properties settings You are always returned by this action to the same content selection mode Portal Basic or Library from which you originated before the viewing software is launched Menu The File Transfer menus include Transfer Settings and Help items The Transfer menu includes Start Stop Register for Service and Done sub menus Start Commences your download through either your Network Connection or the satellite phone that you have configured Force Disconnect Terminates a session and leaves the File Transfer screen WITHOUT launching any software to view downloaded products The Stop button is typically used when you realize something is not quite right with the data you have selected for retrieval and want to go back and adjust your selections without downloading or looking at any data After stopping File Transfer you are always returned to the same content selection mode Portal Basic or Library from which you originated Register for Service Launches the imbedded Registration Wizard to create a new account enter a pre existing username and password or start a temporary demo Done Closes the File Transfer screen and returns you to the mode which you working prior to selecting the File Transfer button The Settings menu loads the Account Gateway page The Help menu launches this Help file Icons The File Transfer icons cover Go Stop Account Gateway Close and View
108. ed by these changes Interactive Weather Parameters Map Lat 47 402 nN lon 122 323 w Width Deg 50 Map Loads the world map for Content Box re positioning Boxing To identify the area of the world for which you want to obtain weather or oceans data we must box it on the world map To box a geographic area on the world map move your cursor to the upper left corner of the area of interest to you Click hold and drag your cursor down and to the right until the box is the final size you desire A box that is 15 to 30 degrees in size on each side is about right for most applications Zoom Control There are several ways to zoom in and out of the world map Double left click anywhere in the map You are allowed unlimited zoom steps from the original view using the double left click approach to zooming Zooming via the double left click always centers the location of your cursor pointer at the center of the subsequent zoom response Use the Zoom In Zoom Out buttons at the base of the map to zoom in or out of the map Quick Tip The center point of the zoom does not change when using the buttons UNTIL the maximum zoom is reached Once the maximum zoom is reached the center point begins to move laterally Zoom out to 100 view of the world by clicking on the Change Map View button to the lower right of the world map Change Map View This button appears below and to the right of the world map and serves a couple of purposes
109. ements watches or warnings quantifying above normal tides will report the Storm Tide Storm Warning A warning of sustained surface winds or frequent gusts in the range of 48 knots 55 mph to 63 knots 73 mph inclusive either predicted or occurring and not directly associated with a tropical cyclone Subtropical Cyclones A non frontal low pressure system that has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones This system is typically an upper level cold low with circulation extending to the surface layer and maximum sustained winds generally occurring at a radius of about 100 miles or more from the center In comparison to tropical cyclones such systems have a relatively broad zone of maximum winds that is located farther from the center and typically have a less symmetric wind field and distribution of convection Subtropical Depression A subtropical cyclone in which the maximum 1 minute sustained surface wind is 33 knots 38 mph or less Subtropical Storm A subtropical cyclone in which the maximum 1 minute sustained surface wind is 34 knots 39 mph or more Super Typhoon Typhoon having maximum sustained winds of 130 knots 150 mph or greater Surf Zone Forecast SRF A forecast issued for the very narrow area of water between the high tide level on the beach and the seaward side of breaking waves Sustained Wind The wind speed value averaged over a minimum of one minute Swell Wind generated waves that have tra
110. en these files will download as a part of your next file transfer Un Select All Disables from download all of the files in the subject folder Delete Removes the subject file from the batch Delete Un Selected Removes all disabled files from the batch Properties Provides information about the subject file that is not otherwise displayed in the Batch Detail line item Downloading Content The purpose of the Portal Basic and Library modes is to help you find the weather and ocean data which you are interested in retrieving and viewing locally This section covers the actual retrieval of this information Retrieval consists of two core elements Account Settings and the File Transfer screen File Transfer screen The File Transfer screen is WeatherNet s connection to the outside world It offers both your last opportunity to inspect the data volume and pricing prior to download and start and monitor the WeatherNet data transfer It consists of five 5 major elements Menu Icons Interactive Weather settings Download metrics and File Transfer progress bars and status reports How to Use the File Transfer screen Go 1 Press Go to start downloading the weather and or ocean products you have selected in Portal Basic or Library mode 2 When you see the Transfer Done message at the base of the Status Screen messages click the Close and View E button to terminate the File Transfer screen and launch content viewing software select
111. er droplets on a vessel at a rate of 2 cm per hour or greater caused by some appropriate combination of cold water wind cold air temperature and vessel movement High Seas Forecasts HSF Marine forecasts for the major oceans of the world In this context major gulfs or seas e g the Gulf of Mexico or the Bering Sea are included within these forecast areas Areas of responsibility for the U S are determined by international agreements under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization WMO High Surf Advisory A High Surf Advisory is issued when breaking wave action poses a threat to life and property within the surf zone A high surf criterion varies by region High Surf Advisories are issued using the Coastal Hazard Message CFW product High Surf Warning A High Surf Warning is issued when breaking wave action results in an especially heightened threat to life and property within the surf zone A high surf criterion varies by region High Surf Warnings are issued using the Coastal and Lakeshore Hazard Message CFW product Hurricane Typhoon A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 64 knots 74 mph or greater Hurricane Warning Warnings for sustained surface winds of 64 knots 74 mph or higher associated with a hurricane are expected in a specified coastal area within 24 hours or less A hurricane or typhoon warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water or a combination of dangerously hig
112. erature taken at the same height as the air temperature measurement VIS Station visibility nautical miles Note that buoy stations are limited to reports from O to 1 6 nmi PTDY Pressure Tendency is the direction plus or minus and the amount of pressure change hPa for a three hour period ending at the time of observation not in Historical files TIDE The water level in feet above or below Mean Lower Low Water Nexrad Radar data is provided for over 150 US cities Data consists of Short Range Base Reflectivity SRBR radar returns Short range reflectivity reaches out to approximately 124 nm 143 miles We have chosen the SRBR as the intent of the radar data here is to provide the best assessment of near term or nowcasts of local weather information around these locations Data is reported in dBZ decibel values Colors in the radar return relate to the strength of returned energy as measured in dBZ decibel values with hotter colors associated with higher energies The table below provides a rough guide to the relationship between anticipated hourly rainfall rates and the dBZ values These dB values equate to approximate rainfall fates indicated in the table right 60 8 00 55 4 00 These are houny rainfallratesonlyand 2 2 50 are not the actual 47 t25 amounts of rain a 41 0 50 location receives The 36 9 95 total amount of rain received varies with 30 0 10 intensity changesina 20 Trace storm as well as the storm s mo
113. ers gt DVD CD ROM drives gt els Floppy disk drives D y Floppy drive controllers b ie Human Interface Devices gt Gg IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt 2 Keyboards p A Mice and other pointing devices gt E Monitors b amp Network adapters 4 b Other devices i Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM gt Ports COM amp LPT D om Print queues gt PB Processors b a Sound video and game controllers b Storage controllers p j System devices gt Universal Serial Bus controllers Step 8 Select Update Driver Software 4 b Other devices Ps ap gt Ed Ports COM amp Update Driver Software gt dh Print queues Disable D D Processors Uninstall D amp Sound video a Scan for hardware changes D Storage control gt E Sustem devices Properties Step 9 Select Search automatically for updated driver software How do you want to search for driver software Search automatically for updated driver software Windows will search your computer and the Internet for the latest driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 10 Click Install this driver software anyway a x Windows can t verify the publisher of this driver software gt Don t install this driver software You should check your manufacturer s websit
114. es City List Archive Files in Folders by Date If checked which is the default dated subfolders will be created when a newer version of a file is downloaded by WeatherNet When WeatherNet first downloads a file it is stored in the Transfer folder specified in your Data Management Preferences When you later for example the next day retrieve a newer version of that file and this submenu is enabled WeatherNet will automatically create a folder with a name consisting of the date of the original file and store that original file in that folder Each time that a newer version of an already present weather or ocean file is downloaded by WeatherNet the above process repeats and a folder name equal to the date of the file being updated is created Exit Closes WeatherNet Edit File level management functions Copy Applies to files moved to or in one of your WeatherNet batches To use the Copy feature 1 Highlight the batch containing the file s of interest to you 2 Left click once on the file in the Batch Detail section of the Library mode Quick Tip Shift left click to select multiple files within the batch in the Batch Detail section 3 Select the Edit menu and the Copy submenu Quick Tip You can also Copy by right clicking and selecting the Copy option from the resulting pop up menu You ve now copied the subject file and can use the Edit menu Paste submenu to place it into another batch Paste Allows you to place files int
115. es shore side for shorter trips It serves as a clearinghouse for several of the best sources of fishing data in the world both in GRIB and chart format Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Height Chlorophyll Ocean Color Plankton Mixed Layer Depth Salinity QUICK TIP GRIB products drawn from the same model for the same location will layer upon one another in OCENS GRIB Explorer This allows you to look through an image consisting of SST SSH and other variables at one time rather than try to piecemeal this picture together in your mind from several different screens Sea Surface Temperature Sea surface temperature in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree Sea Surface Height Sea surface height data in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree Sea Su
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117. essors b a Sound video and game controllers Step 14 Close the Device Manager window Step 15 You should be back on this window your device may not be listed Click Create Modem To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Nest You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers sie Na it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 16 You may need to enter an area code to continue if this window opens Before you can make any phone or modem connections Windows needs the following information about your current location What country region are you in now What area code or city code are you in now If you need to specify a carrier code what is it If you dial a number to access an outside line what is it The phone system at this location uses Tone
118. etwork Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Globalstar GSP 1 700 Modem v Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data v Dial up Network Connection Globalstar Packet Data created Device Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem added to Globalstar Packet Data Modem Soup Step 26 Select Globalstar Packet Modem as the Default Connection and Globalstar as the Type eS ee eN Then click Finish Your satellite phone connection is configured Configuring Globalstar GSP 1600 w Edgeport USB Adapter Win7 Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the GSP 1600 and set up the connection If installing on Windows 8 start with these instructions Otherwise skip down past this section Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button IGRIBS 5 P Por w GRIB 9 OCENS WeatherNet weather on demand Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway wxnet ocens net Port 443 v Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection In
119. etwork Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Iridium PPP Data Modem v Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect v Dial up Network Connection Iridium Direct Connect created Device Iridium PPP Data Modem added to Iridium Direct Connect Modem Seup Step 25 Select the Iridium Direct Connect option from the Default Connection list and Select Iridium Default for the Type and then click Finish If you have been directed to use Rudics service for data with your Iridium by OCENS you will need to select the appropriate service Rudics is a service that is use with Postpaid monthly airtime plans Then click Finish Your satellite phone connection is configured Configuring Iridium 9505a 9505 9500 w Edgeport USB Adapter Win7 Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the legacy Iridium phones and set up the connection Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon m Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button P GRIBS X wi CS aa E a OCENS Account Information WeatherNet Username weather on dem
120. f you have lt b an installation disk click Have Disk Manufacturer Models Standard Modem Types Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem Digi International Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem Iridium QUALCOMM This driver is not digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 19 Select the port that the Globalstar phone was listed on and then click Next Install New Modem Select the port s you want to install the modem on You have selected the following modem Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem On which ports do you want to install it All ports Selected ports COM1 COM2 COM4 Step 20 Click Finish Your modem has been set up successfully L kepsar parana aonar Phone and Modem isaac grate PA click the Modems tab select this modem and then click Properties Your new modem should now be listed Gq The following modems are installed t Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem COM4 Add PF Remove Properties Step 21 Click OK To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers OCENS for it then it will ask you to spe
121. figure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Iridium PPP Data Modem y Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect y Modem Setup Iridium PPP Data Modem COM3 Step 25 Click Yes Confirm you wish to create Dial up Network Connection Iridium Direct Connect for device Iridium PPP Data Modem L s JLo Step 26 Once the connection has been created click OK Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Iridium PPP Data Modem J Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect y Dial up Network Connection Iridium Direct Connect created Device Iridium PPP Data Modem added to Iridium Direct Connect Step 27 Select the Iridium Direct Connect option from the Default Connection list and Select Iridium Default for the Type and then click Finish If you have been directed to use Rudics service for dat
122. formation Default Connection Network Connection Type Advanced Connection Wizard Finish Cancel Step 4 Before proceeding make sure your satellite phone or the USB adapter that you are using is connected to the system and powered up The Add New Hardware Wizard may first ask you to install device drivers so follow its instructions before continuing here Drivers for most systems and OCENS supported USB devices can be found in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Plug in the Edgeport Adapter Windows should automatically install the drivers at this point Once the driver installation is complete you can the click OK Step 5 Click on Modem Setup Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel Itno device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Select network provider name No devices found make sure your device is connected or setup a new Modem device for it by clicking on the Modem Setup button below Step 6 You should see the Edgeport Serial Port listed here Click Create Modem centenedemdeee O To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard whic
123. g on the to the left of that category name 7 Find the area of the world in which you are interested and expand this area by clicking on the to its left 8 Find the data type of particular interest to you in this region and expand it by clicking on the to its left 9 Find the specific product you want for this data type a Left click hold and drag this product to the right and over the top of the batch you highlighted in step 4 above b Release your left mouse button or a Left click hold and drag this product straight down and into the batch detail section for the batch you highlighted in step 4 above The batch detail section stretches across the bottom of the Batch Detail screen b Release your left mouse button 10 Repeat steps 5 through 9 until you are satisfied that the batch contains all of the products you are interested in retrieving 11 Make sure your target batch is enabled Ga and a check is in all boxes to the left of the files you now see in the batch detail section 4 12 Press the Start Transfer icon or select the Tranfer Start Transfer menu to load the WeatherNet File Transfer screen 13 If downloading any GRIB data press the Map button on the File Transfer screen to make sure that the red Content Box is covering the correct area in the world 14 Press GO on the File Transfer screen Menus At the top of the Library mode menu are the six Library mode menus These menus include Mode Program
124. gram other than OCENS WeatherNet OCENS Mail and OCENS XWeb from accessing the connection established by the OCENS software
125. h requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers seh it Hai it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM1 Communications Port COM2 Edqeport Serial Port COM3 Step 13 You should be back on this window your device may not be listed Click Create Modem To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Nest You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers a ia it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by insta
