Nothing seems to work

[Anorthosite_Nerd]

I'm having trouble getting any version of MELTS to work. I tried the most recent excel version that I found in a post from last year, but despite trying everything in the Troubleshooting MELTS_Excel FAQ I still get a "server returned no results" error.

I then tried to use the production server in the way described in this video. I created a GitLab account, clicked "sign in with gitlab," approved the ENKI server authorization request, but then I get a "403: Forbidden; Sorry, you are not currently authorized to use this hub. Please contact the hub administrator."

I then tried to download Docker and using a local image. Long story short, it's not working either. I'm at a bit of a loss. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Anorthosite_Nerd]

Still looking for some advice getting started. Is there any more up-to-date materials to help new users? Using the production server seems like the simplest solution, but I still receive a "403: Forbidden; Sorry, you are not currently authorized to use this hub. Please contact the hub administrator" error when I attempt to follow the directions described in Mark Ghiorso's tutorial. Can anyone refer me to the hub administrator?

[Paula]

For MELTS for Excel: there is a new version, uploaded three days ago, at the link that you quote that works fine. It looks like they moved the MELTS for Excel server to the cloud and the older workbook points to the previous location.

For the ENKI hub: the administrator is Mark Ghiorso (ghiorso AT ofm-research DOT org). The video is a little old, but the instructions on the ENKI website (https://www.enki-portal.org) say to email him for access.

I got the Docker image running a few years ago on a Windows desktop, but haven't tried recently as the Windows machines I run now don't have as much storage. It sounds like the Docker image might not be maintained in future.

There is a smaller lightweight locally installable version of Thermoengine being developed. There is a Windows version but I haven't tried it yet, as I don't have Anaconda installed. You can find out more on the ENKI website and see if this is a route you want to take.

Paula