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[IDV #BRA-205711]: IDV - Error

Hi Jason-

> Now when you right click and save. Do you save it as a text document
> or how do you save it.

Internet Explorer seems to be brain dead on this issue.  Normally,
I would select "All Files", but IE still puts a .txt extension
on it. Be sure to set the Data Source Type to be "NEXRAD Radar Files"
when you load it into the IDV with the Files Chooser.

Don Murray

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden>
> Date: Monday, March 19, 2007 11:12 am
> Subject: [IDV #BRA-205711]: IDV - Error
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > Hi Jason-
> >
> > We do not support loading in data from a web server.  You
> > can load in data either from local disk or through a THREDDS
> > Data Server (TDS). I know that Purdue was experimenting with the
> > TDS, so you might want to contact them to see if they support
> > access through that method.  Otherwise, you can right click on
> > a file and download it to your local disk and then use the IDV
> > to view it.
> >
> > Don Murray
> >
> > > What it is is a url. if you enter the url into the address bar of
> > > internet explorer it is similar to an index. I tried everything
> > to get
> > > it to work. Here is the url.
> > > http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/nexrd2/raw/
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden>
> > > Date: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:34 am
> > > Subject: [IDV #BRA-205711]: IDV - Error
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Cc: address@hidden
> > >
> > > > Hi Jason-
> > > >
> > > > > Institution: No organization
> > > > > Package Version: 2.1
> > > > > Operating System: Windows XP
> > > > > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program
> > > > Files\\IDV_2.1\\jre version: 1.5.0_06 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12)
> > > > > Inquiry: An error has occurred:
> > > > > There was an error loading the data:
> > > > > Error creating data source:FILE.RADAR with:
> > > > [Ljava.lang.String;@341b90> null
> > > > > Cant read C:/Documents and Settings/Pat and Jason/Desktop/Index
> > > > of -data-nexrd2-raw.mht: not a valid NetCDF file.
> > > >
> > > > What type of file is this supposed to be?  I'm concerned that it
> > > > says "Index of" which indicates it's a directory listing or
> > something> > other than a Level II or Level III file.
> > > >
> > > > > I have a live data feed but IDV will not load it.
> > > >
> > > > If this is a Level II or Level III file, could you please provide
> > > > a sample?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Don Murray
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > ******************
> > > > > Stack trace:
> > > > > visad.VisADException: Cant read C:/Documents and Settings/Pat
> > > > and Jason/Desktop/Index of -data-nexrd2-raw.mht: not a valid
> > > > NetCDF file.
> > > > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.init
> > > (CDMRadarAdapter.java:345)> at
> > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.<init>
> > > (CDMRadarAdapter.java:156)
> > > > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.makeRadarAdapter
> > > (CDMRadarDataSource.java:320)> at
> > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.makeAdapters
> > > (RadarDataSource.java:222)
> > > > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getAdapters
> > > (RadarDataSource.java:189)> at
> > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getRadarAdapters
> > > (RadarDataSource.java:423)
> > > > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.doMakeDataChoices
> > > (CDMRadarDataSource.java:134)> at
> > > ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices
> > > (DataSourceImpl.java:1136)
> > > > > at
> > > >
> > ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1088)
> > > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource
> > > (IntegratedDataViewer.java:1603)
> > > > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource
> > > (IntegratedDataViewer.java:1522)> at
> > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource
> > > (IntegratedDataViewer.java:1500)
> > > > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource
> > > (IntegratedDataViewer.java:1481)> at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource
> (IdvChooser.java:612)> > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.Level2RadarChooser.selectFilesInner
> > > (Level2RadarChooser.java:264)> at
> > >
> > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles
> (FileChooser.java:497)> > > at
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread
> > > (FileChooser.java:519)> at
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0> (Native Method)
> > > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > > > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
> > Source)> > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$1.run(Misc.java:903)
> > > > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:931)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ticket Details
> > > > ===================
> > > > Ticket ID: BRA-205711
> > > > Department: Support IDV
> > > > Priority: Normal
> > > > Status: Open
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: BRA-205711
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: BRA-205711
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open