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Hi Jacob- > Full Name: Jacob Gore > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: HOME > Package Version: 2.6b2 build date:2008-11-05 18:01 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/idv/IDV_2.6b2/jre version: 1.6.0_07 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > (build4) > Description of problem: I recieved this second error below when the IDV > attempted to auto download level 2 radar > data from the IDV server after I had selected the auto-download and > auto-reload > option in the properties window of the radar data. > > Creating obs > java.lang.NullPointerException I'm having a hard time reproducing this. Can you upgrade to the latest nightly build? Could you send the current state as a bundle when you fill out the support request? Thanks. Don Murray P.S. We're looking into your RUC 20 problem. It's a server issue. Don > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getAngleIdx(CDMRadarAdapter.java:1690) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getData(CDMRadarAdapter.java:1662) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getDataInner(RadarDataSource.java:449) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2092) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:628) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.reInitialize(DataInstance.java:170) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.reInitialize(GridDataInstance.java:179) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2935) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:509) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.RadarSweepControl.setData(RadarSweepControl.java:122) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2848) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.resetData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2739) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.dataChanged(DisplayControlImpl.java:2684) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.notifyDataChange(DataSourceImpl.java:1323) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.reloadData(DataSourceImpl.java:1297) > at ucar.unidata.data.FilesDataSource.reloadData(FilesDataSource.java:453) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.reloadData(CDMRadarDataSource.java:177) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl$2.doPoll(DataSourceImpl.java:1139) > at ucar.unidata.util.Poller.run(Poller.java:108) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1038) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VNR-262766 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open