Troubleshooting & Help
Can I use the computer NAME
instead of the IP address ?
Yes you can.
When clicking on the IP address
or computer name I only get a "connecting" message. Why the
Remote Login is not working?
Make sure you have followed the installation instructions
correctly and - Windows Firewall is not blocking the ReFaMo Node
Exception
(firewall
image here). Enable the "Remote
Desktop"
allow remote
Windows 2003 & 2008 Server 32bit & 64bit:
Make sure you add Refamo.exe and Refamo Node.exe to Windows
Firewall exception.
Is
there a function that detects the death of a slave/node? How is
that solved?
The ReFaMo "Energy Saving" feature gives the ability to reboot /
shutdown a node when it is inactive after a certain period of
time. This feature can be used to reboot a node depending on the
CPU % and Time. Screenshots available inside the manual
(page -8-)
..."the application failed to initialize
properly(0xc000135). click on ok to terminate...."
Install .NET 2.0 or
higher. Available here:
Microsoft .NET
What is the Energy Saving?
The Energy Saving feature is a very good way for reducing
your electricity bill, extent the life of your machines and why
not protect our very valuable Earth! Within couple of months
Refamo will pay for itself.
Note: The below examples are based using a Renderfarm situation
but can be applied to any king of computational intensive
project.
For those related with 3D Images or Simulation effects they now
that a good result usually takes a lot of Rendering / Simulation
time. Especially when we need to render animation sequences.
People let their Renderfarm overnight to finish an animation or
even a entire weekend. Others run simulations or other
computational intensive works for days. In both cases sometimes
the Node(s) finish earlier than expected their task or due to
wrong parameters or software bug they experience a software
crash, ending up with computers running without any reason for
hrs or even days.
Refamo Auto-detects when the CPU intensive process is finished
and within minutes can specify various scenarios: For
further information download the latest manual
"cannot set up CPU monitor, invalid input string".
This particular problem is caused when your performance counters
(in the registry) are corrupted in Windows.
We are not sure yet which software is
causing this corruption, possibly a spyware, antivirus or badly
written 3rd party application.
Please visit the Refamo Forum for the solution:
http://refamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13&sid=221382a6eccdb4f741fceb595c35834d
Is
it possible to install the Node as a service?
At the moment,
the ReFaMo node runs as a user-level application. It is quite
light and does not take up much resources. There is no Windows
Service version available at this time, although this may
change in the future.
Troubleshooting WOL
(Wake On LAN) :
Make sure your
Motherboard supports it.
Configuring your Network Card:
In order for WOL (wake on lan) to work, your network card must
go into "standby mode" when you power down your computer. If any
of your network card's lights are still lit after you shut down,
then it's configured properly, and you can skip the rest of this
section. Otherwise, if none of the lights remain lit after
powering down, you'll need to do the following.
* Double-click the Network icon in Control Panel, or
right-click on your Network Neighborhood icon and select
Properties.
* Select your WOL-compliant network adapter from the list,
click Properties, and choose the Advanced tab.
* Highlight NDIS Driver Version, and change it's value to
NDIS 4 (the default setting is Auto Select). If either the
Advanced tab or the NDIS Driver Version setting are missing,
then you'll need to obtain more up-to-date drivers from the
manufacturer of your network card.
* Also in the Advanced tab, change the settings for Wake on
Link and Wake on Magic Packet accordingly, if they're there.
* When you're done, click Ok, and then Ok again. Confirm that
you want to restart Windows when asked.
* After restarting, shut down and check the light again. If
it still doesn't work, contact from the manufacturer of your
network card for support.
What are the System
Requirements?
The
hardware requirements are very low. Any PC can run ReFaMo
without any problems. Please refer to the manual for detailed
System Requirements.
Who should I contact for support?
Please e-mail:
info3d@ixor3d.com
or Call Ixor during business hrs.
