Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

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Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby plbrunet » Fri May 20, 2016 11:05 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get a two way connection Manager - Widget to work using the local ip 127.0.0.1 but it does not work? Is this normal?
I've setup a widget designer device in the Manager but it wont connect using 127.0.0.1.
And the Widget wont connect to the Manager using 127.0.0.1 either.

I want to run a Manager and a Widget on one computer and have an easy backup solution. So one Main computer with both software and same thing on backup computer. Using 127.0.0.1 would make it easier because I could just copy the project files from Main to Backup and everything would work.

Should this work?
Both computers have 2 ethernet adapters. 1 for Coolux and 1 for Dante.
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Re: Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby malkuth23 » Fri May 20, 2016 11:44 pm

That is not actually your ip address. Get yourself a real IP. Personally, I like 2.0.0.235. But you can pick one for yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback
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Re: Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby Dennis Kuypers » Wed May 25, 2016 1:52 pm

Hello,

have a look at your manager. What IP does it tell you in the assets tab for the "local" site? That is the IP you have to put into the widget.
Alternatively you can let the widget get that IP from the adapter by checking "Use local ip" in the PB Network Setup dialog.

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Re: Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby plbrunet » Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:02 pm

Hi guys,

I know 127.0.0.1 is not the IP set in the network adapter but it's a valid IP which is used to send network commands internally (locally). I have used it many times in other situations with other softwares.

The local Manager IP in the Assets tab of Manager is 10.8.88.52 (the one I set manually in the network settings of windows) and of course if I use this one it works. But I would like to use 127.0.0.1 so I can easily copy the widget and Manager showfiles to a backup computer without having to edit the showfiles every time I make a backup. I also use a connection from Manager to Widget inside Manager and this one also requires the full 10.8.88.52 address to work.

When I look in the Widget IP configuration is says that the "Local IP:" is 127.0.0.1 and when I check "Use Local IP" it puts 127.0.0.1 in the textbox but doesn't connect to Manager. I've joined 2 screenshots showing this.

If it says, local ip 127.0.0.1, should it not work when I put that in?
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Re: Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby Thomas Mrozek » Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:01 am

Hi Luc,
the issue actially is on PB side. Try to set PB Network Configuration to 'Loopback Pseudo-Interface'. After this WD should be aible to connect to PB. This is of course not exactly what you want, but PB is always connected to a single communication port, unfortunately.
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Re: Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby Dennis Kuypers » Wed Jun 08, 2016 5:45 pm

Hello Luc,

In the Widget, go to tools -> Connection Manager

There you can select the adapter (network card/output) that the Widget should use. Set it to the one with the IP that you need.

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Re: Manager - Widget connection on 127.0.0.1

Postby plbrunet » Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:32 am

Hello Guys,

Dennis, thank you, this does the trick inside Widget designer. :)
Thomas, I tried the Pseudo-Loopback adaptor and it didn't work... Oh well. But I select any adaptor, the Local IP becomes correct.

As for the Manager's WD device, I will have to use the network adapter's ip to make it work. 127.0.0.1 doesn't work.
It would be great if it did.

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