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Hi Elena- > Institution: University of Michigan > Package Version: 2.1 > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware Information: Java: home: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Home version: > 1.5.0_07 j3d:1.3.1 > Inquiry: An error has occurred: > Error connecting to: pscwx.plymouth.edu > Error opening connection: java.io.EOFException: Failed to read magic number > > Every time I try to connect to any of the sites to get atmospheric profiles > using > IDV on a mac, I get this error. What could be the problem? It appears that the Plymouth State server is not configured correctly for these data. Try using adde.ucar.edu or adde.cise-nsf.gov instead. Don Murray > > ****************** > Stack trace: > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddeException: Error opening connection: > java.io.EOFException: Failed to read magic number > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddePointDataReader.<init>(AddePointDataReader.java:160) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.profiler.AddeProfilerDataChooser.readTimes(AddeProfilerDataChooser.java:223) > at > ucar.unidata.ui.profiler.AddeProfilerDataChooser.handleUpdate(AddeProfilerDataChooser.java:372) > at ucar.unidata.ui.AddeChooser.handleConnect(AddeChooser.java:396) > 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: SHQ-254787 Department: Support IDV Priority: High Status: Open