You can view the collection of SID data, from sites all over the world, at: SID Data Browser

If you wish to contribute your data, you need to have set up a SID Monitor and be collecting data. Once you have data, follow these steps to set up your FTP (file transfer protocol) system:

1. Make sure you have a current SID distribution. If yours is over 2 years old, you should upgrade. This is easy to do by downloading the files at: SID Distribution

   Once you've picked up the files, execute (i.e. double click on) the file setup.exe. This will install your system.

2. Edit the FTP configuration file using the Windows Start Menu:
   START>Programs>SOLARSID>Congif>FTP>Edit FTP Congif file
   (Or, you could directly edit the file C:\SOLARSID\Conf\ftp_cmds.TXT)

3. Inside the file, replace MY_SITE_NAME with your appropriate site name:
   lcd ToSend\Sending
   cd incoming/SID/MY_SITE_NAME (replace MY_SITE_NAME with your site name)
   mput *.csv
   quit

4. Enable the FTP directory using the Windows Start Menu:
   START>Programs>SOLARSID>Config>Enable FTP Directory

   Or, from the command line or a folder browser: rename "NotToSend" to "ToSend"

   This creates a subdirectory called "ToSend". At the end of every UTC day (00:00 UTC) the day's worth of data is automatically copied to this directory.

5. To ftp the data to Stanford, you have two choices:
   • Set up a script to automatically send your data daily. In WindowsXP, this is the "Scheduling Task" tool. You must have administrator privileges to set this up.

   • Launch the script manually every day (necessary for Win98 systems). You can do this by Windows START>Programs>SOLARSID>Apps>FTP SID Monitor Data
     or from the command line or folder browser:
     C:\SOLARSID\BIN\SIDsend.bat

   The best time to FTP your data is a little while past 00:00 UTC time, whatever that is for you locally, since the data logger begins new files at that point. However, you can ftp your data any time and as often as you like. The data logger will keep track of where it is and regenerate any needed files. Those files will eventually replace any partial files that you may have sent midday.