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> Thank you Yuan for your quick response. > I couldn't test loading SYNOP point data. When I try to connect to: > > - adde.ucar.edu, lead.unidata.ucar.edu, satepsanone.nesdis.noaa or > EUMETSAT I get the message: *Error connecting to...Connection timed out*. > - adde.ssec.wisc.edu I get the message: *Unknown name or service* > > I work with Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS. I contacted system administrator and I > think is everything OK about IDV User Guide 6.1. How do I connect to remote > servers through my firewall? A. If you have a firewall and you try to get > data from the remote servers (image, radar, point, upper air and profiler > data), you may get error messages such as "Error opening connection ... > Operation timed out" or "No Data Available." For these servers to send > data, your firewall software must allow connections on ports 112 (ADDE) and > 8080 (THREDDS Data Server. > > Thanks in advance, > Débora > > Yes, you need to have port 112 opened. Port 112 is officially registered as the port for the ADDE server. Yuan V Support ( > address@hidden) escribió: > > > > Hi IDV Unidata Team, > > > > > > I'm trying to plot isobars from SYNOP data. My query is if IDV has > > smoothing > > > lines tool or a filter that allow to give a better finish to the plot, > > > something like has the painting program Krita. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Débora > > > > > > > > Hi Debora, > > > > If you load the SYNOP point data, you can select the "Gridded Fields" and > > then contour display and apply the > > smoothing (many option in the drop down menu) to smooth the lines. > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: JDA-905219 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > =================== > > NOTE: All email exchanges with NSF 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. > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JDA-905219 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with NSF 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.