[Xastir] extract_multipoints: invalid value in (filtered) "Center of MaxConcern }d0`N M K M RAL {6JmAI": 0, -177

[Gerry Creager]

I watched it for a couple of more days after it last came up and it 
started calming down.  I'll try to carve some time out on Monday.  What 
I need to identify if this is something with the latest build of AWIPS 
or WarnGen being fed into the system.

gerry

Tom Russo wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 02:12:09PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <r.polivka at sbcglobal.net> flavor, containing:
>> Here is the offending line:
>>
>> JSJSMW>APRS,qAS,WXSVR:;JSJM1948z*062145z1851.60NM05606.00WWCenter of MaxConcern }d0`N&#65533;M&#65533;K&#65533;M&#65533;R&#65533;L&#65533;{6JmAI
>>
>> The commas near the end were appearing as '?' but in black (unprintable character?). 
>>
>> Is this an issue with WXSVR or with whomever JSJ is?
> 
> This is happening all over the place.  I see it dozens of times a day.  The
> weather services are obviously using some new program that is generating
> invalid characters in the multipoints.  Gerry was going to look into it, but
> got busy.
> 
> The wxsvr.net pages documenting the protocol haven't changed, but obviously
> these weather sites are generating objects with multipoints that don't conform
> to the published protocols.
> 

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