GOES Stations

Defining / Configuring Decoding for GOES Stations

To be able to receive and decode GOES data, the characteristics of the GOES DCP must be specified or defined. To define a GOES station to DataWise®, select "Stations" and then "GOES" from the "Configure" drop-down menu. A new tab will be presented with the dialog similar to that shown in the display below.

GOES Station configuration interface. The fields are defined below:

Define GOES Stations Field Definition

Field Name	Description	Notes
Station Number	An arbitrary, unique to DataWise® station number
GOES Station ID	The 8-character hexidecimal GOES DCP ID	Assigned by NESDIS
Timed Report Format	The format of the GOES messages for this station	Take from the associated drop-down list. See below.
Configure Decoding	Click to bring up decoding configuring screen	See configuration screen below.
GOES Primary Channel	GOES channel on which timed rpts are received
GOES Random Channel	GOES channel on which random reports received.
Time Offset (Minutes)	The offset from the even timed report interval.
Xmit Interval (Minutes)	The transmit interval for timed reports.
Timeseries Order	The time-series order of transmitted data.
Latitude (decimal degrees)	Latitude in decimal degrees.	Negative in southern hemisphere.
Longitude (decimal degees)	Longitude in decimal degrees.	Negative in western hemisphere.
Elevation	Station elevation.

Timed Report Formats

Timed Format Type	Description	Notes / Example
Handar ASCII	Handar is now part of Vaisala. Data is sent as pure ASCII text.	06.71 06.72 06.70 06.72 06.73 06.73 06.74 06.74 06.76 06.77 06.77 06.77 06.78 06.78 06.80 06.81 12.7 12.5
Sutron ASCII	Data is sent as pure ASCII text, one reading per line	312 312 312 312 312 312 312 312 312 ... 312 312 312 312 312 312 312 312 141
Synergetics ASCII	No longer in business.	#10 597 485 447 402 329 320 345 375 #10 357 366 408 406 #11 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 #11 24 24 24 24 #13 7400 7400 7400 7400 7400 7400 7400 7400 #13 7400 7400 7400 7400 #50 1236 #51 405 #52 0 #53 23
Generic ASCII	Data in ASCII format where all data reports for a sensor are evenly spaced. Used only if one of the following ASCII formats cannot be used.
Generic Binary	Pseudo-binary data where all data reports for a sensor are evenly spaced. Used only if one of the following pseudo-binary formats cannot be used.
Sutron 8200/Satlink		5144259892273170309G46+1NN062WFF00101B1C@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\| @C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C\|@C{@C{@C{@C{@C{@C{@C{ @C{@C{@C{@C{@C{@C{@C{@C{Q Self-timed binary format (non-Satlink) : <Block-Identifier><Group-ID><Offset> <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> ... <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> <Battery> Where <Block-Id> is always 'B' <Group-Id> is always '1' ... self timed group <Offset> is a 1-byte binary value ... # minutes ago most recent data is valid for <Data> is standard 3-byte pseudo-binary data (always in range of -32768 to 32767) <Battery> is a 1-byte binary encoded number (range -32 to +32) rdata = .234 * data + 10.6 Self-timed binary format (Satlink): <Block-Identifier> <Group-ID><Offset> <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor1-Data> ... <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> <SensorN-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> <Battery> Where <Block-Id> is always 'B' <Group-Id> is always '1' ... self timed group <Offset> is a 1-byte binary value ... # minutes ago most recent data is valid for <Data> is standard 3-byte pseudo-binary data (always in range of -32768 to 32767) <Battery> is a 1-byte binary encoded number (range -32 to +32) rdata = .234 * data + 10.6 Random binary format: <Group-ID><Offset> <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> ... <Sensor1-Data> <Sensor2-Data> ... <SensorN-Data> <Counter> <Battery> Where <Group-Id> is in range '1' to '9' <Offset> is a 1-byte binary value ... # minutes ago most recent data is valid for <Data> is standard 3-byte pseudo-binary data (always in range of -32768 to 32767) <Counter> is a 2-byte binary encoded number (range 0 to 4095) <Battery> is a 1-byte binary encoded number (range -32 to +32) rdata = .234 * data + 10.6
VX1004/8004 Binary	Pseudo-binary data in groups	Self-timed binary format: <B> - One byte, ASCII 'B' <Group 1 Data> - Included if Group 1 enabled. <Group 2 Data> - Included if Group 2 enabled. <Group 3 Data> - Included if Group 3 enabled. <Group 4 Data> - Included if Group 4 enabled. <Battery> <EOT> Group Data Format Byte 1 Bit #: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 P 1 i i i i g g Group number, gg 00 - Group 1 01 - " 2 10 - " 3 11 - " 4 Increment, iiii 0 -> 15 __________________________________________________________ Byte 2 Bit #: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 P 1 m m m m m m mmmmmm = minutes ago that sample was taken (0-63) _______________________________________________________ Random binary format: Same as above except no leading 'B' and only only one group.
WMO Synop		See online documentation at https://priyom.org/media/207020/synop.pdf
Sutron 8200 SHEF	String identified by mnemonic	":PC 3 #15 124.39 124.39 124.39 124.39 124.39 124.39 124.39 124.39 :YB 13.68
ASCII by position	Data in ASCII format where all data reports for a sensor are most evenly described by specifying a position in the data string.
Unevenly spaced binary	Pseudo-binary data where all data reports for a sensor are not evenly spaced and one of the other pseudo-binary methods cannot properly be used.
CREX	A WMO format implemented on request.
DECODES	Requires implementation of the DECODES decoding script.	See https://opendcs-env.readthedocs.io/en/latest/decoding-guide.html

The decoding configuration is somewhat different for each type of timed report format. Note that, at the current time, random reports are always transmitted in pseudo-binary format no matter what format the timed reports are sent in. Below is documentation on them.