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Jesus, There are several ports you need open at your institution in order to run the IDV so that it may connect to different data servers. In general, ports 112, 8080 and 80 are required. Port 112 is required to be open for ADDE. http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Systems.html Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: jesus salazar > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Panama > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\IDV_5.2\jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Connecting to server:adde.ucar.edu > Connection refused: connect > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect > at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method) > at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) > 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 > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddeURLConnection.connect(AddeURLConnection.java:644) > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.adde.AddeURLConnection.getInputStream(AddeURLConnection.java:819) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeChooser.checkIfServerIsOk(AddeChooser.java:1187) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeChooser.canAccessServer(AddeChooser.java:1230) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeImageChooser.connectToServer(AddeImageChooser.java:802) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeImageChooser.handleConnect(AddeImageChooser.java:634) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.adde.AddeChooser.handleConnectFromThread(AddeChooser.java:600) > 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: MVP-770211 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed