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> Full Name: Patrick Selmer > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Plymouth State University > Package Version: 2.9u3 build date:2011-01-14 00:05 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.9u3\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: I download level-III STP radar data from NCDC. The > data loads and displays into IDV just fine; however, when I try to use the > Data Probe to glean values from the image I get the following error: > The data probing in the radar dataset is not functioning correctly, need more works in the future. If you need to do data probing, please use the ADDE LevelIII server. Yuan > Creating obs > java.lang.NullPointerException > > Note: The data probe works just fine on "live" radar data from the server. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getVolume(CDMRadarAdapter.java:3877) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.getData(CDMRadarAdapter.java:1738) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$2.run(RadarDataSource.java:491) > 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:504) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2238) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ProbeControl.createDataInstance(ProbeControl.java:2279) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.ProbeControl.initRowInfo(ProbeControl.java:2263) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.ProbeControl.getRowInfo(ProbeControl.java:2244) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.ProbeControl.getRowInfo(ProbeControl.java:2216) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.ProbeControl.init(ProbeControl.java:308) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1034) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZGT-404452 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed