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Hello, Thanks for the log file. From a quick look I see: PATH=C:\Users\Alex Brown\McIDAS-V-System\adde\bin MCPATH=C:\Users\Administrator\McIDAS-V It looks like the install you are using was done in C:/Users/Alex Brown, while you're running McIDAS-V from the Administrator account. Trying to do things...

Hello, When you have McIDAS-V running, go to Edit>Preferences in the Main Display window. From the Advanced tab of the User Preferences window, change the Log Level to "TRACE" and click OK. Exit and restart McIDAS-V. You will likely still see the error, but the logging to mcidasv.log may b...

Hello, The two directories that McIDAS-V needs to access are: McIDAS-V-System - This is the directory where McIDAS-V was installed (e.g. C:/Users/Admin/McIDAS-V-System) and contains all of the code. We suggest installing this in the user's directory, not a shared directory like Program Files. McIDAS...

Hello, There can be a variety of reasons that local servers don't work. In the majority of the cases there is some type of permissions or firewall issue. To see some things we generally ask users to try, see this forum post . We do typically recommend that users install McIDAS-V as their own user in...

Hi Nigel, Thanks for pointing this out. I'm replicating this problem with some of my CMA files as well. I believe a netCDF update in McV 1.9 caused this problem. I wrote this up as Inquiry 3148 . I left a note in the inquiry to contact you when this gets resolved, though I don't have an estimate on ...

Hello, The below message from NSF Unidata Support on 04/02/2024 mentions that the SSEC Unidata server (adde.ssec.wisc.edu) is being permanently decommissioned on April 26, 2024. Users of this server for accessing satellite, radar, and point data in McIDAS-V are encouraged to use the adde.ucar.edu se...

Hello, I'm assuming you are loading the data through the General>Files/Directories chooser. By default, this loads the data as a single-time gridded data source. There's a data type "Aggregate Grids by Time" that would allow you to select multiple files, click Add Source, and then be able ...

Hello, Dependent on your operating system, there are a couple ways you can work with the netCDF (*.nc) file in McIDAS-V: If you are on Linux or macOS, you can create a local dataset through the ADDE Data Manager (Tools>Manage ADDE Datasets) with the GOES ABI format. You can then access this local da...

Hello, The image you shared is the McIDAS-V directory. This directory doesn't contain any code, but things like user preferences, formulas, color enhancements, etc. that you would want retained as you update McIDAS-V versions. The directory where McIDAS-V was installed to (called McIDAS-V-System by ...

Hello, Thanks for your question about animation capturing speed. The way that McIDAS-V captures animations is by doing a screen shot of each frame before moving to the next. This process takes a bit of time and does not use the dwell rates specified in the Time Animation Widget. I wrote up Inquiry 3...