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> Full Name: Don Murray > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CU/CIRES > Package Version: 5.1 build date:2015-03-11 19:53 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /Volumes/User/dmurray/IDV_5.1/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre version: 1.7.0_67 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: I just tried to read a GrADS ctl file with IDV 5.1 > and it gives the following error. It works fine in version 5.0u2. I suspect > it's a problem with the switch to the new CDM library. This is a major > problem for me. > Don, I believe this is a problem from the CDM library. I will ask them to make a fix for the IDV and I can do the update release soon. Could you upload a sample file for me? We are working on the new unit test environment, and I think CDM team would also need a sample file. Yuan > Creating data source > Grid data source failed making data set: > /Users/dmurray/data/grids/grads/gpcc.20yrann.ctl Cant read > /Users/dmurray/data/grids/grads/gpcc.20yrann.ctl: not a valid CDM file. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Cant read > /Users/dmurray/data/grids/grads/gpcc.20yrann.ctl: not a valid CDM file. > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:811) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:428) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:744) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:428) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:529) > 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:1186) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1208) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterUnpersistence(GeoGridDataSource.java:416) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.makeDataSourceFromXml(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3847) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSourceFromXml(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1942) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DataSourceHistory.process(DataSourceHistory.java:109) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager$8$1.run(IdvUIManager.java:2420) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CTX-855593 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open