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PHX PHX has continued to see instances where a new ro ute is given to a SWAP aircraft from ERAM ; however, AEFS is not " printing " a new strip or a new revision. This is a serious concern and we have the engineers at the T ech C enter working to find the issue. Another issue PHX has discovered is the s uppressing of an ERAM - generated Adapted Departure Route (ADR, the old PDR). The suppressing of an ADR should print out a new strip, but AEFS isn ' t, and is still showing the original ADR until a strip request can be made v ia the FDIO interface in AEFS. This is an extra step, and one that the engineers are also working on a fix for. CLE Testing of the new ER2 build will begin the week of 9/11. EWR Nothing new . SFO Hardware (HW) was ins talled the week of 8/9. LAS Nothing new . CLT Familiarization for the local team h as taken place and local adaptation work continues in preparation for ATD - 2 integration next year. Installation of a training system at NASA Ames began on 8/15 and is ongoing. This installation will give NASA all of the information currently available reg arding AEFS and allow them to continue their work in the integration plan. The initial heads - down study began and should be completed the week of 8/28. Installation of the HW is scheduled for 9/27. SWIM Visualization Tool (SVT) SVT has been approved for PHL and we have had our initial meetings with PHL management and NATCA. We will be heading to PHL for initial cadre training and additio nal demo work on Monday, 9/19. This will be an improvement over the fa cility ' s current ASDE - X configuration, and will allow TFDM to continue to gain valuable information from the field about how the surface viewer for TFDM should look and act. WEATHER : Matt Tucker (ZTL) is NATCA's Article 48 Representative for Weather. Weather an d Radar Processor (WARP) On the night of Sept.1, ZDC was the first ARTCC to go live with the new NEXRAD mosaic on ERAM. The mosaic was enabled on the backup channel and during the mid - shift we were able to use the new mosaic. The new mosaic is being instal led in all the ARTCCs and CERAPS ; the install will be completed before the Thanksgiving moratorium. The upgrade improves the update rate and the resolution of the mosaic , taking the update rate to between 5 mins and 25 seconds. The resolution is improved fr om 4km to 1km , greatly improving the accuracy of what is depicted on ERAM. This upgrade is dependent on ERAM being on EAD 500 or later to be enabled. NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) and Common Support Services - Weather