Render .vrscene on the network

[barthelemyaix]

Hi,

We have Swarm installed on several machines working with Vray for Revit and Vray for SketchUp.
I was assuming that I could use those nodes (with Vray swarm listening) with the command line, here is what I did :

I exported from max : test.vrscene
In command line I typed : vray.exe -sceneFile=c:\test\test.vrscene -distributed=1 -renderhost=RN01

Only my machine was working, and I saw in the Vray window the message with "connection timeout"
It didn't reach the swarm service on the render machine (it would work with Revit swarm on the same machine)

after watching a YT video I tested like this instead :
First I go one the rendermachine RN01 and run :
vray.exe -server
On my machine I run the same as before :
vray.exe -sceneFile=c:\test\test.vrscene -distributed=1 -renderhost=RN01
Ans it worked.


My conclusion is that the V-Ray Swarm service is working when Revit or SketchUp sends the rendering order but not when Vray standalone sends it.
Is that correct ?

[vlado]

I'm not quite sure if the Swarm works with the standalone yet (I will ask), but at the very least probably the port number is different.

Best regards,
Vlado

[barthelemyaix]

Here is a new test, almost the same, without starting vray.exe -server (so we test the Swarm thing)
But with a port specified 24267 (I considered this port number because the Swarm monitor address is http://RN01:24267/network, and it's the one by default from the installation, also in the Revit Swarm settings)

vray.exe -sceneFile=test.vrscene -distributed=1 -renderhost=RN01 -portNumber=24267
Here is the message : warning: Render host 192.168.25.62 (192.168.25.62:24267) is not responding

vray.exe -sceneFile=test.vrscene -distributed=1 -renderhost=RN01 -portNumber=20207
Here is the message : warning: Could not connect to host 192.168.25.62:20207: Connection timeout

I'm not sure why the answers are not formulated the same, but maybe it means something to you.