If your modem doesn't have an internet connection, you may need to
disable mobile data on your phone. I know it can cause problems on
some phones and will not allow the connection, but I don't
remember what error shows.
Pressing multiple times is erratic at best and still the message
only displays for a split second.
With firewall disabled Engine Driver works, but my attempts to
make an exception have so far failed. I made the exception for
LaunchJMRI but that has not worked, am I missing something?
On 17/09/2018 9:03 a.m., Steve Todd
wrote:
Press Connect multiple times to get the message to stay up longer.
By far the most likely issue is a firewall on your computer. Make
suree ALL firewalls are disabled. If that's the problem, you can
set an exception and reenable.
2nd most likely is what Peter Akers mentioned, often called "Smart
Network Switch". Most phones show this by a small exclamation
point on the wifi icon.
Peter,
Best way I've found for the firewall is to remove any entries for JMRI it
already has. Make sure it is set to prompt for any new connections. The try
starting JMRI again. When it sets up the throttle service, the firewall
should see that and prompt you to allow or deny. That should let you get the
right entry in the firewall service. Also check that you only have one
firewall service running. Sometimes you can get the basic Windows Defender
and your AV service both blocking things. Really should only have one. Make
sure they both allow if you can't be sure you only have one running.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.com
www.syracusemodelrr.org
Thanks Ken but all through this saga I have had no notifications
from either Windows firewall or AVG. On checking, all Windows
firewall notifications are turned on, so not much else I can do on
that front.
There were no existing JMRI-type entries in the Windows firewall
list that I could see.
I disabled AVG early on but it was only after I disabled Windows
firewall that ED finally worked.
I then added LaunchJMRI to the exceptions in Windows firewall but
this has not helped when the firewall is active.
I also did a Windows reboot just in case that might help.
For the moment with no internet access I don't need a firewall
but in the long run I will still need internet so any other
suggestions will be most welcome.
Peter
On 17/09/2018 9:57 a.m., Ken Cameron
wrote:
Peter,
Best way I've found for the firewall is to remove any entries for JMRI it
already has. Make sure it is set to prompt for any new connections. The try
starting JMRI again. When it sets up the throttle service, the firewall
should see that and prompt you to allow or deny. That should let you get the
right entry in the firewall service. Also check that you only have one
firewall service running. Sometimes you can get the basic Windows Defender
and your AV service both blocking things. Really should only have one. Make
sure they both allow if you can't be sure you only have one running.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.com
www.syracusemodelrr.org
I couldn't see the original post so I
don't know what brand of android phone he is using. A friend of
mine has a Google phone, (I believe that's the correct brand
name), and he has to put his phone in Airplane mode for it to
work. I also was at a session and another Google phone owner
had the same problem until he put his phone in Airplane mode.
J Eiermann
Thanks, Jack, the phone is a Samsung J3 and it's working fine.
The problem is in the Windows firewall.
Peter
On 18/09/2018 5:24 a.m., Jack wrote:
I couldn't see the original
post so I don't know what brand of android phone he is using.
A friend of mine has a Google phone, (I believe that's the
correct brand name), and he has to put his phone in Airplane
mode for it to work. I also was at a session and another
Google phone owner had the same problem until he put his phone
in Airplane mode.
J Eiermann
