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Hi Todd, I played around with your bundle but found nothing unusual. Please describe to me exactly how you arrive the problem. Thanks. -Julien > Full Name: Todd Ellis > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: SUNY Oneonta > Package Version: 2.9u3 build date:2011-01-14 00:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /usr/bin/IDV_2.9u3/jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > (build4) > Description of problem: I have multiple students trying to complete a lab who > are getting the following error when trying to make RHI plots of radar > imagery (either in realtime or from local archives). I'm at a loss to tell > them how to fix the issue, since according to archives this was a bug that > appeared in 2008, and was fixed at that time. Is this an IDV error, or a > Java issue? Where should I look? And do I have any recourse on what to tell > them to do, since I'll be at a remote location this week. > > Creating obs > java.lang.NullPointerException > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getRHI(CDMRadarAdapter.java:2731) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getData(CDMRadarAdapter.java:1732) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$2.run(RadarDataSource.java:491) > at visad.util.ThreadManager$1.run(ThreadManager.java:292) > at visad.util.ThreadPool$ThreadMinnow.run(ThreadPool.java:136) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ADA-103986 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed