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> Full Name: Bryan Matamoros Alvarado > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Universidad de Costa Rica > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /opt/IDV_3.0u2/jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > (build4) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:file.netcdf with: ftp://eftp.ifremer.fr > Unable to open grid: > ftp://eftp.ifremer.fr > > Bryan, You can not use the ftp link to access a remote grid file. Normally, the IDV accesses the remote grid data through TDS server. What you can do is to download the dataset first and then load it into the IDV. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Error creating data source:file.netcdf > with: ftp://eftp.ifremer.fr > Unable to open grid: > ftp://eftp.ifremer.fr > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1619) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1673) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1605) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURLInner(UrlChooser.java:267) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURL(UrlChooser.java:239) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.doLoadInThread(UrlChooser.java:286) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1062) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VEX-828776 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed