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Hi there, > I was wondering if you have some advise for downloading at running cave. I > downloaded it to my > computer and when I open it it asks to select a EDEX server which is the > ucar.edu one that pre > populated but when I hit start it states “unable to validate localization > preferences please > enter valid option”. Is this something I may be doing wrong on my end or is > there additional > software I need to download. Thanks! What operating system are you running on? After you hit start you may have to wait a while for CAVE to start up (more than one or two minutes). If you wait after hitting start and waiting for a few minutes, does anything happen? Thanks. --Shay Carter She/Her/Hers AWIPS Software Engineer NSF Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BOM-453844 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with NSF Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.