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Chris, Perhaps the data server was momentarily unavailable. I am able to access the data. I just visualized Hurricane Sandra from November 23. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Chris Noble > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: personal > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.2\jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Error initializing ATCF data > ftp.nhc.noaa.gov > > I attempted to use the menu option data > special > ACTF but got an error > message - unknown source. > > Cheers, > Chris. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.net.UnknownHostException: ftp.nhc.noaa.gov > at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source) > at > org.apache.commons.net.DefaultSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultSocketFactory.java:53) > at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:162) > at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:250) > at > ucar.unidata.data.storm.AtcfStormDataSource.readFile(AtcfStormDataSource.java:752) > at > ucar.unidata.data.storm.AtcfStormDataSource.initializeStormData(AtcfStormDataSource.java:318) > at ucar.unidata.data.storm.StormDataSource.initAfter(StormDataSource.java:212) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.initAfterCreation(DataSourceImpl.java:790) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1571) > 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.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1812) > 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.MenuUtil$1.invokeMethod(MenuUtil.java:233) > at ucar.unidata.util.MenuUtil$1.actionPerformed(MenuUtil.java:224) > at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown > Source) > at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) > at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BID-636127 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed