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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

7. WMC Washington - Alphanumerical Bulletins

8. WMC Washington - Binary Bulletins

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

10. RTH Maracay - Alphanumerical Bulletins

11. 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 ELsmp

12. Traffic handled by AFD

13. WMC Washington - RARS

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

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