We are facing the problem of not able to open the dialog for installing software – from the menu select Help -> Software Updates -> Add/Remove software. Our development PCs are behind a proxy server and it looks like that the server does not allow the connection to http://www.poweredbyblue.com. The result from all this is an error dialog saying:
Unable to load catalog
There was an error while processing the catalog
Error contacting server
Server is not currently available; /pulse/action/getCatalog failed
Step to reproduce:
1. From the menu go to Help->Software Updates->Add/Remove software
2. A dialog pops up saying “Validating server connection”. Another dialog pops up showing the target site “https://www.poweredbypulse.com:443/pulse/action/model” and prompting for the proxy credentials. Enter the proxy credentials and press OK button.
3. A dialog pops up saying Loading catalog contents, Pulse is retrieving definitions for the software catalog. An error dialog pops up showing the error message from above. Press the OK button. Both dialogs are closed.
For us this is a showstopper, because now we cannot install third party plugins any more.