FXC is not part of the AWIPS baseline and as such is not an officially endorsed application for AWIPS. It should not be run on AWIPS baseline hardware without approval.


Installation Procedure

 You will need to download three files: The installation script (FXCinstall.xxx), the Java VM (jre-xxx-linux-i586.bin), and the latest FXC code (FXCx_x_NWS.tar.gz). Do not untar or unzip the files since the installation script will do that for you and also set up the proper system environment. -- You may need to change the file protections to make the files executable. -- Please follow the detailed installation instructions (Linux)

Documentation

See the FXC homepage http://fxc.noaa.gov which provides a general overview of FXC and also contains links to the Operator and User manuals. It also provides some sample graphics created by various users.

  Short Training Videos (approx. 2 min each)

Important

In order to save customization data DO NOT delete or rename the old FXC directory before running the installation script. You may want to make a copy of it (.tar) in case you need to revert back to it. Also, the installation scripts for FXC releases may be different. Make sure you use the proper one.


FXC 5.1.2 Installation Menu

Executable Code (FXC 5.1.2):

FXC5.1.2 Installation Script (128 KB)  April 25, 2012

FXC5.1.2 Executable Code (4.8 MB)  April 25, 2012

Java 1.6.0_20 (21.0 MB)


Executable Code (FXC 5.1.1):

FXC5.1.1 Installation Script (128 KB)  March 24, 2011

FXC5.1.1 Executable Code (4.8 MB)  March 23, 2011

Java 1.6.0_20 (21.0 MB)


Upgrades (Patches) (FXC 5.1.1):

FXC511_2-8-11_text_patch.tar (174 KB)    Versions prior to February 8 only- Corrects "screen lockup when entering text"

FXC511_3-22-11_kmz_patch.tar (154 KB)    Versions prior to March 23 only- Corrects "zoom for unmaped images" and "improves GoogleEarth text display"

FXC511_5-4-11_save_kmz.tar (204 KB)    Automatically creates a KMZ file when saving the display as an image

FXC511_8_25-11_conusTopo_patch.tar (10 KB)    Corrects topo map alignment problem *



Comments:

The date of your version can be obtained by selecting "Help" and then selecting "About..." from the FXC menubar.

* Follow these steps to replace your current CONUS topo map:
(??? is your FXC installation directory, and XXX is your WFO ID)
1) cd ???
2) tar -xvf   FXC511_8-25-11_conusTopo_patch.tar
3) setenv CLASSPATH .:???
4) cd ???/FXC/fsl/support/
5) java fsl.support.CreateLocalMaps XXX 2 1442 undefined