Do YOU get this result when trying to use the Vixen Server?

[Plasma2002]

Here, follow along with me, if you will, my quest to get a working instance of the Vixen Remote up and running.


Ive been able to reproduce this error almost EVERY time, but I still cant figure out why it would be doing this. Im going to start with a new, fresh copy of Vixen (updated to 2.1.4). Heres my steps:

STEP 1: Create a profile, and have the 'Renard Dimmer (modified)' plugin enabled.

STEP 2: Start up VixenServerUI.exe from the \server folder in the Vixen directory. Click 'START SERVER'

STEP 3: In Vixen, click Add-ins menu, select the 'Remote Client' item. Type my machine's IP address in the text field and click 'Contact'. Then check the box that says "Allow remote network connections (internet)". This registers with the running server, and works fine.

STEP 4: Verify that the server stuff is working, by browsing to the following URL (using your own IP): http://192.168.0.100:41402/vixen/com...?action=status

STEP 5: Since the status is "OKStopped", that means the server/client is working, so the next natural thing to do is load a sequence by going to: http://192.168.0.100:41402/vixen/com...e=CoolSong.vix

STEP 6: Since it says OK, that means the song is loaded and ready to play, so lets start the sequence by going to: http://192.168.0.100:41402/vixen/com...action=execute


STEP 7: OH NO!!! AN ERROR!!! This is where I get an error from Vixen saying access was denied to the COM1 port. Once I click the error, the song starts playing thought!

Can others reproduce this error? Does anybody know why this would happen? Or how to stop it?

If I cant fix this error, I am going to have to try to find some other software instead of Vixen

[macebobo]

I did reproduce the error. They only thing I can think that might resolve it is to have a tool called Auto Hot Key watch for that dialog and dismiss it automatically. Not the best solution, but better than going to other software so late in the game.

Can I ask what you are doing that you must have remote execution? I bet it is intriguing.

-- John

[corytcline]

not sure if it will help but when I got that error I had vixen open twice had to go to task manager and shut down vixen there. when I opened vixen back up it worked. I was not trying to run a server though.

[SeiRruf]

It works for me, but once I close everything, and reopen it, then I can reproduce your error.

I noticed that vixen server has nothing to do with this. It's Vixen that's holding the COM port.
Try restarting your computer and trying again!

I've also noticed that the Server continues running in the background. Make sure before you re-try that all instances of vixen were shutdown successfully!
Usually, a restart should fix this. Vixen does this to me some times on show-time, too. (only when I'm messing with it)

[Plasma2002]

I ended up doing what macebobo suggested, and just made an AHK script to cancel out the dialog.

Not a FIX by any means, but it should take care of the error message that was blocking execution. Heres the script in case anybody else wants to get around this problem:

;This will silently watch for a popup from Vixen, then press Escape if it sees one. 
;It is usefull for the error that pops up when trying to execute a sequence remotely

#SingleInstance force

loop {
	WinWait, Vixen ahk_class #32770
	WinActivate
	Send {Esc}
	;MsgBox Error detected and suppressed
}

As to what I'm doing, Ill be sure to come back here and post about it once it's all set up - hopefully this week. I still have a little bit of code to tweak here and there, but once it's all taken care of, it should be pretty spiffy :P

[gdyrdave]

Was there anymore progress with this or is it a dead issue?

Dave

[SeiRruf]

There has not yet been any progress. The issue remains the same.

I have found out that it has to be with Vixen leaving the port open however.. so that when it reattempts to connect to it, it fails, but it's still connected, so closing the error still allows it to work properly. I haven't been able to find a way to fix it naturally.

[gdyrdave]

Does anyone have a gui interface program or script that will send the commands to the server and display results from a vixen server from a remote machine?
Thanks
Dave

[Drweird13]

Has anyone been able to find a fix other than the AHK script?

I found that the return key is more reliable in AHK. The ESC key worked about 90% of the time.

;This will silently watch for a popup from Vixen, then press Escape if it sees one. 
;It is usefull for the error that pops up when trying to execute a sequence remotely

#SingleInstance force

loop {
	WinWait, Vixen ahk_class #32770
	WinActivate
	Send {Return}
	;MsgBox Error detected and suppressed
}