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Greetings Katie, I was able to open the file using the IDV 3.1u1 release (which is the latest). I noticed you are on 3.0b2, which is quite old. I'd strongly recommend downloading the latest version and giving that a try (please let me know if it works for you!). Cheers, Sean > Full Name: Katie Laro > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Plymouth State University > Package Version: 3.0b2 build date:2011-08-19 07:06 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0b2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Error message: > > "There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:FILE.RADAR with: [Ljava.lang.String;@2c3a8f68 > null > Unable to handle this radar product!" > > > > The purpose of using this program with this data was to get the tabular data > out of it. Unfortunately I was unable to load the data, I tried several > different ways as well. > > The attached file is what I was trying to download. > > Thank you, > > Katie. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > visad.VisADException: Unable to handle this radar product! > > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.init(CDMRadarAdapter.java:496) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.<init>(CDMRadarAdapter.java:211) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.makeRadarAdapter(CDMRadarDataSource.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$1.run(RadarDataSource.java:293) > 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.makeAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:315) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:247) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getRadarAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:541) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(CDMRadarDataSource.java:314) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1844) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1555) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1822) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.Level2RadarChooser.selectFilesInner(Level2RadarChooser.java:254) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547) > 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:1063) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WRZ-418229 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open