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Hi Damien- > Institution: Personal > Package Version: 2.1 > Operating System: Linux > Hardware Information: Java: home: /home/damien/IDV/IDV_2.1/jre version: > 1.5.0_06 j3d:1.3.1 > Inquiry: An error has occurred: > Error connecting to: adde.ucar.edu > Error opening AreaFile: java.io.EOFException Do you have a firewall blocking network access from Java or specifically on port 112? If so, you need to have that port open to allow the ADDE protocol to access data on servers. See the FAQ section on this at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/IDV/docs/userguide/Faq.html#faq1_cat6_30 If not, which server were you trying to access data from? Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaFileException: Error opening AreaFile: > java.io.EOFException > at edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaDirectoryList.<init>(AreaDirectoryList.java:131) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.imagery.AddeRadarChooser.readStations(AddeRadarChooser.java:335) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.imagery.AddeRadarChooser.setAvailableStations(AddeRadarChooser.java:298) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.imagery.AddeRadarChooser.connectToServer(AddeRadarChooser.java:233) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.imagery.AddeImageChooser.handleConnect(AddeImageChooser.java:521) > at ucar.unidata.ui.AddeChooser.handleConnectFromThread(AddeChooser.java:413) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$1.run(Misc.java:903) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:931) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KCP-610160 Department: Support IDV Priority: High Status: Open