126. h water and exceptionally high waves continue even though winds may be less than hurricane force Hurricane Force Wind Warning A warning for sustained winds or frequent gusts of 64 knots 74 mph or greater either predicted or occurring and not directly associated with a tropical cyclone Issuance time The time the forecaster transmits the forecast Knot Unit of speed used in navigation equal to 1 NM per hour or about 1 15 statute miles per hour Low Water Advisory An advisory that may be issued in the Coastal Waters Forecast the Nearshore Marine Forecast and the Open Lakes Forecast GLF to describe water levels which are significantly below average levels over the Great Lakes and coastal marine zones Marine Observations Report MOB A coded marine observation of the MAROB program whereby mariners report current marine weather conditions similar to the more in depth Voluntary Observing Ship program however MAROB replaces the BBXX coding in the report Pre registration and training is not a prerequisite for participation Marine Weather Statement MWS A product issued to provide mariners with details on significant or potentially hazardous conditions not otherwise covered in existing marine warnings and forecasts Marine Zone Specific defined over water areas contained in the various NWS marine forecasts These are the equivalent of Zones in the public forecast program Mean Lower Low Water A tidal datum The ave
127. hich extend back over the past 40 minutes are available Ocean Charts Sea surface temperature SST and ocean current charts are the most prolific element of the Ocean Chart category SST data is further differentiated into Fine and Medium spatial resolution sub categories with the distinction generally demarcated by a 10 to 15 km threshold Charts with a spatial resolution at or more coarse than 10 to 15 km are classified in the medium category E Ocean Charts H E Atlantic Northeast Region H Atlantic Northwest Region aia Australia New Zealand ai Bahamas E Baltic Sea ia Canada Atlantic Maritimes H Cape Cod os Cape Hatteras ci Florida H B Global B Gulf Stream ai Gulf of Mexico H B Indian Ocean aig North Sea aia Pacific Northeast Region aa US Southeast The Gulf Stream folder provides data from the US Navy Rutgers and Johns Hopkins Both the black and white and color versions of the Navy s Gulf Stream charts are available The most currently available US Navy charts are the ones accessible via WeatherNet D Navy Currents i US Navy Black amp White Northern Gulf Stream US Navy Black amp White Southern Gulf Stream Analysis including the Gulf of Mexico a US Navy Color Northern Gulf Stream US Navy Color Southern Gulf Stream including the Gulf of Mexico Quick Tip All Ocean Charts carry MetMapper headers that auto load MetMapper interactive geo layers after download These layers provide heads up display of lat lon
128. his Discussion is ves 9 Most Recent Discussion of Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream fee for this Discussion is waived wher Most Recent Discussion of Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream fee for this Discussion ts warved wher Gulf Stream coverage is broken down into Northern Southern Gulf of Mexico and Entire Stream sections Portal mode extracts the region appropriate to your geo location Most Recent BW Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 30N 80 to 958W MetMapper Chart Most Recent BW Analysis of the entire Gulf Stream 20 to 45N 55 to 81W MetMapper Chart a Most Recent BW Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream 32 to 45N 62 to 81W MetMapper Chart Most Recent BW Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream 20 to 38N 68 to 82W MetMapper Chart Satellite Imagery Satellite Imagery We believe we capture every corner of the earth s surface in one or more of the satellite images in our Satellite Imagery data set Data from both GOES geostationary satellites and higher resolution polar orbiting satellites are provided In many cases infrared visible and water vapor images are available For the North Atlantic and North Pacific regions products which layer surface analysis or wind wave weather charts on top of the most recently available satellite images also can be obtained and are updated four times each day E3 Satellite Imagery ce Alaska H Atlantic North Whole Basin ce Atlantic Northeast Region H B A
129. hlorophyll sensors are observing ocean features which can be obscured or contaminated from the perspective of a clean view reaching the satellite by cloud cover single day passes may contain large areas where no data could be reliably observed The 8 day composite takes a big step towards addressing this by analyzing all the data collected by a given satellite over an 8 day period If an area of the ocean is obscured by clouds on day 1 perhaps this location will be cloud free on one or more days 2 through 8 If it is data is pulled from that pass and used to fill in the target ocean region If an area is cloud free for more than one day the most recent day always replaces the older data The result is an 8 day composite file which typically contains much more usable information for a given ocean area than the single day most recent files GRIB Currents Data Sea Surface Currents Sea surface currents in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree GRIB Met Data 5 GRIB Met 4 FMX Europe m 500 mb Height ce Air Temp at 2 m a Convective Cloud Cower Lifted Index a Surface Pressure
130. hone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list g Y lt select device gt Built in Serial Port 2 Built in Serial Port 1 Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM Create Location Found 3 devices Step 6 Make sure that the Globalstar Packet Data option is selected for the network and then click on Create Location 0 00 OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data cancel Create Location Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM usbmodem1231 Step 7 Click yes to confirm the creation of the new Network Location Create Network Location Confirm you wish to create Network Location gt 99 j Globalstar Packet Data for device Qualcomm CDMA a Technologies MSM no Step 8 You may be required to enter your computers password to continue ___ _ __ ___ __ Connection Wizard is trying to modify the r 5 system network configuration Type your password to a
131. i _ Your WeatherNet software is now configured to use your Globalstar Configuring Globalstar GSP 1600 on Mac w Keyspan USB Adapter Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the GSP 1600 and set up the connection Using your satellite phone with your Mac requires that you us a Keyspan USA 19HS USB Serial adapter You will also need to have the Keyspan drivers for your OS installed prior to continuing this process These should have come with your device but can also be found in the WeatherNet DMG file NOTE Please make sure to reboot the computer after installing the Keyspan drivers Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon l Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button 00 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard lt 2 x PE _ ie a Y S58282088058m OCENS rs i Account Information WeatherNet Username weather on demand Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection Type Advanced Connection Wizard Finish 7 lt Bac
132. ile 1 q _ Alaska Bering Sea and Bristol Bay Weathe 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WXN File 1 H 3 _ Alaska Central Region Weather wxn 2713 2007 324 AM WAN File 2 d _ Alaska Fishing wxn 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WAN File 1 _ Alaska Peninsula and Aleutians Weather 2 13 2007 3 24 AM WANN File i Alaska Southeast Weather wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WAN File 2h _ Atlantic Canada Fishing wxn 2 13 2007 325 AM WAN File it _ Atlantic Canada Weather wxn 2 15 2007 325 AM WEN File 1 _ Atlantic Hurricane wen 2 13 2007 325 AM WXN File i _ Baharnas wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WAN File 2 _ Baltic wxn 2 13 2007 3 25 AM WEN File 1 Barents and Kara Sea wxn 2 13 4007 325 AM WAN File lte di t File name O Batch Files wan 4 To load Sample Batches into WeatherNet highlight a batch from the Windows list which appears after pressing the Install Sample Batches button and click on the Open button The batch will load into WeatherNet and appear in the upper right Batch section of the Library mode um a Brings you to the File Transfer screen from where you can start your download of weather and ocean data Content Library The Content Library located in the upper left wing of the Library mode contains the full suite of WeatherNet weather and ocean products It is organized in a hierarchical format in four levels The topmost level is the content category Each content category is then broken down into regions then classes of content within each
133. ill a projected value but the projection is based on actual rather than average sizes for these files Total Download Size is the actual size of the files on the way to you from the WeatherNet server Quick Tip The Total Download Time should give you a more reliable indication of the time and thus the cost of your transfer as its value is based on the actual sizes of the files being downloaded off of the server at this time rather than average values resident in the WeatherNet databases Status Screen Opening connection to wxsandbox ocens net Please wait one moment while the server processes your request Downloading 3 files Total data xfer 46402 Retreiving PYEB1L TIF Retreiving PKF171 txt Retreiving 44141 Wind Direction png Copying files to destination Moving C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample tmp PYEBIL TIF gt C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample PYEB 11 TIF Moving C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample tmp PK2Z17 1 txt gt C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample PKZ 17 1 txt Moving C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample tmp 44141 Wind Direction png gt C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample 44141 Wind Direction png Transfer done There is a wealth of information present in the status screen display Download progress and file information predominates but when things aren t working correctly the screen also provides useful debugging information for yourself and the OCENS
134. in a Great Lake not including the waters covered by an existing Nearshore Waters Forecast NSH Other Marine Reports OMR A free text observation summary prepared by a local Weather Forecast Office to provide mariners a listing of coastal marine weather observations Plain Language Ship Reports PLS A free text summary of Marine Report s MAREP MAREP is a program whereby mariners report current coastal marine weather conditions in the form of plain language reports to local Weather Forecast Offices Pre registration and training is not a prerequisite for participation Predominant Wind The wind that prevails and generates the local component of the significant sea conditions across the forecast area This is the wind included in all marine forecast products and is defined as a 10 meter wind except over the nearshore marine zones where it is defined to be the wind at a 3 meter height Primary control tide station A tide station where continuous observations have been made for a minimum of 19 years Its purpose is to provide data for computing accepted values essential to tide predictions and for determining tidal datums for coastal and marine boundaries The data series from primary control tide stations serves as a primary control for the reduction of tidal datum for subordinate tide stations with a shorter period of record The 19 year period is the official tidal epoch for calculating tidal datums Rapidly Intensifying As defined by and
135. ing information Grimsby market and price reports are consistently available GRIB Our GRIB data is divided into 4 sections GRIB Current houses all data associated with sea surface currents As of October 2013 it has surface current data for the entire globe from the RTOFS Global model and high resolution data from the RTOFS High Res model for the Atlantic Ocean GRIB Fishing contains sea surface temperature sea surface height salinity for the world and mixed layer depth data for the Atlantic Ocean GRIB Met provides access of weather products from the GFS and Navgem models that cover the entire globe land and sea as well as regional products for the European continent from the FeMax model GRIB Wind Wave stores access to the global except European seas NOAA Wave Watch 3 WW3 model as well as the regional seas around Europe Mediterranean Baltic Barents and North Sea The FMX regional model offers outputs at a low 15 nm between GRIB data points and a high 8 5 nm between GRIB data points spatial resolution High resolution data files are roughly 2 5 times larger than low resolution ones These models do not provide outputs for over land locations Ice WeatherNet provides ice data for both the Arctic and Antarctic regions as well as special reports for Alaska the Bering Sea and Cook Inlet Are Arctic Ice data is some of the most comprehensive found anywhere Quick Tip Keep in mind that agencies providing ice data may stop doing
136. ing the driver software for this device Iridium USB Serial Port Your Iridium phone should be listed File Action View Help 4 gy WIN J22ENVFQDOK b k Audio inputs and outputs 2 Batteries 8 Bluetooth jE Computer caw Disk drives amp Display adapters lt f3 DVD CD ROM drives gt Floppy disk drives b g Floppy drive controllers D ta Human Interface Devices b Ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers b amp Keyboards p R Mice and other pointing devices b E Monitors p oy Network adapters a Y Ports COM amp LPT Ea Communications Port COM1 ig Communications Port COM2 Y Printer Port LPT1 gt daa Print queues D n Processors al Sound video and aame controllers Step 11 Close the Device Manager window Step 12 You should be back on this window your device may not be listed Click Create Modem To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers sees ii it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it
137. ion eoo OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Iridium 9555 Handset wal Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect mal OCENS Iridium 9555 Handset usbmodem1231 Step 7 Click yes to confirm the creation of the new Network Location ne Ca B Create Network Location Confirm you wish to create Network Location Iridium 90 J Direct Connect for device Iridium 9555 Handset ro E Step 8 You may be required to enter your computers password to continue r A Connection Wizard is trying to modify the system network configuration Type your password to allow this Name Test Cancel CModify Configuration Step 9 Your new Network Location should now be created Click OK ao O OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Iridium 9555 Handset Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect Network Location Iridium Direct Connect
138. ions section by clicking on the New Batch icon They place the books ie weather or ocean files they are interested in removing from the library in those folders by dragging files from the left wing of the library over and into the folder they are using in the right wing of the library The list of book titles in a library folder is present in what we call the Batch Detail section extending across the base of the Library screen You can view these book titles by clicking on any folder in the Batch Operations section Press the Start Transfer icon or the Transfer gt Start Transfer menu item to have WeatherNet check your books out of the library by retrieving them from the WeatherNet server Only those books whose book titles in the Batch Detail section have a check mark AND AND AND AND whose batch folder in the Batch Operations section are enabled with a green check mark on the folder will be retrieved to you by WeatherNet How to Use Library Mode 1 Click on the New Batch folder icon in the upper right wing of the Library mode screen 2 Name the batch and assign its file viewing properties according to your preferences 3 Press OK 4 Left click on this batch name to highlight it in the upper right Batch Operations section 5 Move to the Content Library section in the upper left wing of the Library mode screen 6 Find the content category in which you are interested and expand the category listing by clickin
139. ist Over 1 000 cities from around the world are available for selection Cities are arranged in alphabetical city name order Manual Lat Lon Entry Enter the latitude and longitude of the location which you want to use as your Home Location Values should be in degrees and fraction of a degree So 30 degrees 45 minutes would be entered as 30 75 Also specify whether your latitude is North N or South S and whether your Longitude is East E or West W Quick Tip You can also specify your Home Location by drawing directly on the Portal Mode world map Doing so updates the Manual values on this Home Location page After doing so click on the Refresh List button to use this new location along with your existing content preferences to select target data Content Box Size Your preceding GPS City List or Manual Entry choice determines your Home Location It assigns a specific point to you in the world Most of the time however you want to be aware of the weather products around that point not just right on top of it The Content Box provides that context WeatherNet creates from the value you enter here a box with sides equal to that number It then searches through the WeatherNet database and finds those products of interest to you that intersect your Content Box A found product may be completely contained inside your Content Box most likely when you ve requested point data like buoys or a Nexrad radar report or have only a corner o
140. k Finish Cancel 7 rs Step 4 Make sure your Keyspan USB adapter is connected to your computer and then click OK OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Verify Device Connect 999 Before proceeding make sure your modem or satellite phone device is powered up and attached to the system Step 5 Select the Keyspan USA 19xx from this device list Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list vy lt select device gt Built in Serial Port 2 Keyspan USA 19H 2 Built in Serial Port 1 Keyspan USA 19H Cancel Create Location Step 6 Make sure that the Globalstar Packet Data option is selected for the network Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Keyspan USA 19H Select network provider name lt select provider gt Globalstar Packet Data Iridium Direct Connect IsatPhone Pro Keyspan USA 19H KeySeriall Step 7 A modem script installer will launch click Continue This will install the Globalstar Modem Script that is needed to communicate
141. le by 1 PM US East Coast time each of these days As with the Chris Parker data free files are available which tell you the date of the most recently uploaded Jenifer Clark files Charts are archived in WeatherNet Library mode for up to 12 days Portal mode only extracts the Most Recent products al E Jenifer Clark Gulf Stream 6 00 day Most Recent Sea Temp and Currents fe fb Date of most recent Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream analysis no fee vee Date of most recent northern Gulf Stream analysis no fee se Date of most recent southern Gulf Stream analysis no fee Most Recent BW Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 30N 80 to 98W MetMapper CI Most Recent BW Analysis of the entire Gulf Stream 20 to 45N 55 to 81W MetMapper Chart vee Most Recent BW Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream 32 to 45N 62 to 81W MetMapper Chart ne Most Recent BW Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream 20 to 38N 68 to 82W MetMapper Chart Most Recent Color Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 30N 80 to 38W MetMapper vee Most Recent Color Analysis of the entire Gulf Stream 20 to 45N 55 to 81W MetMapper Chart se Most Recent Color Analysis of the northern Gulf Stream 32 to 45N 62 to 81W MetMapper Chart Most Recent Color Analysis of the southern Gulf Stream 20 to 38N 68 to 82W MetMapper Chart ve Most Recent Discussion of Analysis of the Gulf Stream in the Gulf of Mexico fee for t
