[IDV #AID-467937]: protoleptic calendar, screen panics, wheel of death, and much more

> Government data servers are shut down.
> I will need to give my IDV seminar tomorrow with .zidv bundles.
> 
> 

Brian,
     I briefly checked the zidv last night, it works except the message related 
to the ncml. I will check more carefully now to make sure you can use it in the 
seminar.



Yuan 



> OK, so here is a set of .zidv bundles I made last spring.
> http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu:8080/repository/entry/show/RSMAS-UM+Repository+for+atm-ocean+data+and+its+science/The+Mapes+IDV+collection/IDV+Bundles/ZZZ+Need+to+be+republished+with+thumbnails/1-Demo+bundles.+Small%2C+fast%2C+showy/Zipped-with-data+%28.zidv%29+bundles/Heavy+rain+events+at+various+places?entryid=b2aff835-4dc8-424d-990f-71b13fb9234c
> 
> 
> When I try to open them, I get problem after problem. Here is a log:
> It is like a nightmare.
> 
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> 1. Let's start with one:
> File:   Hurricane.Mitch-1998-10-28-WithSSTA.zidv    8.84 MB
> I write the files to a temporary directory. Displays load. But the time 
> animation is broken. This is the protoleptic calendar problem perhaps? Yuan, 
> I thought this was fixed in the latest Java libraries? I am running 4.1u1 
> from Sep 13.
> 
> * Changing the time control to "use all times from all data" doesnt fix it.
> * Defining a bracket time window like this causes mischief (error message).
> But then yes, some data streams appear to be 2 days offset (calendar error) .
> [cid:1a50f951-4ae4-4ce6-a383-bda64e28a3e1@amazon.rsmas.miami.edu]
> 
> [cid:9fae0de8-d75e-4cbd-b1b0-310d86cef409@amazon.rsmas.miami.edu]
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> 
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> Now let's try another. File:    HongKong200309-15.zidv    91.13 MB
> Download and File->Open.
> 
> The time driver remained stuck on the previous times.
> Choosing "All times from all data" doesn't work.
> Changing the time dirver to a period bracketing the date in the bundle causes 
> this panic:
> Error messages in the viewport. Something about projection although animation 
> times are all I changed.
> [cid:6508e693-b04e-46fc-89df-0cc116ffa8cc@amazon.rsmas.miami.edu]
> 
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> 
> Back to the previous bundle, open it again. Screen panic messages still 
> there. Gotta quit.
> 
> -------------------
> Restarted IDV.
> I open the HongKong one in a fresh session.
> No displays appear. I change dates. No displays.
> 
> Oh wait! There are displays over North America!
> But they are from 1998! It's hurricane Mitch, even though this .zidv was 
> opened
> in a fresh session. What th?? Are there not enough tmp directories, names 
> getting confused? What th??
> 
> 
> Let's try one more.
> File:   Burma-1999-08-07(12:00Z).zidv    10.18 MB
> Remove all displays and data when opening.
> Set animation controller back to "use all times from all data." Nothing.
> Set animation controller around the bundle's time. Nothing.
> [cid:c5fdf4a9-4234-4946-a793-cc13637e2710@amazon.rsmas.miami.edu]
> 
> Actually the spinning wheel and barrber pole at lower right just go and go. 
> It's hung up somehow. Memory use is not it. It's just stuck, spinning wheel 
> of death.
> 
> -------------------
> Restarted IDV.
> Open the Burma bundle.
> Animation  controller comes up set on 1y intervals for some reason.
> No displays. Again spinning wheel of death.
> After a loooooooong time, it comes up (some displays).
> I adjust calendar for protoleptic problem. Screen panics about longitude.
> 
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> 
> 
> I don't know where to begin on all the ways IDV is failing me, the day before 
> I mean to impress a large home audience with it (and 2 weeks before an even 
> larger international audience I am practicing for). It's like a nightmare.
> 
> Brian Mapes
> address@hidden or address@hidden
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AID-467937
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open