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iG5 User Manual
Best OPUS Practices for New
and Experienced Users
After supplying OPUS targeted receivers for many years, we
know that most users experience the same reoccurring
problems.
The suggestions in this chapter will save you time and
failures.
The
‘
OPUS Error Message
’
Joke
“The NGS processing
engine has a big fishbowl with 500
possible error messages printed on little slips of paper. If
a job fails, the OPUS processor removes the five best
error messages from the fishbowl. Next the fishbowl is
shaken and three to five slips are randomly pulled from
the fishbowl and returned to the user.”
OPUS error reporting is getting better. Someday this joke
won’t be funny anymore.
But you should remember this:
‘
you are not alone.
’
Every-
Single-Day a substantial portion of all OPUS submissions fail
and most fail with a confusing error message.
#1 OPUS-RS is Dicey
When you submit OPUS
occupations, there is a graphic
that shows the daily number of
jobs and the daily success rate.
On most days over 25% of all
submitted OPUS-RS (Rapid
Static) jobs fail!
Relatively few OPUS-Static jobs
fail, and most of the Static jobs
that fail initially will successfully process when resubmitted
the following day.