142. le would take about 4 minutes to download over Iridium 8 minutes over an IsatPhone and roughly a minute over Globalstar 4 Description A short summary of the file you are requesting Quick Tip The first word of each description refers to the file type either GRIB TEXT or CHART All files which appear in your Download List will be positioned for retrieval by WeatherNet when you click the Download button in the bottom left corner of the Basic mode screen Actual download occurs when you press the GO button on the subsequent File Transfer screen After your download finishes WeatherNet serves as a file manager as well as a content library and retrieval engine After a Download completes and you exit the File Transfer screen WeatherNet will auto launch the software appropriate to view the downloaded product s But sometimes you ll download products view them and then go do other things with your life Later in the day you want to view the downloaded products and analyze their content more completely How do you access these products after you have closed WeatherNet or the programs you are using to view your weather or ocean data lf you are in Basic mode downloaded products can be re viewed in two ways 1 Double left click on the file description in the Download List 2 Left click on a file in the Download List to highlight it then click on the View button below the world map In both cases WeatherNet will auto launch the appropriate s
143. lic Weather Files Help Sample tmp 44141 Wind Direction png gt C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample 44141 Wind Direction png Having retrieved the files to your computer WeatherNet now proceeds to move them from the temporary tmp folder its created to expedite the file transfer to the Destination Folder you have specified in your Data Management or Batch Properties settings Transfer done The all important Transfer Done message is significant for two reasons 1 It signals to you that the files have been retrieved and safely stored on your computer Once the Transfer Done message is presented in the Status Screen click on the Close and View Bs LS icon to terminate the File Transfer screen and auto load the viewing software associated with the content you have retrieved Software is associated with content by you in the Data Management or Batch Properties settings Satellite Phone Connection Information This section covers the step required to configure a connection via your satellite phone device Select the phone system you are using for detailed instructions on how to configure it Using WeatheNet with Optimizer WiFi Device Once you have installed the WeatherNet software on your computer you will need to follow these instructions to set the software to use the Optimizer connection The Optimizer is hands down the easiest and most reliable way to connect to your satellite phone as it requires no special drivers or modem
144. lick You cannot drag a map that is not zoomed Recenter and Reload Map If using a GPS the position of the Home Location icon will move on the world map and of course within your Content Box You might eventually notice that the Home Location is no longer near the center of your Content Box This is intended to remind you that there may exist a set of Content potentially more relevant to your present position in the world than that which is in the Content Tree right now The Recenter and Reload Map button helps you quickly address this condition 1 As the name suggests when you click on the Recenter and Reload Map button the Content Box is re centered around the present position of the Home Location icon and the world map re orients itself accordingly 2 If you now click on the Refresh List button just below your Content Tree WeatherNet uses that new Home Location and Content Box to rapidly extract a set of content for your updated location Change Map View This button serves a couple of purposes 1 The un zoomed global map is drawn with either the Prime Meridian 0 degrees or the Antimeridian 180 degrees at its center The Change Map View button transitions from one view to the other 2 The Change Map View button can also be used to quickly move you from any zoomed view to a full un zoomed global perspective Pointer Coordinates Display for you the latitude and longitude in degrees and fraction of a degree at the point
145. lick to choose my WMO MetArea MetArea Forecasts by Home Location _ Forecasts for Canadian Waters _ Chris Parker Bahamas _ Chris Parker Caribbean LIAI Unselect All Selected Zones Next gt Cancel If using the Point and Click approach click on the Point and Click button then on the map region around the United States to reach the general area of interest to you Caribbean Return to Wizard Left click on the specific forecast area or areas for which you want information Selected areas are filled with cross hatching Here s an example from the US Northeast region Status 39 43N 65 22W Zoom Out Accept Changes Left Click on an already selected forecast area un selects this area A double left click zooms you in within the region you are accessing Alternatively you can select the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons at the base of the forecast area map to move around the image When you are done choosing products be sure to select Accept Changes to exit The Accept Changes action moves you back to the main map for coastal or offshore text forecasts From here you can move into another region or click Return to Wizard to place you back into the Text Forecast content Wizard For high seas and Met Area forecasts a click on the Interactive Map button in the Text page moves you directly to the corresponding world map As with coastal and offshore maps Left click on the specific forecast area or areas for whi
146. lling a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 14 You may need to enter an area code to continue if this window opens Before you can make any phone or modem connections Windows needs the following information about your current location What country region are you in now F What area code or city code are you in now If you need to specify a carrier code what is it If you dial a number to access an outside line what is it p The phone system at this location uses Tone dialing Pulse dialing The list below displays the locations you have specified Select the Step 16 Click Add gj The following modems are installed Modem a Remove Properties Step 17 Select Don t detect my modem and click Next Install New Modem Do you want Windows to detect your modem Windows will now try to detect your modem Before continuing you should 1 if the modem is attached to your computer make sure it is tumed on 2 Quit any programs that may be using the modem Click Next when you are ready to continue IV Dont detect my modem will select it from a list Step 18 Select QUALCOMM and Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem then click Next j Select the manufacturer and model of your modem If your modem is not listed or i
147. llow this Name Test Cancel Modify Configuration Step 9 Your new Network Location should now be created Click OK OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data Network Location Globalstar Packet Data created Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM added to location Globalstar Packet Data Create Location Step 10 Select the Globalstar Packet Data option from the Default Connection list and select Globalstar for the Type and then click Finish 8 00 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard D 5 20a gynna m Account Information WeatherN et j Username weather on demand Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server x Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connectio v Network Connection J Type Broadband Dialer Optimizer Dialer Globalstar Packet Data E _z_z_ EESEEwee Finish G _ lt Back E finish Cance
148. lly in combination with wave heights exceeding 10 feet or wave steepness values exceeding local thresholds Alaska Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 23 to 33 knots A small craft advisory for rough seas may be issued for sea wave conditions deemed locally significant based on user needs and should be no lower than 8 feet Pacific Sustained winds 25 knots or greater and seas 10 feet or greater except in Guam where it is sustained winds 22 to 33 knots and or combined seas of 8 feet or greater Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas SCAHS An advisory issued by coastal and Great Lakes Weather Forecast Offices WFO This advisory may be issued within the Coastal Waters Forecast or Nearshore Marine Forecast products This advisory may be issued when wind speeds are lower than small craft advisory criteria yet waves or seas are potentially hazardous due to wave period steepness or swell direction Thresholds governing the issuance of Small Craft Advisories for Hazardous Seas are specific to geographic areas NWS Region Thresholds for Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas SCAHS Eastern Seas or waves 5 to 7 feet and greater area dependent Central Seas or waves greater than 4 feet Southern Seas 7 feet or greater that are expected for more than 2 hours Western Seas 10 feet or greater or wave steepness values exceeding local criteria Alaska Seas or wave conditions deemed locally significant based on user needs and should be no lowe
149. lobalstar GSP 1600 Modem Digi International Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem Iridium QUALCOMM A This driver is not digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 21 Select the COM port that the Edgeport adapter phone was listed on and then click Next Install New Modem Select the port s you want to install the modem on You have selected the following modem Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem On which ports do you want to install it All ports Selected ports COM1 COM2 COM4 Step 22 Click Finish Your modem has been set up successfully f you want to change these settings double click the Phone and Modem Options icon in Control Panel click the Modems tab select this modem and then click Properties G amp G The following modems are installed Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem COM4 PP Remove Properties Step 22 Click OK Step 23 Click Finish To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers Lo ee port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t liste
150. lowing modems are installed Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem COM4 Remove Properties Step 21 Click OK To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers for it a it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 22 Click Finish To add 4 modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers for it m it will ask you to specify your device s COM
151. mode for the first time Download Date Size Price Product Description 12 04 23 11 28 Kh 0 3 TEXT Modeled Seven Day Text OVER WATER Wind Wave Forecast for Y 12 04 23 11 28 2Kb 50 3 TEXT Meteo Model Seven Day Text Forecast of Meteorological Condition Items are added to the Download List by clicking on Content Buttons When selected a Content Button changes color and information pertinent to the selected button appears in the Download List Information which appears in the Download List includes 1 Download Date The date of last download by WeatherNet of this file If the file has never been downloaded by WeatherNet this reads N A 2 Size The estimated download size of the file you have selected The emphasis is intentionally placed on the word Estimated as the download size of some file types eg GRIB may change depending on the size of the Content Box you have drawn on the world map For this reason estimated sizes are more reliable for chart and text products than for GRIB products 3 Price The price you will be charged by WeatherNet to retrieve this piece of content This is the content fee only The fee does not consider the airtime cost of downloading the subject product Quick Tip A rough estimate of the number of minutes required to download a file can be made by dividing the estimated size by the following average transfer rates for popular satellite systems Iridium 18 IsatPhone 9 Globalstar 72 So a 72 kb fi
152. mple Batches and click on the Open button The batch will load into WeatherNet and appear in the upper right Batch section of the Library mode Properties Loads the Batch Properties module for editing ONLY the highlighted batch file Global Properties Loads the Batch Properties dialog This submenu sets default properties for ALL batches to be created in the future Transfer The Transfer menu is where you go to register for service or commence a download of weather or ocean data Start Transfer Takes you to the File Transfer screen to start your content download Register for Service Launches the inline registration wizard to create an account enter existing username and password information or establish a demo account Help Launches this Help file and shows you under the About OCENS WeatherNet the current version of WeatherNet with which you are working Toolbar The Library mode Toolbar contains six icons providing quick access to some of the most widely used elements of the Library mode Asl Moves you to the Basic mode 4 a ZAR ORT K Moves you to the Portal mode a Loads the first page of the WeatherNet Wizard ai A Launches the Find pop up which allows you to specify and refine your search for specific WeatherNet content The Find feature is a useful but often overlooked element of the Library mode that can be used to locate any file in WeatherNet The Find pop up includes Find Tel ll
153. mportant page for GRIB users in WeatherNet It is on this page in which you specify from which model or group of models you want your GRIB data extracted W OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard Di es CENS J N d Select your preferred sources of GRIB Wind Wave data over water only WeatherNet Europe Great weather on demand Global Seas a Wind 7 rr Model Preferences Wave FI E Select your preferred sources for GRIB General Met weather data Global Europe Surface Pressure SSIS SS SS OG GI GG GS Select your preferred sources for GRIB Fishing and Currents data Atlantic Adantic es Global MixedLayer Hi Res ja Chlorophyl Currents F El Sea Temp E F Sea Height Fl F sainty WI A MixedLayer Finish You ll specify here what GRIB models to use The page is seperated into three sections GRIB Wind Wave GRIB General Met weather data and GRIB Ocean and Fishing data Within each section the Global model sources are selected Depending on your area of interest you can incorporate basin specific model sources as well by simply placing a check mark in the corresponding control box WeatherNet offers access to multiple global weather and ocean models If the Global model sources are selected this is the default setting in WeatherNet on the Model Preferences page WeatherNet will search its database for any global model matching your content interest For example if you ve asked for Global Surfac
154. n WeatherNet that are inside this box The second option is to use the Tides Point and Click map Zoom into the Tides map see below by drawing a box around the area of interest to you or by clicking the Zoom In button Click on specific Tide sites to add them to your Content selection Tide icons will change from yellow to green in color when they are selected Click on it again to un select changes back to yellow World Chart Click on icon to Select Tides Forecast 3 Status 89 385 148 80E Zoom In Zoom Out Unselect Al Buoy and Radar Buoy We have several types of buoy information in WeatherNet The data in the Buoy folder consists of graphs of changes in the subject weather parameter over the most recent 4 days Available parameters include atmospheric pressure wave period wave direction wave height wind and sea temperature Not all Buoys however provide reports for all of these parameters Quick Tip Data in this Buoy category are the data extracted by the WeatherNet Wizard when it conducts its search Buoy Current Text Provides the most recent conditions for wind direction wind speed wind gusts wave height dominant wave period average wave period mean wave direction pressure air temperature sea surface temperature dewpoint visibility pressure tendency and tides in the following format YY MMDDhh WDIR WSPD GST WVHT DPD APD MWD PRES ATMP WIMP DEWP VIS PTDY TIDE yr mody hr mndegIl m s m s
155. ncing of all content in WeatherNet by OCENS professionals Be it text charts buoys satellite images or other content each of the tens of thousands of pieces of weather fishing or ocean data in WeatherNet contains a geographic center and bounding box These points and boxes are used by the WeatherNet content algorithm to match product preferences to location This is an incredibly powerful new component of WeatherNet Additional information on the GPS integration is available here WeatherNet Setup This section of Help discusses what you encounter when you first launch WeatherNet and how to register WeatherNet for demo and active accounts First Launch The WeatherNet Content Wizard is the first thing you will see when launching WeatherNet for the first time after its installation Seven content screens and a content preferences page are followed by Home Location GPS and account configuration pages Content pages Step through the Content Pages and select from them the types of weather fishing and ocean data in which you are interested You are not required to select any content on any page but if you select no content then WeatherNet cannot suggest specific products to you Content Preferences page This page is a fundamental component of your data selection interests particularly as they relate to GRIB data and models GRIB data matching your type and duration will be extracted only from those GRIB models you specify here Although we h
156. nd GRIB 3 Day Lifted Index Alaska Includes products of high relevance to fishing vessels operating in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea 5 Day Wind GRIB SpotCast 7 Day Wind Wave lay Waves GRIB 3 Day Wind GRIB 5 Day Surf Pressure GRIB 3 Day Wave GRIB 5 Day Precip GRIB 3 Day Precip GRIB High Seas Forecast AK Surface Analysis Alaska ea Ice Advisory West GOA Offshore Txt Bering Sea Ice Analysis East GOA Offshore Txt Bering Sea Ice Forecast N Pacific 500 MB Cook Inlet Ice Analysis Alaska Sat Image Europe Expedites access to GRIB weather data available for Europe the Mediterrenean Baltic and North Seas Also includes a link to satellite imagery covering Europe 5 Day EU Wind GRIB je SpotCast 5 Day Med W W 5 Day Med Wind Wave SpotCast 7 Day Wind Wave 3 Day EU Precip GRIB 3 Day Med Wind 5 Day EU Surf Pres GRIB 5 Day Med Wind GRIB 3 Day EU Wind GRIB 3 Day EU Surf Pres GRIB 3 Day Baltic Sea Wind GRIB 3 Day EU Precip GRIB 3 Day Baltic Sea Wave GRIB Surface Currents 3 Day N Sea Wind GRIB Sat Image over Europe 3 Day N Sea Waves GRIB Europe Fishing Wind and wave weather data and ocean information beneficial to fishing operations in the European region These data include sea surface temperature from three different sources on Weather Page 1 and sea surface height currents salinity and mixed layer depth on Weather Page 2 Weather Page 1 Weather Page 2 SpotCast 7 Day Wx Forecast Hi Res Curren
