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> Hi Ernest. > > We need to do some sleuthing here. > > Please try to open your data with a more current version of the IDV. Please: > > 1. Update to a current version of the IDV (2.9u3). > > 2. If 1 does not work, get the IDV from the nightly builds > (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp) and try gain. > > Keep us up to date on your progress. If you are loading the dataset from the motherlode radar server, you need to wait a few more days. The fixed is in the nightly release, but the TDS server has not been updated yet. So, you can only try the local datasets. Yuan > > Thanks. > > -Julien > > > > Full Name: Ernest Sessa > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: faa > > Package Version: 2.8b2 build date:2009-12-22 21:34 UTC > > Operating System: Windows XP > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.8b2\jre version: 1.6.0_17 > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > > Description of problem: Creating obs > > 4026240 > > > > When selecting a remote level 2 radar source and attempting to display a > > reflectivity volume scan I am frequently encountering this error, this has > > always worked flawlessly in the past and now it throughs this error for at > > least half the radars I try at any given time. Oddly it also occurs on all > > versions of IDV. Have they changing something in the way in the way that > > the level 2 data is transmitted? > > > > ****************** > > Stack trace: > > java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 4026240 > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getVolume(CDMRadarAdapter.java:3938) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getData(CDMRadarAdapter.java:1741) > > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$2.run(RadarDataSource.java:496) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:212) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getDataInner(RadarDataSource.java:509) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2235) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > > 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:202) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:159) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:140) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:299) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3037) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3019) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ColorRadarVolumeControl.setData(ColorRadarVolumeControl.java:327) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ColorRadarVolumeControl.init(ColorRadarVolumeControl.java:185) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1299) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1000) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:979) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:904) > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1096) > > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CPN-830214 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed