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Hi- > Institution: QEA > Package Version: 2.3 build date:2007-08-15 19:04 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program Files\\IDV_2.3\\jre version: > 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > Inquiry: I'm trying to connect to differente servers and the response is > denied every time. > Do I need to provide some sort of ID? Is your firewall blocking port 8080? If so, you will need to open that port. You'll also need port 112 open so you can access the ADDE servers. Don Murray > An error has occurred: > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:dods.grid with: > http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20071005_1200.nc > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20071005_1200.nc > Cant open > dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20071005_1200.nc > or as DODS > dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20071005_1200.nc > Method failed:HTTP/1.1 403 Response denied > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: Cant open > dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20071005_1200.nc > or as DODS > dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20071005_1200.nc > Method failed:HTTP/1.1 403 Response denied > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:380) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openFile(NetcdfDataset.java:316) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:175) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:203) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:183) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:171) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:72) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:727) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:744) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:335) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1197) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1720) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1639) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1617) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1598) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:854) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNodes(ThreddsHandler.java:848) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.doLoad(ThreddsHandler.java:714) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doLoadInThread(XmlChooser.java:629) > 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$2.run(Misc.java:919) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QVB-494467 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open