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158. ng whole latitudes and longitudes spaced at 1 25 degree intervals The models provide data for ocean regions only but unfortunately but unfortunately the global model does not cover inside the Mediterranean and for this reason we provide other Mediterranean targeted models for this sea NOAA GFS or AVN Global Forecast System GFS previously AVN amp MRF provides global data on a 1 0 X 1 0 grid It covers everywhere in the world including land points Caution The models may not provide valid data sometimes for large water areas inside barriers such as reefs e g Great Barrier Reef in Australia coastal islands etc Many small islands are invisible to the model If you are on the leeward side of an island forecasted winds and swell may be blocked If you are in waters at risk of tropical storms you cannot rely on this weather model for your storm forecast Many tropical systems and squalls are too small to be picked up by the global model Always use the text tropical storm outlooks from NOAA and the US Navy All the WAVEWATCH and GFS data updates are on4 cycles per day New data is available at UTC 08 00 14 00 20 00 02 00 WeatherNet and SpotCast will occasionally have problems getting data from NOAA servers These problems are beyond our control when their servers are down Data updates are closely monitored If the data hasn t updated it means it s not available A wonderful resource for better understanding and interpreting GRIB d
159. ntinually crawls the Internet updating the local content store of weather data on OCENS central server The server is stored in a secure co location facility with 100 guaranteed network access assuring the user the most complete and up to date repository of weather data anywhere Note that about one half of the weather products are generated locally and packaged specifically for WeatherNet The OCENS weather server interacts with the WeatherNet client application running on the users computer OCENS server accepts requests for weather data compresses the data packs the data into a proprietary data stream specifically designed for wireless data connections and sends the data to the client application The WeatherNet client application interacts directly with the user With the introduction of version 3 the WeatherNet client adds startling new capabilities that explore and auto suggest products for you based on your personal content preferences and your physical location in the world WeatherNet combines the immense library of WeatherNet s version 1 0 launch with the helping hand provided by the Basic mode of version 2 into its new Portal mode While preserving the capabilities of our existing Library and Basic modes the addition of the Portal provides quick access to just the data you want without losing access to the immense storehouse of weather and ocean products which is the WeatherNet library Regardless of the mode you like to use once you h
160. o the right of the Transfer Folder cell and use the subsequent Windows dialog to choose the storage location Quick Tip The Batch Enabled check box and Batch Name and Description text boxes pertain only to the implementation of the Data Handling preferences page under Library mode conditions These can be ignored under Portal and Basic mode configurations After Download Run Choose here whether you want to automatically Don t run an application If selected nothing will happen after downloading your WeatherNet but save it to the specified Transfer Folder Run OCENS MetMapper MetMapper is the only program to view special OCENS WeatherNet Animation files and an ideal program to use when viewing any Text Weather Chart Ocean Chart Satellite Imagery or other non GRIB product types This program will allow you to create animations from several frames of Weather Charts over time or manipulate and overlay the Ocean or Weather Charts from OCENS WeatherNet If selected MetMapper will auto launch after the download by WeatherNet of files compatible with it Run OCENS GRIB Explorer GRIB Explorer is the optimum viewer for all GRIB Files downloaded in WeatherNet This program will allow you to view and manipulate any GRIB data available in WeatherNet You can add 3 D Plotting time profiles and interface it with your GPS to get real time positioning on your GRIB Files If selected GRIB Explorer will auto launch after the download by WeatherNet of GRIB
161. o a WeatherNet batch without dragging the file from the Library shelves in the upper left wing of the Library mode To use the Paste feature 1 Highlight the batch containing the file s of interest to you 2 Left click once on the file in the Batch Detail section of the Library mode Quick Tip Shift left click to select multiple files within the batch in the Batch Detail section 3 Select the Edit menu and the Copy submenu 4 Move to the batch into which you want to place the copied files by clicking on that batch name 5 Move your cursor to the Batch Detail section of that batch 5 Select the Edit menu and the Paste submenu Quick Tip You can also Paste by right clicking and selecting the Paste option from the resulting pop up menu Delete Trashes a batch or file within a batch To use the Delete feature 1 Highlight a batch or a file within a batch by left clicking on it 2 Select the Edit menu and the Delete submenu Quick Tip You can also Delete by right clicking and selecting the Delete option from the resulting pop up menu 3 WeatherNet will ask you to confirm your interest in deleting the file or batch It will do so if you click Yes Find The Find feature is a useful but often overlooked element of the Library mode that can be used to locate any file in WeatherNet The Find submenu launches the Find pop up which allows you to specify and refine your search for specific WeatherNet content What Specify the
162. o so divide the Approximate Download Size value by the following average transfer rates for popular satellite systems Iridium 18 IsatPhone 9 Globalstar 72 So a 72 kb file would take about 4 minutes to download over Iridium 8 minutes over an IsatPhone and roughly a minute over Globalstar The Approximate Download Size can be converted directly to cost for those satellite systems where pricing is on a per megabyte MB basis and using the following kb to MB conversions 1 000 kb 1 MB 900 kb 0 5 MB 250 kb 0 25 MB 100 kb 0 1 MB If you are paying 10 per MB for Fleet Broadband data a 100 kb WeatherNet download which is a big download for WeatherNet standards given its compression capabilities would cost 1 in Fleet Broadband airtime Quick Tip The Total Download Size value underneath the lower status bar on the File Transfer screen shows you the actual size of the files which are on the way to you from the WeatherNet server Status Bars and Screen The two status bars and large empty status screen account for better than one half of the File Transfer screen real estate Their purpose is to provide to you feedback which you can use to monitor the progress of your download They can also provide important debugging feedback should there be problems with your download Status Bars Current File Transfer Status File Elapsed Time File Download Time Total File Transfer Status Total Elapsed Time Total Download Time Total
163. o the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers Ee eee port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C S atellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Create Modem Device Manager Step 24 Select Iridium PPP Modem from the device list and Iridium Direct Connect as the network provider name and click Create Connection Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel If no device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Iridium PPP Data Modem y Select network provider name Iridium Direct Connect y Modem Setup Iridium PPP Data Modem COM3 Step 25 Click Yes
164. o view subordinate Data Types Click on a in front of the Category name to collapse the Category a Data Type eg Surface Analysis Waves Sea Surface Temperature and the like Click on the in front of a Data Type name to expand the Data Type to view subordinate File Descriptions Click on a ahead of a Data Type to collapse the Data Type i File Description eg 1 day forecast of primary waves Surface analysis for the Indian Ocean and so forth A single left click on the selection box in front of the File Description selects and unselects the file Any file associated with a File Description prefaced by a selection box containing a check mark will be downloaded by WeatherNet at your next File Transfer session Quick Tip Right click on the OCENS icon in front of the Category name to enable or disable all subordinate Data Types underneath the subject Category Quick Tip Right click on the OCENS icon in front of the Data Type name to enable or disable all subordinate File Descriptions underneath the subject Data Type Quick Tip If unchecked a Data Type or File Description will remain unchecked in subsequent runs of your Content Wizard or Content List Tree refresh Quick Tip If your file description is truncated by the Portal mode world map hover your cursor over the File Description to view the full description The Refresh List button cross references the current position of your Home Location icon and its content box with your
165. ocean charts can be considerably larger Consequently the default weather chart type specified by OCENS in the Content Preferences page is black and white If you desire color charts when they are available change this default on the Content Preferences page to the color preference Text Weather Text forecasts are available for every corner of the earth or ocean in one format or another We package the selection of WMO Met Area high seas and US coastal and offshore forecasts in a slightly different manner than we do the selection of other text products and most other content in the Wizard These approaches are described below r SpotCast Wind Wave SpotCast Weather SpotCast Wind Wave Med These extremely popular WeatherNet products are reports produced on the fly by OCENS in response to user file requests If selected WeatherNet will return a 7 day forecast of wind wave conditions and or a 7 day forecast of general meteorological conditions at the lat lon point of your Home Location If your Home Location is in the Mediterranean be sure to select the Wind Wave Med SpotCast as we use a different source for these data than in other oceans Two types of reports are available The simplest and smallest is a text only output presented in spreadsheet format We also make available an enhanced version in html format This enhanced version color codes wind and wave outputs in the Wind Wave products and wind outputs in the Weather produc
166. of Wave amp Swell a Waves gill Wind oe WW Global j Waves a Wind Wind data is available from the global NOAA WaveWatch IIl model and regional models covering seas around Europe Wind speed and direction is available within each wind download Wave data reflects the primary wave direction and period as well as the significant height of wave and swells All three products are included within each wave download Quick Tip Within the OCENS SpotCastww htm wind wave report wind and wave data are color coded based on the Beaufort scale https en wikipedia org wiki Beaufort_ scale Winds above 31 knots and wave heights in excess of 7 m will flash within the report to highlight particularly hazardous time periods for the location under review in your SpotCast report Charts and Imagery Animation files Ice Ocean Charts Pro Services Satellite Imagery Weather Charts Animation Animation Animation files are special file types created for and compatible only with OCENS MetMapper These animation files bundle a package of weather charts or satellite images into a dynamic group of files which put the weather in motion for the subject region WeatherNet and MetMapper work with each other to keep the set of files included in each animation always updated so that each time you download the animation you are getting the most recent set of files appropriate for this animation Quick Tip As animation files consist of a group
167. of charts or images there size is always going to be larger than downloads of most other file types in WeatherNet Animation files are by default not a part of your Wizard searches To make them a part of such searches load the Content Preferences Wizard page and change the default from No to Yes Ice Ice WeatherNet provides ice data for both the Arctic and Antarctic regions as well as special reports for Alaska the Bering Sea and Cook Inlet Ice extent is the most commonly available ice information but broad scale ice concentration is available for some areas Quick Tip Keep in mind that most agencies providing ice data stop doing so during their local summer Thus during the Northern Hemisphere summer starting around April 1 and ending around October 1 ice data in WeatherNet will be stale Ice oO Alaska E 9 Ice extent a Antarctica GRIE i Ice Analysis j B Ice Concentration 2 Arctic il GRB H B Ice Analysis Hi Ice extent d Arctichesky i Ice Concentration B a Baltic Sea B E Ice Analysis ia Canada Atlantic Maritimes i Ice Analysis tes Canada Atlantic Newfdind gH Ice Analysis i Iceberg Canada Great Lakes BAA Ice Analysis ifn Greenland a Ice Analysis Ocean Charts Ocean Charts Sea surface temperature SST and ocean current charts are the most prolific element of the Ocean Chart category SST data is further differentiated into Fine and Medium spatial resolution su
168. of the File Description selects and unselects the file Any file associated with a File Description prefaced by a selection box containing a check mark will be downloaded by WeatherNet at your next File Transfer session Quick Tip Right click on the OCENS icon in front of the Category name to enable or disable all subordinate Data Types underneath the subject Category Quick Tip Right click on the OCENS icon in front of the Data Type name to enable or disable all subordinate File Descriptions underneath the subject Data Type Quick Tip Once unchecked a Data Type or File Description will remain unchecked in subsequent runs of your Content Wizard or Content List Tree refreshes This way if you DON T want a product suggested to you by WeatherNet you need not continue to uncheck it each time you revisit and Finish Content or Control selections or each time you click Refresh List Download Launches the File Transfer screen to commence the retrieval of selected files Close Terminates the Launch Wizard Download screen and returns you to the Library mode Program Submenus here control how WeatherNet interacts with content file lists and the WeatherNet servers Settings Moves you to WeatherNet account control settings for your username and password entry or adjustment as well as gateway access and port assignments Update File List Starts the process of checking for and conducting an update of your WeatherNet Content Database and or Marine Zon
169. of two components wind direction and speed Wave data GRIBs consist of three components direction of wave height of the wave or combined wave wind and swell and the mean period of the primary wave QUICK TIP A fast way to uncheck several products on a given product list is to click ALL then click it again This selects the de selects all products To the right of the product types select the number of forecast days to include in your output You may select from 1 to 7 day forecasts In most models there are four forecasts per day spread at 6 hour intervals through the day A 3 day forecast for example would contain 12 individual forecasts QUICK TIP The size of the GRIB file you download ie the area of the ocean and or earth surface it covers is controlled by the dimensions of the Content Box set by you on your Home Location control screen OCENS recommends box sizes of 10 to 15 degrees where degrees represent geographic degrees of latitude or longitude GRIB data selected here and later downloaded by WeatherNet require a GRIB viewer such as OCENS GRIB Explorer to analyze and animate the acquired GRIB data GRIB data in WeatherNet do not contain proprietary headers and can be viewed by any GRIB viewer which conforms to World Meteorological Office WMO standards for GRIB information Weather Charts Classical weather charts from NOAA and other national or international agencies can be selected here These are charts identical to wha
170. of wind on the local water surface On the Great Lakes because swell is not a significant factor WAVES is used to describe the state of the water WeatherNet tells me my download folder doesn t exist create a directory in the Data Management or Batch Preferences pop ups But when try to drag files to it in Library mode i get Windows error that says the folder is not found You are probably running WeatherNet on a virtual machine Make sure the path you ve told WeatherNet to save the files to is on the C drive in your Users folder and in the sub folder with your name on it Also best to put it in the My Documents folder in this sub folder My connection times out as try to connect through my satellite phone Go to the Account Gateway page and increase the Network Timeout for seconds before connection time out The default value of 90 is plenty for most satellite phones and setups IsatPhone Pro may require a slightly longer period of time Very slow downloads Often this is because malware adware or other programs on your computer are trying to access the connection that WeatherNet has opened in order to download weather data Although these programs are generally unsuccessful they bog down the connection as they compete for bandwidth It is always best to check your system tray and remove delete uninstall any programs for which you cannot explain their presence The Optimizer also helps deal with this issue It blocks any pro
171. oftware for expedited viewing Control Icons The Control Icons present on the Basic mode screen are located in its lower left corner These buttons are identical in function and nearly identical in form as the icons on the Portal mode screen The prominent Download button moves you to the File Transfer screen where you commence your download of the weather and ocean data you have selected with the Basic mode Content Buttons and which appear in the Download List above the world map g Moves you to WeatherNet account control settings for your username and password entry or adjustment aipin 00 el Loads the Data Handling preferences page to proscribe where you want your WeatherNet data stored on your computer and the software you want to use to view and analyze these data A thorough discussion of the Data Handling page is presented by clicking here a Starts the process of checking for and conducting an update of your WeatherNet Content Database and or Marine Zones City List i Takes you to the WeatherNet Library mode PORTAI Takes you to the WeatherNet Portal mode lam vy 2 Launches this Help file After Download After your download has finished WeatherNet serves as a file manager as well as a content library and retrieval engine After a Download completes and you exit the File Transfer screen WeatherNet will auto launch the software appropriate to view the downloaded product s But sometimes you ll
172. on Wizard button 00 OCENS WeatherNet Content Wizard S88 S28a8e80588 Ea OAA Bs J l OCENS A Account Information WeatherNet TERRAN weather on demand z Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway Weather Server Port 194 Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection gt Type Advanced Connection Wizard Finish Cena E Cree S Step 4 Make sure your Iridium phone is connected to your computer and then click OK OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Verify Device Connect 999 Before proceeding make sure your modem or satellite phone device is powered up and attached to the system o Step 5 Select the Iridium 95xx Handset from this device list OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list vV lt select device gt Built in Serial Port 2 Built in Serial Port 1 Iridium 9555 Handset J Create Location Found 3 devices Step 6 Make sure that the Iridium Direct Connect option is selected for the network and then click on Create Locat
173. on the Great Lakes between 22 and 33 knots inclusive Southern Sustained winds of 20 to 33 knots that are expected for more than 2 hours Western Sustained winds of 21 to 33 knots Alaska Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 23 to 33 knots Pacific Sustained winds 25 knots or greater except in Guam where it is sustained winds of 22 to 33 knots Special Marine Warning SMW A warning of potentially hazardous weather conditions usually of short duration up to 2 hours producing sustained marine thunderstorm winds or associated gusts of 34 knots or greater and or hail 3 4 inch or more in diameter and or waterspouts affecting areas included in a Coastal Waters Forecast a Nearshore Marine Forecast or an Great Lakes Open Lakes Forecast that is not adequately covered by existing marine warnings Also used for short duration mesoscale events such as a strong cold front gravity wave squall line etc lasting less than 2 hours and producing winds or gusts of 34 knots or greater Storm Surge An abnormal rise in sea level accompanying a hurricane or other intense storm whose height is the difference between the observed level of the sea surface and the level that would have occurred in the absence of the cyclone Storm surge is usually estimated by subtracting the normal or astronomic tide from the observed storm tide Storm Tide The actual level of sea water resulting from the astronomic tide combined with the storm surge Most NWS flood stat
174. once you have clicked Download The FTC screen provides estimated transfer times and costs and monitors the progress of your download s both with graphical progress bars and text descriptions of specific steps in the retrieval of your requested data 3 Click GO a If the Default Connection you are using is a Network Connection clicking GO immediately and directly accesses this network and commences your download b If the Default Connection you are using is a satellite phone clicking GO launches the Dialer which in turn opens up a connection and auto dials your satellite device 4 At the end of the download the FTC status box reports completion 5 Click the Close Transfer icon to the left of the Help icon This closes the FTC and then automatically launches the software you have specified to view downloaded information Re launches For all launches following your first launch WeatherNet returns you to the mode in which you were working before you exited All modes contain icons to move you to other modes The Portal mode also contains icons to place you into specific pages of the content Wizard Demo Registration OCENS encourages prospective customers to explore and familiarize themselves with WeatherNet A 3 Day demo is provided during which users have access to the full WeatherNet content library and all WeatherNet tools features and wizard capabilities No activation and content charges are applied during this period However only on
175. or which you want radar data even if the ALL box is checked Clicking ALL again un selects each of the products Buoy Like it does for its text forecasts WeatherNet provides you with a map of weather buoys available worldwide from which to choose one or more buoys for weather and ocean conditions prevailing at this location We follow this approach for buoy information because we are dealing with points rather than blocks of data and otherwise might return hundreds of results to our users with the search algorithm Si SPORE Sk SR ce a a 2 oss Left click on the buoy you wish to select selected icons turn from yellow to green Right click and drag to move the map in any direction Double left click to zoom into the map Mouse Cursor Coordinates 89 385 119 97E Zoom In Zoom Out Unselect All Buoys Finish Left click on a buoy to select it Selected Buoys turn bright green There is no limit on the number of buoys you can select Left click on a selected buoy to unselect it Click on the Unselect All Buoys button to do so and re start your buoy selection process Unselected buoys are yellow Double left click inside the map or select the Zoom In button to expand a group of buoys There is no limit on how many times you may zoom Right click hold and drag your cursor to move the map center QUICK TIP If you have WeatherNet running on a virtual machine you may have to use Shift Control Left Click to select and de
176. pled to the HYCOM model ocean surface data and available out 5 days WWs3 The WWS3 is a very reliable ocean model It does not however provide outputs whatsoever for areas over land Because of this ocean only focus it may not model inshore or coastal areas and you may find that as you move your cursor across the downloaded GRIB map you ll still be over water but receiving no feedback from your cursor tracking This is because you ve reached the edge of the data in our source GRIB model Note also that the only two variables that the WW3 models are wind and wave Data is forecast out 7 days Europe You ll notice a separate GRIB model for each of the seas around Europe one for the polar regions and one for the continent itself Although the GFS WW3 and NMG models provide outputs that cover these areas the nuances of these seas are captured much better in these local models We highly recommend the use of these local models when operating in the Mediterranean North Barents and Baltic Seas Data is forecast out 5 days Quick Tip There are High 8 5 nm spacing between GRIB data points and Low 15 nm spacing between GRIB data points spatial resolution wind and wave products available for each of the European seas If High Resolution data is desired be sure to select High from the GRIB Resolution setting at the top of the Content Preferences page Quick Tip Lifted Index data is also available from WeatherNet However it is not referenced
177. presents the length of the side of your box Consequently if you enter a value of 20 this means that 10 of those 20 degrees will be west of your Home Location with obviously the other 10 east of your location and in a north south direction 10 of those will be north of Home Location and 10 south GPS GPS Specifies the source of the GPS information you are using with WeatherNet when you state on the Home Location page that GPS will be the source of your positional information and the settings to use to capture your GPS stream Source Global Positioning System If WeatherNet will be reading position information from a comm port dedicated to WeatherNet select this option OCENS Software Positional Packet Select this option if you use OCENS MetMapper or GRIB Explorer and either of these packages obtain the GPS information directly from a comm port One or both programs must be on in order for them to read and pass the GPS stream along to WeatherNet Nobeltec Positional Packet If you use Nobeltec navigational software Nobeltec controls the GPS comm port and you have enabled Nobeltec s positional packet GPS sharing select this option Quick Tip There are no settings in GRIB Explorer or MetMapper to turn on to relay the GPS information they are polling Both packages automatically do so when GPS is enabled within them Timeout If the GPS signal is lost the system will cease looking for an update and report the loss to you after
178. pters gt lt 3 DVD CD ROM drives gt Floppy disk drives gt a Floppy drive controllers b G3 Human Interface Devices gt ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 4 lonMultiPortSerial gt Edgeport 1 gt Keyboards gt A Mice and other pointing devices gt amp Monitors b amp Network adapters a YF Ports COM amp LPT Communications Port COM1 Communications Port COM2 Printer Port LPT1 gt dp Print queues gt BB Processors b a Sound video and game controllers Step 14 Close the Device Manager window Step 15 You should be back on this window your device may not be listed Click Create Modem To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Nest You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers sie Na it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1
179. r Iridium Optimizer IsatPhone Optimizer MSAT Canada Optimizer MSAT USA Sailor Fleet Broadband Skipper Fleet Broadband Wideye If you are connecting directly to a satellite phone via a usb usb serial or serial cable and have run the OCENS Connection Wizard to install its drivers and dial up networking DUN to your computer you will see that DUN listed here as well Quick Tip MSAT users otherwise known as push to talk Westinghouse Mitsubishi or G2 phones must have an OCENS Mail account to use WeatherNet An async access fee is added to your WeatherNet annual fee for such accounts Advanced Loads a screen which may be required for some two stage dialing Generally you ll only need to access this area if asked to do so by OCENS support Connection Wizard Loads the OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard which will assist your install of satellite modem dialers and drivers if you are connecting to your satellite phone via a usb usb serial or serial cable Batch Detail The Batch Detail section is that section of the Library mode screen extending across the bottom of the page Its purpose is to inform about the contents of the batch you have highlighted in the upper right wing Batch Operations section of the Library mode Each Batch Detail entry covers 8 elements relevant to the subject file The first four elements are Batch Name Product Filename and Last Download Help Sample Product Filename Last Download MetArea 001 Offshore
180. r a piece of it encountering your Content Box for example a weather chart or satellite image And some found products will completely consume your Content Box so the Content Box will exist entirely within the boundaries of the product Of course the question is How big should make the box There is no right answer The answer you like will probably be the result of some testing of different sizes OCENS recommends a box in the 10 to 30 degree range Anything much bigger than this and your search is probably going to return both an overwhelming number of hits and numerous hits that may have little to do with the weather and ocean decisions you are going to be making But it all depends on the diversity of products in which you are interested and the goal of your search Quick Tip The value you enter in the Content Box Size cell represents the length of the side of your box Consequently if you enter a value of 20 this means that 10 of those 20 degrees will be west of your Home Location with obviously the other 10 east of your location and in a north south direction 10 of those will be north of Home Location and 10 south Home Location Icon Choose from one of five icons crosshair power boat sailboat home or hiker The icon you choose appears at the center of your Content Box on the Portal Basic and Library mode maps Content Box Dimensions Content Box Size Your preceding GPS City List or Manual Entry choice determines
181. r computer you will need to follow these instructions to install the driver for the Globalstar GSP 1600 phones and set up the connection Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon m Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button Account Information WeatherNet Username weather on demand Password Account Settings Weather Gateway Gateway wxnet ocens net Port 443 y Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out 60 _ Seconds before receive send time out 30 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection v Type Advanced Connection Wizard Step 4 Plug in the Edgeport Adapter Windows should automatically install the drivers at this point Once the driver installation is complete you can the click OK that you are using is connected to the system and powered up The Add New Hardware Wizard may first ask you to install device drivers so follow its instructions before continuing here Drivers for most systems and OCENS supported USB devices can be found in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder i Before proceeding make sure your satellite phone or the USB adapter Step 5 Click on Modem Setup Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It
182. r for you To do so go to your Data Management preferences or your Batch Properties dialog In these preferences specify that you want to place all downloaded GRIBS into one file by clicking on the box After download combine all GRIB files into one Below this checkbox enter the name of the new GRIB file that will be created from the combination of the downloaded individual GRIBS GRIE Combiner After download combine all GRIE files into one New GRIE File help file combine Browse Any GRIB files placed into this batch will now be combined into one file named help file combine grb and saved Once the download has been completed and you have exited the File Transfer screen you can view this file using GRIB Explorer or any other GRIB viewer software which conforms to World Meteorological Organization GRIB standards When are GRIB data updated The ww3 GRIB model at NOAA runs four times per day at 00 06 12 and 18 gmt It takes 9 hours to run the models at NOAA The WeatherNet robot then retrieves ww3 data from NOAA runs at 03 09 15 21 hours GMT Thus it downloads data from NOAA that is 9 hours old that is just the nature of the GRIB modeling computers at NOAA it can t be any sooner because it literally takes hours for the GRIB models at NOAA to run and generate all these data The data the WeatherNet robot retrieves from NOAA is IMMEDIATELY available through WeatherNet ONLY in the GRIB INTERACTIVE category of WeatherNet So for
183. r than 8 feet Pacific Seas 10 feet or greater except in Guam where it is combined seas of 8 feet or greater Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar SCARB An advisory issued by coastal and Great Lakes Weather Forecast Offices WFO for specialized areas near harbor or river entrances known as bars This advisory may be included within the Coastal Waters Forecast or Nearshore Marine Forecast products Waves in or near such bars may be especially hazardous to mariners due to the interaction of swell tidal or river currents in relatively shallow water Thresholds governing the issuance of Small Craft Advisories for Rough Bar are specific to local geographic areas and are based upon parameters such as wave steepness wind speed and direction and local bathymetry Small Craft Advisory for Winds SCAW An advisory issued by coastal and Great Lakes Weather Forecast Offices WFO This advisory may be included in the Coastal Waters Forecast or Nearshore Marine Forecast products This advisory may be issued when wave heights are lower than small craft advisory criteria yet wind speeds are potentially hazardous Thresholds governing the issuance of small craft advisories are specific to geographic areas NWS Region Thresholds for Small Craft Advisory for Winds SCAW Eastern Sustained winds ranging between 25 and 33 knots except 20 to 25 knots lower threshold area dependent to 33 knots for harbors bays etc Central Sustained winds or frequent gusts
184. rNet will automatically fill this field for you during the inline registration process Weather Gateway Should always be set to WeatherNet Server unless you are instructed by OCENS to use an alternate Port Should always be set to 194 unless otherwise instructed to do so by OCENS Network Timeouts If for some reason there is a long delay in response time over your connection adjust these values upward Connection Information If you are working from the home office connecting via wifi to the Internet or connecting to a satellite broadband device that you do not want managed through WeatherNet select Network Connection Select the Satellite phone you are using if you want your connection to your satellite phone managed auto on retrieval auto disconnect for you by WeatherNet Using the Portal Mode Once you have used the Wizard to configure WeatherNet with your Content and Control preferences you ll likely spend most of your time in WeatherNet on the Portal mode page It can be broken down into four main elements described in this section Map and Map Controls Wizard Quick Access Icons Control Icons Content List or Tree How to Use Portal Mode 1 Complete your Wizard selections and click on the Finish button on any Wizard screen 2 Expand the Content List or Content Tree and check any of the products WeatherNet has chosen for you and which you are interested in downloading to your computer 3 Press Download to re
185. rage of the lower low water height of each tidal day observed over the National Tidal Datum Epoch For stations with shorter series simultaneous observational comparisons are made with a control tide station in order to derive the equivalent datum of the National Tidal Datum Epoch Moderate Seas Sea conditions associated with regionally defined wind thresholds over bays inlets harbors inland waters and estuaries where waves or seas have whitecaps and some spray Nautical Mile Unit of distance equal to about 1 15 statute miles length of 1 minute of latitude Navigational Teleprinter Exchange NAVTEX Forecast A marine forecast combining various coastal waters and offshore forecasts issued to accommodate the USCG NAVTEX communication system Nearshore Marine Forecast NSH The seasonal marine forecast for an area of the Great Lakes from a line approximating mean low water datum along the coast or an island including bays harbors and sounds out to 5 NM North Wall Coast side boundary of the Gulf Stream generally extending northeast from Cape Hatteras where the Gulf Stream turns northeast Offshore Waters Forecast OFF A marine forecast for that portion of the oceans gulfs and seas beyond the coastal waters extending to a specified distance from the coastline to a specified depth contour or covering an area defined by specific latitude and longitude points Open Lakes Forecast GLF The marine forecast for the U S waters with
186. ration of your GPS with your on screen classical weather and ocean charts Charts can be viewed without MetMapper but they will not display the interactive layers SpotCast SpotCast SpotCast is a product developed by OCENS to provide you point specific weather and wind wave information SpotCast Weather data is available worldwide in two formats Simple Text or HTML The HTML version provides an interactive screen alerting to you to areas of high wind and high lifted index Values are color coded in accordance with colors designated for the Beaufort Wind Scale https en wikipedia org wiki Beaufort_scale Values above 31 knots are color coded and flash Lifted index values less than 4 are coded red to alert you to areas of high atmospheric instability SpotCast Wind Wave products are also available in text and HTML formats Alerting in the html wind wave product is similar to that in the general weather product with the addition of wave alerts Any wave heights greater than 7 m flash within the table Note that if you are interested in an area within the Mediterranean you must select the SpotCast products for the Mediterranean These are 5 day forecast products Quick Tip In Portal Mode WeatherNet will auto select the Med SpotCast products for you if your Home Location box is positioned within the Mediterranean Sea and you have asked for SpotCast products SpotCast SpotCast Weather 423 Weather SpotCast 7 day forecast wi
187. rea of the world for which you want to obtain weather or oceans data we must box it on the world map To box a geographic area on the world map move your cursor to the upper left corner of the area of interest to you Click hold and drag your cursor down and to the right until the box is the final size you desire A box that is 15 to 30 degrees in size on each side is about right for most applications Zoom Control There are several ways to zoom in and out of the world map Double left click anywhere in the map You are allowed unlimited zoom steps from the original global view using the double left click approach to zooming Zooming via the double left click always centers the location of your cursor pointer at the center of the subsequent zoom response Use the Zoom slider at the lower left corner of the map to zoom in or out of the map Click on the or terminal ends or any point along the slider to increase or decrease the Zoom view Quick Tip The center point of the zoom does not change when using the slider UNTIL the maximum zoom is reached Once the maximum zoom is reached the center point begins to move laterally Zoom out to 100 view of the world by clicking on the Change Map View button to the lower right of the world map Change Map View This button appears above and to the right of the world map and serves a couple of purposes 1 The un zoomed global map is drawn with either the Prime Meridian 0 degrees or the An
188. reen 4 is completed A demo account will be created on the server in just a few minutes Demo accounts created using the Registration Wizard can be created 24 hours per day 365 days per year New User Active Account Registration Active accounts can be created remotely and in line with the software or by completing and submitting a service agreement downloaded from the OCENS com web page or sent to the customer by email The in line process for New Customers is described below If you are a new WeatherNet user have launched WeatherNet after installation and have progressed through and finished or cancelled the Content Wizard for the first time you should notice a REGISTER button in the lower left portion of the main Portal mode screen You will also find a REGISTER button at this location if your three day DEMO registration has expired An active account can be created by clicking on this REGISTER button on the Portal mode screen or under the Transfer Register for Service menu of the Library mode Screen 1 of the Registration Wizard describes the Registration process and its options Screen 2 provides three Registration pathways Prospects interested in an Active account should follow the Create New Account pathway Screen 3 clarifies if you will be connecting through a Network Connection or a satellite phone If you choose the latter our Satellite Phone Installer will auto launch and assist you with the process of installing
189. region and ultimately specific content files Content Categories There are presently 18 WeatherNet content categories I D Animation i Basic Mode i Buoy i Buoy Current Text 00 Fish Prices a GRIB Currents E GRIB Fishing GRIB Met 19 GRIB WindWave i Ice H E Nexrad i Ocean Charts 4 0 PRO Services m Satellite Imagery J B SpotCast pE Ted i Tides Gi Weather Charts Animation Animation files are special file types created for and compatible only with OCENS MetMapper These animation files bundle a package of weather charts or satellite images into a dynamic group of files which put the weather in motion for the subject region WeatherNet and MetMapper work with each other to keep the set of files included in each animation always updated so that each time you download the animation you are getting the most recent set of files appropriate for this animation Quick Tip As animation files consist of a group of charts or images there size is always going to be larger than downloads of most other file types in WeatherNet Animation files are by default not a part of your Wizard searches To make them a part of such searches load the Content Preferences Wizard page and change the default from No to Yes Basic Mode This category replicates all of the buttons associated with each Basic mode Personality As such you can incorporate products you have found useful in your Basic mode searches into Library mode batches you are cus
190. rface Salinity Sea surface salinity data in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree Mixed Layer Depth Mixed layer depth data in WeatherNet is only available for the Atlantic basin It is sourced from the RTOFS Atlantic ocean model at a spatial resolution of 0 132 deg lat by 0 068 long One forecast is produced each day Chlorophyll Chlorophyll data is obtained from sensors on three satellites These satellites are the VIIRS MODIS A and MODIS T Data is at a spatial resolution of 4 km 1 25 degree and are presented in two forms a daily most recent pass output and an 8 day composite The daily output is a synthesis of all the passes by a given satellite for the subject day It is generally available by 12 UTC of the day following the collection day these are satellite observations not modelled outputs that have been converted to a GRIB format The 8 day composite is as the name suggests a collection of all the passes from a given satellite sensor over an 8 day period Because the chlorophyll sensors are observing ocean features which can be obscured or contaminated from the perspective of a
191. s tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers dal ah aaa s COM port see list OCENS These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 7 Right click on the Edgeport 1 device File Action View Help e s m B amp 4 gy WIN J22ENVFQDOK b a Audio inputs and outputs gt Batteries b Q Bluetooth b jE Computer gt Disk drives gt M8 Display adapters b amp amp DVD CD ROM drives gt ed Floppy disk drives D E Floppy drive controllers b G3 Human Interface Devices gt ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt Keyboards D A Mice and other pointing devices b amp Monitors b Network adapters 4 Other devices n Edgeport 1 b IP Ports COM amp LPT gt Gp Print queues gt BB Processors b a Sound video and game controllers b Storage controllers gt gl System devices gt Universal Serial Bus controllers n Step 8 Select Update Driver Software 4 b Other devices I UrdteDiverSofoare Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Launches the 7 Step 9 Select Search automatically
192. sable menu on the subsequent pop up An Enabled batch carries a green check mark on it a A batch which is Disabled carries a red X on it E Files will not download if the batch which holds them is Disabled All the batches in your Batch Operations wing can be Enabled or Disabled at once by right clicking anywhere within the wing and selecting Enable All Batches or Disable All Batches from the resulting pop up Batch Management Pop Up The Batch Management pop up is loaded by right clicking anywhere within the Batch Operations wing of the Library mode Enable Disable Enable All Batches Disable All Batches Delete All Disabled Batches Delete Rename Export This Batch Import Batch Properties Enable Disable If a batch is Disabled Ga clicking here Enables it Lv Conversely if a batch is Enabled clicking here Disables it Enable All Batches Activates all batches so that all content in these batches is eligible for download Disable All Batches Deactivates all batches No content will be downloaded if a File Transfer is commenced Delete All Disabled Batches A shortcut to remove multiple batches when they are disabled Delete Eliminates the highlighted batch Rename Loads the New Batch Properties pop up to allow you to specify a new name for the highlighted batch Export this Batch Loads the Sample Batch folder on your computer and displays a default name batch wxn under which the batch can be saved At this point any name c
193. scceeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeeaeeeeesseesaess 232 can t get WeatherNet to download through my computer firewall cc ccc ceeccceceeeeeeaeeseeeeaeeeneees 233 Will WeatherNet work on My Mac ou cccccccccccccsecceececeeceeeeseeecaneceaceseeesaueeeacesaeessueeseessueeseeesaeeeseeess 234 NOAA Wear TeS donara ine ouatisuied fouls tan a T 239 WeatherNet tells me my download folder doesn t exist 0 0 eee ceeccceeeceeeee sete eeteeeeseeeseeeeaeeeseeesaeeees 244 My connection times out as try to connect through my satellite phone cee cece sees eee eeee ees 245 VOV SOW 01 0 10 67s 0 Caen a RnRe ae cee ree ete eee en een Pea ee eee OnE See ee One ene ee ee eM ee eee Rey ee eee 246 WeatherNet Weather on Demand Help for WeatherNet version 4 What is WeatherNet What is WeatherNet OCENS WeatherNet provides convenient cost effective access to thousands of pieces of highly compressed weather and ocean content Designed for the SatComm or cellular customer who must acquire critical weather and ocean data through the restricted bandwidths associated with these wireless devices WeatherNet s compression and efficiency saves its users both time and money In fact WeatherNet is so effective users will spend less on data access and retrieval with this fee based service than they will accessing freely available data directly from the Internet WeatherNet consists of three components The OCENS Internet Robot co
194. selected marine products Great Lakes Marine Alert Message MAW A message generated whenever storm force or greater winds are included in any open lakes forecast Great Lakes Marine Forecast MAFOR A coded version appended to each of the Great Lakes open lakes forecasts Great Lakes Marine Monitoring MARMON An automated program housed at WFO Cleveland which compares observations with concurrent MAFORs and provides notification of significant differences to appropriate Great Lakes WFOs Great Lakes Storm Summary A message providing updated information whenever a storm warning is in effect on any of the Great Lakes Great Lakes Weather Broadcast _AWEB An observation summary prepared to provide Great Lakes mariners with a listing of weather observations along or on the Lakes Gust A fluctuation of the mean wind speed with variations of 10 knots or more between peaks and lulls Gusts should usually not be included in the forecasts with wind speeds below 10 knots Winds will be considered gusty when gusts are regularly observed over a time period of more than 2 hours Hague Line The North Atlantic boundary between the U S and Canada fishing waters as determined by the World Court located in The Hague Netherlands Heavy Freezing Spray Warning A warning that may be issued within the Offshore Waters Forecast the Coastal Waters Forecast the Nearshore Marine Forecast and the Open Lake Forecast GLF An accumulation of freezing wat
195. sented here Description A more detailed discussion of the subject product File Enabling Disabling Files within a batch can be enabled and disabled A checkbox is present at the far left of each file included in the Batch Detail section in the column headed by the batch name Help Sample O E If a there is a check in the box then the associated file will be downloaded with your next File Transfer IF the batch in which the file is located is ALSO enabled If there is not a check in the box then the associated file will NOT be downloaded with your next File Transfer even if the batch in which the file is located is enabled Batch Detail Pop Up Batch Detail pop up A right click anywhere within the Batch Detail section loads a pop up with several file processing shortcuts View View With Copy Paste Select All Un Select All Delete Delete Un Selected Properties View Launches the default viewing program for the file you have highlighted in the Batch Detail section The default viewing program is specified in the Properties of the Batch with which you are working View with Displays all available alternative applications in which the target file can be viewed Copy Copies the highlighted file Paste Pastes into this batch a file you have copied from another batch Select All Enables for download all of the files in the subject folder Quick Tip lf the batch in which these files are located is also Enabled th
196. so for lower latitude areas during their local summer j Ice Alaska ce Antarctica a Arctic H B Arctichesky ia Baltic Sea ce Canada Atlantic Maritimes a Canada Atlantic Newfdind ce Canada Great Lakes a Greenland Nexrad Radar data is provided for over 150 US cities Data consists of Short Range Base Reflectivity SRBR radar returns Short range reflectivity reaches out to approximately 124 nm 143 miles We have chosen the SRBR as the intent of the radar data here is to provide the best assessment of near term or nowcasts of local weather information around these locations Data is reported in dBZ decibel values Colors in the radar return relate to the strength of returned energy as measured in dBZ decibel values with hotter colors associated with higher energies The table below provides a rough guide to the relationship between anticipated hourly rainfall rates and the dBZ values These dB values equate to approximate rainfall rates indicated in the 65 16 table right 60 8 00 55 4 00 These are hourly m rainfall rates onlyand 22 2290 are not the actual 47 1 25 amounts of rain a 41 0 50 location receives The total amount of rain received varies with 30 0 10 intensity changes ina a9 Trace storm as well as the storm s motion over the ground 36 0 25 20 Norain In Portal mode only the most recent radar return is extracted by the Wizard In Library mode the most recent eight 8 returns w
197. ss the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Nest You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers sie Na it will ask you to specify your device s COM port see list ow These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 16 You may need to enter an area code to continue if this window opens Before you can make any phone or modem connections Windows needs the following information about your current location What country region are you in now What area code or city code are you in now If you need to specify a carrier code what is it If you dial a number to access an outside line what is it The phone system at this location uses Tone dialing Pulse dialing Step 17 The Phone and Modems window should be open Select the Modems Tab The list below displays the locations you have specified Select the Step 18 Click Add B amp B The following modems are installed Modem Geneve Propet Step 19 Select Don t detect my modem and click Next
198. st driver software for your device unless you ve disabled this feature in your device installation settings gt Browse my computer for driver software Locate and install driver software manually Step 13 Once the driver has been updated click Close Windows has successfully updated your driver software Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device Edgeport Serial Port Your Edgeport adapter should be listed with a COMH File Action View Help e9 mE HME FRE 4 hy WIN J22ENVFQDOK gt amp Audio inputs and outputs gt Batteries b Bluetooth b j Computer gt Disk drives gt E Display adapters gt lt 3 DVD CD ROM drives gt Floppy disk drives gt a Floppy drive controllers b G3 Human Interface Devices gt ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 4 lonMultiPortSerial gt Edgeport 1 gt Keyboards gt A Mice and other pointing devices gt amp Monitors b amp Network adapters a YF Ports COM amp LPT Communications Port COM1 Communications Port COM2 Printer Port LPT1 gt dp Print queues gt BB Processors b a Sound video and game controllers Step 14 Close the Device Manager window Step 15 You should be back on this window your device may not be listed Click Create Modem To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Pre
199. st run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Nest You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers a ee nee port see list w These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 14 You may need to enter an area code to continue if this window opens Before you can make any phone or modem connections Windows needs the following information about your current location What country region are you in now x What area code or city code are you in now If you need to specify a carrier code what is it If you dial a number to access an outside line what is it The phone system at this location uses Tone dialing Pulse dialing Step 15 The Phone and Modems window should be open Select the Modems Tab The list below displays the locations you have specified Select the Step 16 Click Add B amp B The following modems are installed Modem Geneve Propet Step 17 Select Don t detect m
200. support team Some key elements Opening connection to wxsandbox ocens net Please wait one moment while the server processes your request The first few lines describe WeatherNet s parlay with the WeatherNet server It tells you immediately it is trying to open the connection to the server and over Network Connections almost immediately posts the Please wait one moment message It may take a few seconds for this message to post to the screen over satellite systems but if more than 30 seconds pass without such message this is usually indicative of a poor or unavailable satellite connection If the message wxSocket Error is displayed instead of the Please wait you are not connecting to your satellite phone Various other connection errors are posted on this line as well Downloading 3 files Total data xfer 46402 Retreiving PYEB11 TIF Retreiving PKZ171 tet Retreiving 44141 Wind Direction png The actual download is now commencing WeatherNet first summarizes the number of files downloading and their aggregate file size It then progresses through the download and posts a new line for each file retrieved Copying files to destination Moving C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample tmp PYEBIL TIF gt C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample PYEB 11 TIF Moving C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample tmp PK2 17 1 tet gt C Users Public Weather Files Help Sample PKZ 171 tet Moving C Users Pub
201. t Non technical or as non technical as we can make them explanations of some of the error messages you might encounter in WeatherNet Execution of command error a Execution of command WEXGB exe C Users Public Weather Ner Filestavnwind Lday grb failed error 2 the system cannot find the file specified OK This occurs when you are trying to launch a GRIB file that you ve downloaded with WeatherNet but haven t told WeatherNet what GRIB viewer i e GRIB Explorer to use Correct by loading the Data Handling preferences page and selecting Use GRIB Explorer for GRIBs only or associating another grib viewer on your computer with the GRB file extension Empty file header response received from server Usually means you are attempting to download a file for which the compression algorithm is corrupting the image Contact OCENS with the error message and filename Error 692 Usually means you have your satellite phone connected to a communications port on your computer that is different than the one it was connected to when you first setup your phone to work with your computer Could also mean you simply don t have your phone plugged into any computer comm port You can address the problem by plugging your phone into a different comm port on your computer or uninstalling the phone drivers and dial up networking setup prevailing on your computer and reinstall with the new comm port location for your phone Errors 10
