Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/OceanExchangeDatax/OceanExchangeDatax.cpp
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/OceanExchangeDatax/OceanExchangeDatax.cpp	(revision 27814)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/OceanExchangeDatax/OceanExchangeDatax.cpp	(revision 27815)
@@ -64,8 +64,4 @@
 			ISSM_MPI_Recv(oceangridx,ngrids_ocean,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,0,10001005,tomitgcmcomm,&status);
 			ISSM_MPI_Recv(oceangridy,ngrids_ocean,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,0,10001006,tomitgcmcomm,&status);
-
-			/*Exchange varying parameters for the initialization*/
-			ISSM_MPI_Send(&time,1,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,0,10001001,tomitgcmcomm);
-			ISSM_MPI_Recv(&oceantime,1,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,0,10001002,tomitgcmcomm,&status);
 		}
 		
@@ -77,4 +73,8 @@
 	}
 	else{
+		/*Exchange varying parameters for the initialization*/
+		ISSM_MPI_Send(&time,1,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,0,10001001,tomitgcmcomm);
+		ISSM_MPI_Recv(&oceantime,1,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,0,10001002,tomitgcmcomm,&status);
+
 		femmodel->parameters->FindParam(&oceangridx,&ngrids_ocean,OceanGridXEnum);
 		femmodel->parameters->FindParam(&oceangridy,&ngrids_ocean,OceanGridYEnum);