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> Full Name: Dave Dempsey > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: San Francisco State University > Package Version: 4.1u1 build date:2013-11-25 08:05 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_65 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:file.grid with: > http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/opendap/synth:42f79569-1382-4c80-81f9-42cec2359f40:L3dyZm91dF8yMDEzLTExLTIxXzEyX0dGU19DZW5DYWxfQmF5QXJlYV9FYXN0QmF5Lm5j/entry.das > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/opendap/synth:42f79569-1382-4c80-81f9-42cec2359f40:L3dyZm91dF8yMDEzLTExLTIxXzEyX0dGU19DZW5DYWxfQmF5QXJlYV9FYXN0QmF5Lm5j/entry.das > Method failed:HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error on URL= > http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/opendap/synth:42f79569-1382-4c80-81f9-42cec2359f40:L3dyZm91dF8yMDEzLTExLTIxXzEyX0dGU19DZW5DYWxfQmF5QXJlYV9FYXN0QmF5Lm5j/entry.das.dds > ------------------------------------------- > > I'm trying to load a NetCDF file of gridded WRF-ARW model output as a catalog > via one of my RAMADDA servers (at > http://droplet.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/thredds > "WRF Model Output (on > virga)" > wrfout_2013_11_21-12_GFS_CenCal_BayArea_EastBay.nc) There is no > bundle involved, or any attempt to plot the data. > > The attempt produces the error message above. > > The message is confusing because the RAMADDA server I'm using is on droplet > but the message includes references to the RAMADDA server running on virga > (http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080). The file that I'm trying to load resides on > virga, but it is accessible to droplet because the hard drive on which the > file resides is NFS-mounted on virga. > > I'm running RAMADDA v1.5 (on both machines). > > I've attached a screenshot of the IDV Dashboard at the point at which the > error occurs. > > -- Dave Dempsey Dave, This is a bug in the RAMADDA server, Jeff M will looking into it. Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Method failed:HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error on URL= > http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/opendap/synth:42f79569-1382-4c80-81f9-42cec2359f40:L3dyZm91dF8yMDEzLTExLTIxXzEyX0dGU19DZW5DYWxfQmF5QXJlYV9FYXN0QmF5Lm5j/entry.das.dds > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.openConnection(DConnect2.java:271) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:563) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:537) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:240) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDodsByReflection(NetcdfDataset.java:1031) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:980) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:664) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:421) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:516) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:117) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1156) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1178) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:502) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1597) > 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.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeDataSource(XmlChooser.java:280) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNodes(ThreddsHandler.java:852) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.doLoad(ThreddsHandler.java:701) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doLoadInThread(XmlChooser.java:717) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MYH-462617 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open