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I am using the 2019 tutorial on vmixing to estimate mixing height over an air quality monitor during an ozone season. I've set up the CONTROL and SETUP.CFG files in a folder outside of the working folder in C:\hysplit. That folder is C:\hysplit\vmix. When I try to execute the vmixing program I use the following command: ..\exec\vmixing -p while located inside the C:\hysplit\vmix folder. In return, I get the error message contained in the image immediately below:
vmixing_cmd.png

I am also including a file that lists the content of the C:\hysplit\vmix folder:

directory_contents.png

Can someone help me figure out what I'm doing incorrectly? Thanks in advance for any help!

Erik

[It turned out that the CONTROL file had an data entry issue. The bug mentioned below is unrelated to the I/O syntax error in the post above.]

You found a bug that will need to be fixed. In the meantime, please use vmixing with a process id specified, for example, vmixing -pRUN_01. The CONTROL and SETUP files should be named to CONTROL.RUN_01 and SETUP.RUN_01, respectively, for the example.

Sonny,

Thanks for the assist! Unfortunately, I am getting the same message I got before.

By way of verification, I'm posting a couple of images to verify my results of the command "..\exec\vmixing -pRUN01"

Command Line:
And the directory content:

Thanks for trying out with the -pRUN01 option. The vmixing program on my PC did not throw an error. Could you post your CONTROL.RUN01 and SETUP.RUN01 files? I would like to try them out.

My control file is:

00 00 00 00
1
31.7683021 -106.5012561 0.0
0
25000.0
6
D:\GDAS1\
gdas201604
D:\GDAS1\
gdas201605
D:\GDAS1\
gdas201606
D:\GDAS1\
gdas201607
D:\GDAS1\
gdas201608
D:\GDAS1\
gdas201609

my SETUP file is:

&SETUP
tratio = 0.75,
mgmin = 10,
khmax = 9999,
kmixd = 0,
kmsl = 0,
nstr = 0,
mhrs = 9999,
nver = 0,
tout = 60,
tm_tpot = 0,
tm_tamb = 0,
tm_rain = 0,
tm_mixd = 0,
tm_relh = 0,
tm_sphu = 0,
tm_mixr = 0,
tm_dswf = 0,
tm_terr = 0,
dxf = 1.0,
dyf = 1.0,
dzf = 0.01,
wvert = .FALSE.,
/

Your control file is missing the total run time after line 3 for specifying the starting location. Insert a line for total run time between lines 3 (31.7683021 -106.5012561 0.0) and 4 (0). For more information about the CONTROL file format, please see https://www.ready.noaa.gov/hysplitusersguide/S262.htm.

Of course it would be the simple thing! Vmixing runs fine now! Thanks so much for the help!!

Erik