Ornatrix alembic generation on deadline not working

Deadline
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hi,

I’m trying to cache a simple hair with no simulation on deadline without success using a python script and the Maya script job.
The Ornatrix plugin is loaded:
mel: pymel.core : INFO : Updating pymel with pre-loaded plugins: Ornatrix, renderSetup, hairPhysicalShader, GPUBuiltInDeformer, matrixNodes, stereoCamera, ikSpringSolver, deformerEvaluator, mtoa

I get this errors with three different commands :

    cm = 'OxAlembicExport -ft '+str(start)+' -tt '+str(end)+' -r 1 "'+filePath+'" "'+ox+'"'**
    print cm
  mel.eval(cm)*

2018-10-31 12:03:14: 0: STDOUT: Error: line 1: Cannot find procedure “OxAlembicExport”.
STDOUT: line 1: line 1: Cannot find procedure “OxAlembicExport”.

       cmds.file(filePath,typ="Ornatrix Alembic",force=True, options="renderVersion=1;useWorldCoordinates=1;fromTime="+str(start)+";toTime="+str(end)+";step=1;format=0;upDirection=2;exportVelocities=1;velocityIntervalCenter=0;velocityIntervalLength=0.5" ,pr=True, es=True )

STDOUT: Error: file:OXtoABC.mel line 1: RuntimeError: file OXtoABC.py line 92: Invalid file type specified: Ornatrix Alembic

        pm.mel.OxAlembicExport( filePath, ox,ft=start,tt=end, r=1)

STDOUT: Error: file:OXtoABC.mel line 1: MelUnknownProcedureError: file language.py line 985: Error during execution of MEL script: line 1: Cannot find procedure “OxAlembicExport”.

thanks,
-Alex

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Quick guess is that the API provided by that plugin isn’t loading quite right on the render machines. Have you tested it on the machines manually from within Maya? You may need to go to the Plugin Manager and enable it. It’s not an uncommon issue.

To help remove some of the mystery of how MayaBatch controls things, feel free to enable the script logging in the plugin configuration:

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That will show you all of the Melscript being run in the job report.