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> Full Name: scott sabol > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: wjw fox 8 > Package Version: 6.0u1 build date:2021-07-29 17:09 UTC > Operating System: Windows 10 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_6.0u1\jre version: 1.8.0_282 > j3d:1.6.1 fcs fcs > Description of problem: Creating urls to radar data > java.lang.NullPointerException > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.TDSRadarDatasetCollection.factory(TDSRadarDatasetCollection.java:157) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.makeSources(CDMRadarDataSource.java:242) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.initAfterUnpersistence(CDMRadarDataSource.java:198) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.makeDataSourceFromXml(IdvPersistenceManager.java:4084) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSourceFromXml(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1941) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DataSourceHistory.process(DataSourceHistory.java:109) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.QuicklinkPanel$FileHistory.objectClicked(QuicklinkPanel.java:826) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.QuicklinkPanel$2.run(QuicklinkPanel.java:504) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > Hi Scott, You need to download and install the nightly release: https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp The web infrastructure changed at UCAR causing the radar server in the previous version no longer functioning. Yuan > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QSB-415359 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.