202. t databases have been reviewed and updated The latest GRIB models have been incorporated into our weather libraries and new GRIB content such as chlorophyll and the CAPE index have been added Mapping overlays for weather charts ocean charts and satellite images have been reviewed All in all Version 4 represents the culmination of several years of upgrading of the WeatherNet client and server capabilities We hope you enjoy it Content and Control Wizard The new WeatherNet Wizard provides you with a venue to easily specify the classes of weather fishing and ocean data of interest In prior versions of WeatherNet users were responsible for either hand picking individual product items from the myriad of such products in the WeatherNet library mode or working with just a subset of those products in its Basic mode The content Wizard reflects a fresh approach which combines the best of both approaches Simply tell the Wizard you are interested in 3 day wind gribs or surface analysis weather charts or sea surface temperature data or any other product and it will inventory the WeatherNet database cross reference matching products to your geographic location and quickly provide you with a set of suggested products matching your criteria In short the content Wizard draws upon the full capacity of the WeatherNet content library but presents only that segment of the library matching your interests The control Wizard extends the point and click metaphor of
203. t properties pop up where batches can be enabled disabled deleted and exported New Batch New Batch Clicking on the New Batch icon loads the New Batch pop up New Batch BS a Batch Enabled Date Created 05 01 2012 Batch Description Transfer Folder C Users Public Weather Files Browse After Download C Don t run an application O Run file associated application Run View O Run MetMapper on images C Run selected application V Run GRIB explorer on GRIBs only Application k Browse Arguments Downloaded Files as Arquments Interactive Weather E Override Map N E Width Deg GRIB Combiner After download combine all GRIB files into one New GRIB File Browse The New Batch page consists of five major segments Name and Description Transfer Folder After Download Interactive Weather and GRIB Combiner Name and Description Any name entered here is displayed in the Batch Operations section of the Library mode Its important to consider naming the batch you are about to create in a manner that triggers a connection between the name and the type of files you place into it A description is not necessary but can be used to capture detail about the batch contents you are not able to place into the name Transfer Folder The Transfer folder section is used by you to tell WeatherNet where you want your weather and or ocean data stored on your computer To specify the path to these data click on the Browse button t
204. t using the Beaufort wind scale color coding When wave heights exceed 7 meters or wind speeds greater than 31 knots we also flash the value cell or cells to draw your attention to these potentially dangerous conditions We also colorize Lifted Index values which are lower than 4 as these are periods of time at the target location that demonstrate high atmospheric instability Sample outputs for each of our SpotCast products are presented below Note that a download of the alert enhanced html product will be slightly larger than the text only product SpotCast Weather html format with alerts OCENS COM SpotCast Location 77 60N 60 95W Model Cycle 08 22 002 UTC DATE HR LFTIDX PRECIP SURF PRES CLOUD AIR TEMP g g 1 5 3 g 1 8 5 A 3 g 3 g 8 1 i 1 3 76 7 2043 E 90 5 E ag a il 0 06 1016 87 5 2472 08 23 007 0 04 1015 80 3 2142 E90 08 23 067 0 00 1015 1277 4 ESE 116 08 23 127 1015 i4i4 aa E 30 1014 08 23 182 08 24 062 03 24 122 06 25 062 06 25 127 0 00 08 26 062 08 26 122 08 26 182 08 27 002 08 27 06Z 08 27 122 08 27 18z 0 29 cal E90 867 5 2499 0 25 ESE 108 0 00 oe 153 E90 0 00 E 0 0 1016 0 08 10i7 0 12 1017 5 44 88 54 76 7 1600 27 ESE 116 0 00 i0i7 865 7 2088 ENE 75 0 00 1016 o i N _ LN Eaj 4 i i 7 7 d d 1585 6 ENE7I
205. t you see on the agency web sites or from NOAA weatherfax These charts download through WeatherNet in just a fraction of the time it would take you to load the agency web page to view them Charts available through the Wizard include Surface analysis 500 mb Wind Sea state Wind Wave Hurricane Cyclone Hazard area The ALL selection at the base of the column selects each of the weather chart types Clicking ALL again un selects each of the products Weather charts are downloaded by WeatherNet in a picture format such as jpg png gif or tif These files can be viewed by almost any picture or graphics viewing software such as Microsoft Paint Paintshop Pro and others OCENS also includes a simple viewer called iView with your WeatherNet installation For individuals who use weather charts on a consistent basis for trip planning and preparation OCENS recommends its MetMapper enhanced weather chart viewing package MetMapper collaborates with WeatherNet to automatically add an interactive map layer to the otherwise static weather charts on which you can sketch make measurements and lay out routes It also permits animation of sequential charts and the juxtaposition in one program of weather charts alongside of the text forecast and or satellite imagery corresponding to them QUICK TIP Weather charts are typically larger in byte size than a moderate resolution multi day GRIB chart covering the same region Color weather or
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207. table file associated with this application by left clicking on the E button to the right of the Application cell and then moving within the Windows menu to the location of this file Downloaded Files as Arguments If selected the program you ve identified will launch just once However within this program one wndow will be launched for each product downloaded No Arguments If you select No Arguments multiple iterations of the program will be launched once for each file downloaded Interactive Weather Rarely we will have customers who only want to use WeatherNet to receive GRIB data for one specific location in the world Such a specification is met by clicking Interactive Weather and identifying the lat lon of interest to you BE CAREFUL If this function is invoked Home Location s or Content Boxes otherwise drawn on Portal Basic or Library mode maps are ignored GRIB Combiner At times you will download individual GRIB files which offer additional insights or utility if they can be combined with other GRIB files OCENS GRIB Explorer can combine many types of GRIB outputs into one multi layer presentation In general GRIB Explorer will layer GRIBs from the same GRIB model and covering the identical geographic area If you need to combine GRIBs from different models or for some reason from different areas WeatherNet can sew these GRIBs together for you using its GRIB Combiner feature To do so click on the box After download combin
208. te period The 5 or 8 second period can be determined by payload WVHT Significant wave height meters is calculated as the average of the highest one third of all of the wave heights during the 20 minute sampling period DPD Dominant wave period seconds is the period with the maximum wave energy APD Average wave period seconds of all waves during the 20 minute period MWD The direction from which the waves at the dominant period DPD are coming The units are degrees from true North increasing clockwise with North as 0 zero degrees and East as 90 degrees PRES Sea level pressure hPa For C MAN sites and Great Lakes buoys the recorded pressure is reduced to sea level using the method described in NWS Technical Procedures Bulletin 291 11 14 80 labeled BAR in Historical files ATMP Air temperature Celsius WTMP Sea surface temperature Celsius DEWP Dewpoint temperature taken at the same height as the air temperature measurement VIS Station visibility nautical miles Note that buoy stations are limited to reports from O to 1 6 nmi PTDY Pressure Tendency is the direction plus or minus and the amount of pressure change hPa for a three hour period ending at the time of observation not in Historical files TIDE The water level in feet above or below Mean Lower Low Water Fish Prices Reports on prevailing fish prices at the Scrabster Scotland and Hanstholm Denmark fish markets Markets do not always update pric
209. ted Keyspan USA 19H added to location Globalstar Packet Data OK Create Location Step 15 Select the Iridium Direct Connect option from the Default Connection list and Select Iridium Default for the Type and then click Finish If you have been directed to use Rudics service for data with your Iridium by OCENS you will need to select the appropriate service Rudics is a service that is use with Postpaid monthly airtime plans WeatherNet weather on demand Account Settings onnectio y Network Connection Typ Broadband Dialer Optimizer Dialer Globalstar Packet Data Your WeatherNet software is now configured to use your Iridium phone WeatherNet Weather amp Ocean Content A detailed presentation of the types of weather and ocean data available through WeatherNet and their geographic coverage GRIB A discussion of GRIB data GRIB model and the GRIB data available in WeatherNet is presented here What is GRIB data What is GRIB GRlIdded Binary data is a special form of weather and ocean data produced from computer models It is becoming increasingly popular for a number of reasons including its generally small size and easy integration with other data Furthermore because it can be referenced to a map grid many navigation software packages have begun using it for their weather layer And some packages such as Deckman for Windows and Maxsea are using GRIB data in optimal routing calc
210. th alerts of weather conditions at a position html is y SpotCast 7 day forecast of weather conditions at a position oe SpotCast Wind Wave d Wind Wave om oma SpotCast 7 Day wind and wave forecast with alerts for a position SpotCast 7 day forecast of wind and wave conditions at any position Text and Tides Text Coastal offshore high seas and World Meteorological Organization WMO Met Area text products are available in WeatherNet Coastal Navtex and offshore products focus primarily on the US and Canada High seas products if not otherwise included in the Met Area forecasts offer coverage of the North Pacific North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Met Area forecasts warnings and notices are global in nature US coastal and offshore forecasts are subdivided into ten 10 regions Alaska US West Coast Gulf of Mexico Florida East Coast US Southeast US MidAtlantic US Northeast Great Lakes Caribbean and Hawaii Canadian coastal products include both site specific forecasts for areas around Pacific Canada and Atlantic Canada as well as summary forecasts and marine weather statements for Pacific Canada Great Lakes Canada the Atlantic Maritimes and Atlantic Newfoundland region Hurricane advisories are included in the Tropical North Atlantic and Tropical North Pacific folders along with high seas forecasts offshore forecasts and NAVTEX reports for these areas The NOAA product code is associated with all US coastal and
211. the content wizard to the settings which manage your program After completing your content wizard selections the wizard moves you to pages which let you specify which grib model types you prefer what you are using to locate yourself in the world the configuration of your GPS configuration and the elements that control your access to your satellite or other connection and the WeatherNet server Once you have completed your selections in the Wizard the Finish button executes the Wizard search algorithm and moves you to the Portal page where search results are posted in the Content Tree Portal Mode The Portal mode is a new screen that was introduced in version 3 of WeatherNet which captures output from the Wizard and provides you with a geographic reference point for your search results The Portal screen is dominated by a world map containing an iconic representation of your present position surrounded by a square content box If linked to a GPS the position icon moves within the map along with changes in your geographic location Re centering the map periodically to this moving icon automatically updates the geographic reference used by the Wizard to identify products relevant to your weather fishing and ocean interests Unlike previous versions of WeatherNet the Portal map is zZoomable to almost any degree of enhancement Also on the Portal mode are quick link buttons to specific pages of content or control settings in the Wizard Buttons
212. the number of seconds specified here Communication Protocol Comm Port Select the communications port on your computer to which your GPS is attached Baud rate Default is 4800 It is rarely if ever necessary to change this Date bits Default is 8 It is rarely if ever necessary to change this Stop bits Default is 1 It is rarely if ever necessary to change this Parity Default is None It is rarely if ever necessary to change this GPS Sentence These are the GPS sentences which WeatherNet will read to obtain your position information By default all GPS sentences are selected Test GPS If you have specified GPS as your source of position information and have configured the data feed for it under Communication Protocols click on this button to confirm that WeatherNet sees the GPS feed A small box will appear and display a stream of GPS strings sentences if setup correctly If not setup correctly the box will state No Data Account Settings Account Settings Enter your WeatherNet username and password and specify whether you will use a Network Connection or the satellite phone to retrieve your weather information Username This is the WeatherNet username you created during registration If you have yet to register WeatherNet will automatically fill this field for you during the inline registration process Password This is the WeatherNet password you created during registration If you have yet to register Weathe
213. therwise skip down past this section How to install an unsigned driver on Windows 8 Windows 8 by default will not let you install unsigned drivers In order to install an unsigned driver you can follow the steps shown below to start Windows 8 in Disable Driver Signature Enforcement mode Move the cursor over the top or bottom right corner or the screen and it will show extra options on the right side of the screen This is the new Charm Bar in Windows 8 Choose the Settings option icon looks like a Gear Change PC settings Choose General Share Privacy Devices Wireless Ease of Access Choose the Restart now from the bottom of the list on the right Remove everytning If you want to recycle your PC or s settings Get started Advanced startup Start up from a device or disc sucl Startup settings of restore Windov Restart now Click Troubleshoot Choose an option Continue 3 Exit and continue to Windows 8 Troubleshoot Refresh or reset your PC or use advanced tools Turn off your PC Click Advanced options Advanced options Choose Restart Choose the Disable driver signature enforcement option Startup Settings Press a number to choose from the options below Use number keys or functions keys F1 F9 1 Enable debugging 2 Enable boot logging 3 Enable low resolution video 4 Enable Safe Mode 5 Enable Safe Mode with Networking 6 Enable Safe Mo
214. timeridian 180 degrees at its center The Change Map View button transitions from one view to the other 2 The Change Map View button can also be used to quickly move you from any zoomed view to a full un zoomed global perspective Pointer Coordinates Display for you the latitude and longitude in degrees and fraction of a degree at the point of your cursor Quick Tip You can drag a zoomed map using Ctrl Right Click You cannot drag a map that is not zoomed View Launches software to view products downloaded by WeatherNet 1 Highlight a downloaded file downloaded files will be associated with a date in the Download Date colume of the Download box 2 Click View to launch the software appropriate for the viewing of the highlighted product Content Buttons In the upper left corner of the Basic mode are 10 content buttons associated with the title Weather Page 1 Below this set of buttons is another button titled Go to Weather Page 2 Click on Go to Weather Page 2 and a second set of 10 buttons replace the first set Move back and forth between these two sets of content buttons by clicking on the Go to Weather Page 2 and Go to Weather Page 1 buttons There are 20 content options 10 on page 1 and 10 on page 2 with each WeatherNet Basic mode Personality A WeatherNet Personality is a collection of files associated with topical or geographic interests of our customers and are discussed more fully elsewhere in this Help file
215. tion over the ground 70 Norain In Portal mode only the most recent radar return is extracted by the Wizard In Library mode the most recent eight 8 returns which extend back over the past 40 minutes are available Other Content Fish Prices Reports on prevailing fish prices at the Scrabster Scotland and Hanstholm Denmark fish markets Markets do not always update pricing information Geographic Coverage WeatherNet provides global coverage for many data categories and at least regional coverage for all A left click on the to the left of any of the WeatherNet content Categories reveals the geographic coverage available for a specific content Category A summary of geographical coverage follows Animation Global Coverage Buoy US Canada and Europe Buoy Current Text US and Canada Fish Prices Northeast Atlantic GRIB Available Globally Ice Globally available for polar regions Ice reporting and regular updates terminate from our ice sources during the local summers Nexrad US and Canada Ocean Charts Global coverage Pro Services Available for the Bahamas Caribbean and Gulf Stream Satellite Imagery Global coverage Text Global coverage Tides Primarily areas outside of the US in Pacific and Caribbean More sites added monthly Weather Charts Global coverage Interpreting Error Messages Although we try to make it flawless from time to time you might encounter an error message in WeatherNe
216. tlantic Northwest Region H B Atlantic South Whole Basin i Atlantic Southeast Region ce Atlantic Tropical Region H Australia New Zealand H B Caribbean H Caribbean Western a Europe H B Great Lakes H Greenland and Iceland H B Gulf of Mexico ce Hawaii a Indian Ocean ce Pacific i Pacific Northeast Region H B Pacific Northwest Region H D Pacific Southeast Region a Pacific Southwest Region a Pacific Tropical East Region ai Pacific Tropical West Region Weather Charts Weather Charts Aside from GRIB data and perhaps Text products no other category in WeatherNet is more robustly populated than our Weather Chart section All of the NOAA weather chart products are available in WeatherNet and those from most other national and international agencies are can be found in the database Covered products include surface analysis 500 mb wind wave wind swell sea state and hurricane and cyclone hazard area charts for the Pacific and Atlantic Black and white and color hurricane hazard area charts for the Atlantic can be found in the Atlantic Tropical folder Cyclone hazard area charts for the Pacific can be found in the PacificTropical East folders Quick Tip All Weather Charts carry MetMapper headers that auto load MetMapper interactive geo layers after download These layers provide heads up display of lat lon bearing and range values at the point of the cursor and also permit meaningful integ
