Merge 733819e into 678309f

tardis-sn · Oct 31, 2017 · ad57033 · ad57033
2 parents 678309f + 733819e
commit ad57033
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diff --git a/tardis/plasma/standard_plasmas.py b/tardis/plasma/standard_plasmas.py
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ def assemble_plasma(config, model, atom_data=None):
             raise ValueError('No atom_data option found in the configuration.')
 
         logger.info('Reading Atomic Data from %s', atom_data_fname)
-        atom_data = atomic.AtomData.from_hdf(atom_data_fname)
+
+        try:
+            atom_data = atomic.AtomData.from_hdf(atom_data_fname)
+        except TypeError as e:
+            print (e, 'Error might be from the use of an old-format of the atomic database, \n'
+                'please see https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis-refdata/tree/master/atom_data'
+                ',for the most recent version.')
+            raise
 
     atom_data.prepare_atom_data(
         model.abundance.index,