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> I had a chance to play around with this. > > When I try to load the following bundle available at: > http://weather.utah.edu/synoptic/idv/Site_Config/bundles/WX-Disco/Radar/KMTX-3DTopo.xidv > > is when I get the error. The error I got just now is: > > Initializing after unpersistence > http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/nexrad/level2/IDD/KMTX/20101222/Level2_KMTX_20101222_2127.ar2v > is not a valid URL, return status=400 > > If, however, I go to the data chooser, I can access radar at > http://threds.utah.edu/thredds/radarServer/catalog.xml. > > So, has the thredds server changed? > > Jim > Jim, We may have some changes in the thredds server after the security break in. But, the above message suggests that the IDV is trying to open a dataset (year 2010) no longer exist. Is it a relative time dataset? Do you remember what this bundle suppose to do? Yuan > > On 3/4/14 2:49 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > Jim, > > > > All I can say is try again or check your network. I was just able to > > render the KTMX radar data without any issues. > > > > By the way, you may wish to update your IDV to 4.1: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/current/index.jsp > > > > As for the bundle, I am not sure. It does not seem to contain any > > data sources. > > > > Best Wishes, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > >> Full Name: Jim Steenburgh > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: University of Utah > >> Package Version: 4.0u2 build date:2013-06-21 07:05 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: Creating urls to radar data > >> Operation timed out > >> > >> Not sure why, but this bundle is currently unable to access KTMX radar > >> data. > >> > >> ****************** > >> Stack trace: > >> java.net.ConnectException: Operation timed out > >> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) > >> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382) > >> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241) > >> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228) > >> at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431) > >> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527) > >> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:476) > >> at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:163) > >> at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:424) > >> at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:538) > >> at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:214) > >> at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:300) > >> at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:319) > >> at > >> sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:987) > >> at > >> sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:923) > >> at > >> sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:841) > >> at > >> sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1195) > >> at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(Unknown > >> Source) > >> at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineDocVersion(Unknown > >> Source) > >> at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) > >> at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) > >> at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) > >> at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > >> at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > >> at org.jdom2.input.sax.SAXBuilderEngine.build(SAXBuilderEngine.java:217) > >> at org.jdom2.input.sax.SAXBuilderEngine.build(SAXBuilderEngine.java:329) > >> at org.jdom2.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:1256) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.radar.TDSRadarDatasetCollection.factory(TDSRadarDatasetCollection.java:147) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.makeSources(CDMRadarDataSource.java:240) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.initAfterUnpersistence(CDMRadarDataSource.java:197) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$18.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3537) > >> at visad.util.ThreadManager$1.run(ThreadManager.java:292) > >> at visad.util.ThreadPool$ThreadMinnow.run(ThreadPool.java:136) > >> > >> > >> > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: RCK-390436 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RCK-390436 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open