217. tomizing Buoy We have several types of buoy information in WeatherNet The data in the Buoy folder consists of graphs of changes in the subject weather parameter over the most recent 4 days Available parameters include atmospheric pressure wave period wave direction wave height wind and sea temperature Not all Buoys however provide reports for all of these parameters Quick Tip Data in this Buoy category are the data extracted by the WeatherNet Wizard when it conducts its search Buoy Current Text Provides the most recent conditions for wind direction wind speed wind gusts wave height dominant wave period average wave period mean wave direction pressure air temperature sea surface temperature dewpoint visibility pressure tendency and tides in the following format YY MMDDhh WDIR WSPD GST WVHT DPD APD MWD PRES ATMP WIMP DEWP VIS PTDY TIDE yr mody hr mn deg m s m s m sec sec deg hPa degC degC degC nmi hPa ft 2012042421 50170 10 0 11008 4 41 MM 10124 MM MM MM MM 07 MM Descriptions and assumptions associated with these parameters are presented below MM indicates missing data WDIR Wind direction the direction the wind is coming from in degrees clockwise from true N during the same period used for WSPD WSPD Wind speed m s averaged over an eight minute period for buoys and a two minute period for land stations Reported Hourly GST Peak 5 or 8 second gust speed m s measured during the eight minute or two minu
218. total size in kilobytes kb of the download Download Download Price 0 18 _ Disable Compression Approx Download Time 00 00 Approx Compression Size 10Kb Download Price This is the total price of all of the products in the WeatherNet data set you are about to retrieve It does NOT represent in any manner the costs associated with the airtime you will use to retrieve these data However the airtime costs can be surmised using the approximate download size and or download time presented elsewhere in the Metrics box Disable Compression By default weather and ocean files are compressed as they leave the WeatherNet server Sometimes however you will want to receive uncompressed data For example perhaps you want to retain all of the detail possible in color ocean charts provided by Jenifer Clark or other sources To do so click the Disable Compression box prior to commencing your download The WeatherNet server will not apply file specific compression routines to the requested data Quick Tip Bear in mind that if you click Disable Compression you will now be downloading bigger files Since they are no longer compressed which will take longer to download and cost you more in airtime to retrieve Approximate Download Size This presents the aggregated size in kilobytes kb of the files you are about to download This information can be used to provide a rough estimate of what it will cost you in airtime to download these data To d
219. trieve the products that carry a check mark on the Content Tree 4 Press GO on the File Transfer screen Map and Map Controls The Portal mode screen is dominated by the world map Immediately below the map are several map controls World Map The Portal mode world map zooms to a view centered on your Content Box and Home Location icon Zoom Control There are several ways to zoom in and out of the world map Double left click anywhere in the map You are allowed three zoom steps from the original centered view using the double left click approach to zooming Zooming via the double left click always centers the location of your cursor pointer at the center of the subsequent zoom response Use the Zoom slider at the lower left corner of the map to zoom in or out of the map Click on the or terminal ends or any point along the slider to increase or decrease the zoom view Quick Tip A higher degree of zooming is permitted with the slider than with a double left click The center point of the zoom does not change when using the slider UNTIL the maximum zoom is reached Once the maximum zoom is reached the center point begins to move laterally Return to the original centered view by clicking on the Recenter amp Reload Map button to the lower left of the world map Zoom out to 100 view of the world by clicking on the Change Map View button to the lower right of the world map Quick Tip You can drag a zoomed map using Ctrl Right C
220. ts SpotCast 7 Day Wind Wave Gunnut NE Atlantic High Seas Fest MultiDay Current Analysis _ 3 Day Wind not Med Sea Height Anomaly 3 Day Waves not Med Hi Res Salinity 3 Day Med Wind GRIB Salinity Sea Surface Height Scrabster Fish Mkt Price Sea Surface Temp Hantsholm Fish Mkt Price NE Atlantic Surface Analysis Gulf Stream Information pertinent to the location direction and speed of the Gulf Stream is in high demand in WeatherNet We ve assembled this Personality with some of the best sources of such ocean data as well as weather products relevant to vessels operating in the Gulf Stream region Gulf Stream charts from the Navy Johns Hopkins and Rutgers are accessible via the Gulf Stream personality Weather Page 1 Weather Page 2 SpotCast Day Wx Forecast 5 Day Wind GRIB Spotcast Dy Wind ave 3 Day Wind GRIB 5 Day Surf Pressure GRIB 3 Day Waves GRIB I 3 Day Precip GRIB 3 Day Surf Pressure GRIB Sea Surface Temp GRIB 3 Day Precip GRIB Sea Surface Height GRIB Hi Res Surface Currents GRIB Hopkins N Gulf Stream Navy N Gulf Stream CHART Hi Res Surface Temp GRIB Navy 5 Gulf Stream CHART Rutgers N Gulf Stream Surf Pressure on Sat Image Surface Currents GRIB Pacific Racing This Personality was created to assist participants in several of the large ocean races conducted between the North American continent and Hawaii However its content which includes wind wave surface pressure
221. ty associated with the radar sweep of interest to you The radar item is actually located on the satellite image page Is a shortcut to the world map of Buoys available within WeatherNet a Moves you to the Wizard page containing options for surface current information in GRIB and non GRIB format Ice data is also present on this page S A direct link to the Wizard page where you can add Ice data to the set of information you are searching for in WeatherNet this is located on the Ocean Data Surface Currents page Chris Parker s MWXC weather forecasts for the Bahamas and Caribbean are quickly accessible through this link These data are located on the Text Weather Wizard page Jennifer Clark Gulf Stream charts on the Ocean Data Surface Currents page can be added to your WeatherNet content search via this shortcut Control Icons Control Icons for WeatherNet are located in the lower left corner of the Portal mode screen r The prominent Download button moves you to the File Transfer screen where you commence your download of the weather and ocean data you have extracted and selected with your WeatherNet Wizard and Content Tree Al Takes you to the Home Location page where you instruct WeatherNet what to use to determine the location in the world for which you want weather and or ocean data GPS city list or manual entry The size of your Content Box and the icon to represent your Home Location on the Portal
222. ucts are available in WeatherNet and those from most other national and interational agencies are can be found in the database Covered products include surface analysis 500 mb wind wave wind swell sea state and hurricane and cyclone hazard area charts for the Pacific and Atlantic Black and white and color hurricane hazard area charts for the Atlantic can be found in the Atlantic Tropical folder Cyclone hazard area charts for the Pacific can be found in the PacificTropical East folders Quick Tip All Weather Charts carry MetMapper headers that auto load MetMapper interactive geo layers after download These layers provide heads up display of lat lon bearing and range values at the point of the cursor and also permit meaningful integration of your GPS with your on screen classical weather and ocean charts Charts can be viewed without MetMapper but they will not display the interactive layers Batch Operations Batches are created and controlled in the upper right wing Batch Operations section of Library mode Two batches New Batch and Wizard Batch are apparent immediately The Wizard Batch cannot be accessed or edited but it can be enabled to download the content selected when in Wizard Portal mode along with additional content you place in new batches while in Library mode Click on the New Batch icon anytime you desire to create a custom batch for yourself Right click anywhere in the Batch Operations wing to view the batch managemen
223. ulations that can reduce cruising time GRIB models integrate multiple sources and types of meteorological and oceanographic data These models generate forecasts of key weather variables Forecasts usually run from just a few hours into the future to as far as 5 to 10 days ahead Most forecasts are produced in periods of three to six hour blocks It is very difficult to produce reliable forecasts on an hour by hour basis and as such only those models which maintain very rigorous standards can accomplish such achievements Each GRIB model contains its own set of assumptions and initial conditions that match the objectives of the model in use For example European models focus on GRIB forecasts covering the relatively small geographic area of the European continent As such these European models tend to produce highly accurate outputs for the European region but then quickly become unreliable for other areas in the world GRIB models originating from or for the North American continent must by necessity provide GRIB forecasts which are less precise on a local basis than their European counterparts However the detail they sacrifice at the local level is compensated for by providing generally more accurate wide scale and long range forecasts OCENS acquires GRIB data from a variety of models selecting the best models for the data type which is being forecasted When using GRIB data from WeatherNet OCENS recommends that whenever possible you use d
224. un per day Resolution 0 083 deg by 0 083 degree RTOFS Atlantic High Resolution 1 run per day 0 05 by 0 05 deg resolution Chlorophyll Updates of the most recent daily forecasts are irregular Usually new daily files are available by 15 UTC each day The 8 day composite is a different story These data are updated every 8 days Once that file is produced the 8 day counter starts again Once another 8 days have passed a new 8 day composite is produced Data within that most recent 8 day composite may be as little as 1 day old and as much as 8 days old GRIB Fishing Data d GRIE Fishing gf Chlorophyll P E Mixed Layer Depth H B Salinity m Sea Surface Height m Sea Temperature Sea Surface Temperature Sea surface temperature in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th degree The spatial resolution of the RTOFS HiRes Atlantic data is 0 05 x 0 05 degrees 1 20th degree Sea Surface Height Sea surface height data in GRIB format is available from the RTOFS Global model and RTOFS HiRes Atlantic model Both models are updated daily but of course the HiRes Atlantic model provides data only for the Atlantic Ocean basin The spatial resolution of the RTOFS Global data is 0 083 x 0 083 degrees 1 12th
225. veled out of their generating area Swell characteristically exhibits smoother more regular and uniform crests and a longer period than wind waves Tidal cycle The periodic changes in the range of tides caused primarily by varying relations among the Earth Sun and moon Important terms include a Aphelion The farthest distance between the Earth and Sun b Perihelion The closest distance between the Earth and Sun and c Syzygy The instance new moon or full moon when the Earth moon and Sun are all in a straight line For b and c the range of tides are greater than average Tidal Piling Abnormally high water levels from successive incoming tides that do not completely drain because of strong winds or waves persisting through successive tide cycles Tornado Watch A watch issued within the Coastal Waters Forecast the Great Lakes Open Lakes Forecast and the Nearshore Marine Forecast Reference NWSI 10 512 for tornado watch criteria Tropical Cyclone A warm core non frontal synoptic scale cyclone originating over tropical or subtropical waters with organized deep convection and a closed surface wind circulation about a well defined center Tropical Depression A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 33 knots 38 mph or less Tropical Disturbance A discrete tropical weather system of apparently organized convection generally 100 to 300 miles in diameter originating in the tropics or subtropics having
226. will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel Itno device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Select network provider name No devices found make sure your device is connected or setup a new Modem device for it by clicking on the Modem Setup button below Step 6 If your device and associated COM port number are listed here skip to Step 12 Otherwise Click Device Manager To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers dal ah aaa s COM port see list OCENS These are your system s known COM ports If the port you expect isn t listed you may need to open Device Manager to configure it by installing a driver OCENS supplied driver files you might need are located in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Communications Port COM2 Communications Port COM1 Step 7 Right click on the Edgeport 1 device File Action View Help e s m B amp 4 gy WIN J22ENVFQDOK b a Audio inputs
227. with your Globalstar phone Step 8 Click Install This will take 12 KB of space on your computer Click Install to perform a standard installation of this software on the disk Macintosh HD Connection Wizard is trying to modify the system network configuration Type your password to allow this Name passwort The installation was successful The software was installed Step 11 You should now see Globalstar Packet Data selected in the network provider name field Click Create Location e090 O OCENS Satellite Connection Wizard Your modem or satellite phone device should be listed below for you to configure into a new OS X Network Location It will named according to the provider that you select see Network under System Preferences Select your device from the list Keyspan USA 19H Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data Complete the Modem Script Installation before continuing Modem script successfully installed cancel Create Location Step 12 Create Network Location Confirm you wish to create Network Location s 29 Globalstar Packet Data for device Keyspan USA 19H no Eres Step 13 You may be required to enter your computers password to continue r _ _____ _ __ Connection Wizard is trying to modify the system network configuration Type your password to allow this Ls Name Test
228. ws should automatically install the drivers at this point Once the driver installation is complete you can the click OK Before proceeding make sure your satellite phone or the USB adapter that you are using is connected to the system and powered up The Add New Hardware Wizard may first ask you to install device drivers so follow its instructions before continuing here Drivers for most systems and OCENS supported USB devices can be found in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Step 5 Click on Modem Setup Your satellite phone or the USB adapter should be listed below for you to configure into a Dial up Network Connection It will be named according to the provider that you select you will see this in Network Connections under your system s Control Panel Itno device is listed you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Select network provider name No devices found make sure your device is connected or setup a new Modem device for it by clicking on the Modem Setup button below Step 6 If your device and associated COM port number are listed here skip to Step 12 Otherwise Click Device Manager To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modem
229. y modem and click Next Install New Modem Do you want Windows to detect your modem Windows will now try to detect yourmodem Before continuing you should 1 if the modem is attached to your computer make sure it is tumed on 2 Quit any programs that may be using the modem Click Next when you are ready to continue IV Dont detect my modem will select it from a list Step 18 Select QUALCOMM and Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem then click Next Select the manufacturer and model of your modem If your modem is not listed or if you have uh an installation disk click Have Disk Manufacturer Models Standard Modem Types Globalstar GSP 1600 Modem Digi International Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem Iridium QUALCOMM A This driver is not digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 19 Select the port that the Globalstar phone was listed on and then click Next Install New Modem Select the port s you want to install the modem on You have selected the following modem Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem On which ports do you want to install it All ports Selected ports COM1 COM2 COM4 Step 20 Click Finish Your modem has been set up successfully ff you want to change these settings double click the Phone and Modem Options icon in Control Panel click the Modems tab select this modem and then click Properties G amp G The fol
230. you have lt A an installation disk click Have Disk Manufacturer Models Standard Modem Types Digi International Iridium E3 This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Step 18 Select the port that the Iridium phone was listed on and then click Next Install New Modem Select the port s you want to install the modem on You have selected the following modem iridium PPP Data Modem On which ports do you want to install t C Al ports Selected ports COM1 COM2 Step 19 Click Finish Your modem has been set up successfully If you want to change these settings double click the Phone and Modem Options icon in Control Panel click the Modems tab select this modem and then click Properties Step 20 Your new modem should now be listed gj The following modems ave iratalied Modem Iridium PPP Data Modem Hp Remove Properties Click OK Step 21 Click Finish To add a modem device to the system for your attached satellite phone you must run the New Modem wizard which requires Administrator privileges Press the Create Modem button below to start the Phone and Modem applet In it press Add on the Modems tab to bring up the Install New Modem wizard Select Don t detect my modem and press Next You will then choose your device type from a list or install drivers ah A it will ask you to specify your device s CO
231. you will need to click on Modem Setup to create one Select your device from the list Globalstar GSP 1 700 Modem v Select network provider name Globalstar Packet Data y Dial up Network Connection Globalstar Packet Data created Device Globalstar GSP 1700 Modem added to Globalstar Packet Data x ee N Then click Finish Your satellite phone connection is configured Configuring Iridium 9555 9575 Connection Step 1 Launch WeatherNet Step 2 Open the Account Settings screen in the Wizard This can be done by clicking on WeatherNet account control settings icon m Step 3 In the section Connection Information click on the Connection Wizard button ar WeatherNet weather on demand Account Settings Gateway wanet ocens net pote uv Network Timeouts Seconds before connection time out Seconds before receive send time out 3000 Connection Information Default Connection Network Connection v Type v Advanced Connection Wizard Step 4 Before proceeding make sure your satellite phone or the USB adapter that you are using is connected to the system and powered up The Add New Hardware Wizard may first ask you to install device drivers so follow its instructions before continuing here Drivers for most systems and OCENS supported USB devices can be found in the C Satellite_Phone_Drivers folder Plug in the Iridium 9555 or 9575 Extreme

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