EMWIN ByteBlaster Internet File Push

Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Read More >

Byte Blaster:

Client/Server Internet Based Service (NWS is one of many participants)

Client software is used to receive products from other servers
Local server may have many clients - when a file is received it is immediately re-distributed
A server may collect products from different sources (e.g., satellite broadcast, local LAN, or as a client to another ByteBlaster server)
Multiple daisy chains are possible: Server -> Client/Server -> Client/Server ->…

LoadMaster (NWS)

Agent for load balancing clients on registered servers
Assists in reassignment of clients when a registered server is no longer active

Future Service Outlook:

IDP Environment does not currently support the Windows environment.

Existing operational IDP file-push protocol (e.g., XMPP) does not adequately support binary file transfer today.

Alternative 1: Switch to NWWS End User Client software to receive a portion of the EMWIN distribution

Provides an Internet push of all EMWIN US-National text products, and then some
Does not include EMWIN International or Image Products

Alternative 2: Continue to operate client/server networks in absence of the NWS ByteBlaster Servers and LoadMaster.