(Submitted by José Mauro de Rezende) STATUS OF RTH BRASILIA (Submitted by José Mauro de Rezende) ________________________________________________________________ Summary and Purpose of Document This document includes the report on the status of implementation of RTH Brasilia GENEVA, 23 - 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

Message Switching System was replaced in September 2007. TCP Socket and standard FTP are the main protocols. There is only one asynchronous channel left. Built-in module to convert TAC into TDCF and vice versa. Module to convert AWS data into BUFR.

WMC Washington: 64 Kbps - Leased Line. RTH Buenos Aires: 64 Kbps - Leased Line. Some NMC´s in the Region III connected via Internet. Monitoring Procedures done via METDATA Monitor AFD is largely used to exchange files between centers out of the GTS.

Message Switching System: MOVING WEATHER HP Proliant ML 350 G5 XEON Core Duo 1 GByte RAM 4x72 GBytes HD Red Hat Enterprise 4

Traffic by minutes handled by Moving Weather WMO Traffic by minutes handled by Moving Weather Includes all channels.

WMC Washington - Alphanumerical Bulletins

WMC Washington - Binary Bulletins

RTH Buenos Aires - Alphanumerical Bulletins The binary channel is disconnected.

RTH Maracay - Alphanumerical Bulletins

File Transfer: AFD 1.3.6 IBM e-Server xSeries 236 2 XEON Core Duo 3.0 GHz 4 GByte RAM 350 GBytes HD DLT Tape Drive Red Hat Enterprise 4 - 2.6.9-5.ELsmp

Traffic handled by AFD

WMC Washington - RARS

WIS INPE/CPTEC - DCPC functions SIMDAT How to proceed?

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