Minimwatch cannot see Minimserver

[simoncn]

(24-10-2013 07:46)rweten Wrote:  Simon, thanks.

I am running Minimwatch in Win 7. I have tried various changes (I had the wrong version of Java installed) but to no avail.

I tried turning off the firewall but it made no difference. When I started up Minimwatch for the first time I did get the normal Windows Firewall message saying that it had blocked the programme and asking me to give it permissions. It is set to have permissions on Private networks.

To be clear, I am running Win 64-bit, but using the 32-bit browsers and thus 32-bit Java. I installed the 32-bit version of Minimwatch. The NAS NV+ is running RAIDiator 5.3.8 and that all seems fine, as the Minimserver has started and I can see the music server in my control points and in Windows Explorer.

Richard

When you unblocked Java in the Windows Firewall, was this the 64-bit version of Java? If so, it's possible that the 64-bit Java executable is unblocked and the 32-bit Java executable is blocked.

However, this doesn't explain why you are getting the problem with the Windows Firewall disabled. The page to disable the Windows Firewall can be quite confusing, and you might have disabled some parts of the firewall but not all of it.

Before we we go further down this path, there is something else to check. Does your PC have two network adapters on different subnets? If so, it's possible that MinimWatch is listening on the wrong network interface. For confirmation of this, please try disabling the "other" network interface and stopping and restarting MinimWatch.

If this turns out to be the problem, I'll explain how to configure MinimWatch to solve it.