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Dave, Please upload your data here: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload Let us know when it is there. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Dave > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: NMC of China > Package Version: 5.1u1 build date:2015-04-02 16:45 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.1u1\jre version: 1.7.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: > > Hi, guys: > > I want to read China FY statellite data which can be readed by old IDV. > But when I updated to IDV 5.1u1, There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:imagegrid with: > D:\ANI_IR1_R04_20150410_0900_FY2D.AWX > Grid data source failed making data set: D:\ANI_IR1_R04_20150410_0900_FY2D.AWX > Cant read D:\ANI_IR1_R04_20150410_0900_FY2D.AWX: not a valid CDM file. > > So why, very thanks! > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Cant read D:\ANI_IR1_R04_20150410_0900_FY2D.AWX: 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.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:511) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1572) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1979) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1896) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1830) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1803) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656) > 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:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NZT-633957 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed