The system needs to fetch weather information and load data updates from other systems. This is done from the server and depending on the method the server will need to have the appropriate permissions to do so.
Common methods are;
•File copy from a share
If the files reside on a share accessible from
the server they can be copied from there and read by Aiolos.
•FTP
Aiolos can fetch files using FTP and then read their contents.
This requires the server to have permission to do FTP communication.
•Database access
Aiolos can use OLEDB or ODBC to query a database for
information directly. This requires the Aiolos server to have the appropriate
database clients installed. Aiolos is a 32-bit application and thus requires
32-bit database clients, even if the operating system is 64-bit.
•SOAP
Some parts communicates with web services at Vitec. This is to
fetch weather information. This requires the server to have permission to
communicate with http 1.1 to sites at *.vitec.se.
Today Aiolos and AFS use
the following web addresses:
http://weatherws.energy.vitec.net/
(weather data)
http://dotnettools.vitec.se
(Release Manager)
http://windpowerws.energy.vitec.net/
(Wind forecasts)