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Hi John. We also noticed something else that is strange. It seems like it should be bmrc-poama-catalog.xml not bmrc-poama-catalog.html. -Julien > Hi John. > > Oops, I hit the send button too soon before. > > The problem is that the IDV cannot connect to http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080 > > Do you have a contact at BOM to find out what the right URL is? Or perhaps > their server is down and they need to be notified of the problem. > > Thanks. > > -Julien > > > > Full Name: John Abbot > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > Organization: Central Queensland University > > > Package Version: 2.9u3 build date:2011-01-14 00:05 UTC > > > Operating System: Windows 7 > > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6 version: 1.6.0_24 > > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > > > Description of problem: Error opening > > > url:http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/bmrc-poama-catalog.html > > > http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/bmrc-poama-catalog.html > > > Server returned HTTP response code: 505 for URL: > > > http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/bmrc-poama-catalog.html > > > http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/bmrc-poama-catalog.html > > > > > > I have recently downloaded the viewer and want to display the information > > > in files from the Australia Bureau of Meteorology POAMA > > > website. I get an error message as above and am not sure how to progress. > > > > > > ****************** > > > Stack trace: > > > java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 505 for URL: > > > http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/bmrc-poama-catalog.html > > > http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/bmrc-poama-catalog.html > > > at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown > > > Source) > > > at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source) > > > at javax.swing.JEditorPane.getStream(Unknown Source) > > > at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setPage(Unknown Source) > > > at > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.TextDisplayControl.processUrl(TextDisplayControl.java:1184) > > > at > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.TextDisplayControl.processUrl(TextDisplayControl.java:1072) > > > at > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.TextDisplayControl.doMakeContents(TextDisplayControl.java:489) > > > at > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.doMakeWindow(DisplayControlImpl.java:4141) > > > at > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1053) > > > 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: HVM-824674 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed