Android mobil app

Deadline
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Hello,
we have the pulse service running but the android app won´t show anything… We have trying it with a wifi connection, but the app returns:
An error occurred while parsing the data returned from Pulse: At line 1, column0: syntax error.

Is the app not working via wifi? Has anybody successfully running the app?

tia,
joschy3d

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Which version of Deadline Pulse are you running? You can check the version number by selecting Help → About Deadline Pulse.

Also, try running this URL from a web browser (where SERVER is your Pulse server machine):

http://SERVER:8080/Mobile_GetJobList?plist=no

You should get some basic XML back, like this:

We’ve tested the Android app quite a bit over Wifi, so it’s definitely not that.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
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Hello,
we are using Pulse 5.0.0.44528.

After using the SERVER:8080/Mobile_GetJobList?plist=no, I got this. See attached file
Mobile_GetJobList.txt (14.7 KB)

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Wow, that doesn’t look right at all. :slight_smile:

Did you guys upgrade from a previous version of Deadline, or was 5.0 a “clean” installation?

Also, can you go to \your\repository\scripts\Pulse, zip up Mobile_GetJobList.py, and post it? I just want to check if there is anything corrupted in this file.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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It is a clean and fresh installation, attached all pulse scripts.
Pulse.zip (6.68 KB)

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Hmm, everything looks good there. This is quite strange. Maybe try restarting Pulse to see if that helps…

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we have reastart the deadline pc many times, also the pulse. no change…
It is running on a windows server 2003.

joschy3d

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Is anything else using the Pulse web service, or is it just a single Android device at the moment?

Sorry for all the questions. This is just a new problem that we’re seeing, and we’re just trying to figure out what could be causing it.

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I´m happy about your questions Ryan. Because it would be really nice to have that feature :wink:
We tested it with my personal android device only. No other device involved.
It is a Motorola defy.

joschy3d

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Thanks for confirming. The next place to check is the Pulse log. From Pulse, select Help -> Explore Log Folder, and send us the last few Deadline Pulse logs from that folder. We’ll take a look to see if anything in the logs can help explain the problem.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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Hi Ryan,
attached some log files.

Tia, joschy3d
deadlinepulse(Deadline).zip (5.1 KB)

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Thanks for logs. It appears that something else IS communicating with the web service:

2011-07-27 12:00:43: Web Service - Executing GetFarmStatistics command…
2011-07-27 12:12:57: Web Service - Executing GetSlaveNames command…

I’m wondering if the multiple commands are interfering with each other, since the output you posted from Mobile_GetJobList appeared to contain output that would normally have come from GetFarmStatistics. If this is the case, then this is definitely a bug, and is something we’ll try to address for the next release.

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…good to know. If you need further data let me know.
Successfully bug hunting :wink:

tia, joschy3d