National Meteorological Communication Center (N.M.C.C)
Main FunctionsNational Meteorological Communication Setup in PMD
The NMCC System being used for Speedy dissemination of data is comprises of :In RTH, the NMCC Karachi is connected with New Delhi through Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). There are multiple GTS stations in Pakistan and India. In Pakistan these GTS stations connected with NMCC Karachi, This RTH system behaves like a server as well as client which broadcast and receive data from India periodically. In the setup of RTH both (NMCC, New Delhi) connected with local telephone exchange. In both end of RTH, the systems connected with local switch which is further connected with local telephone exchange PBX by which the communication setup is possible.
NMCC is using UFONE SMS service for a purpose of mobile communication in Karachi. There are certain SMS clients in Sindh and Balochistan which sends SMS data through mobile phone to NMCC SMS server. In SMS Server there is Wireless LAN card installed in a system, UFONE SIM installed and activate in a card which makes a system a server
COROBOR is software which behaves like a FTP server for data uploading and downloading. There is a COROBOR Messir-server installed in NMCC Karachi, which is connected with NMCC Karachi client, the other two clients are Seismic and Mac Karachi. the Messir-comm server is connected with PBX on typical telephone exchange through local switch and the connectivity is forwarded to New- Delhi India. There is a Dual-setup b/w Karachi and New Delhi on FTP and TCP. There is another alternate connection b/w Karachi and Tehran which support single connection on FTP.