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29.10.2007 15:03:44
AJAX remote freezes
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I am currently testing the AJAX remote with a mac mini and an iPod Touch. The mac is set up and working correctly. I can access the iTunes library from another computer via Safari.

Just the iPod Touch doesn't work. The iPod does have an active connection to the mac mini and navigating to "http://10.0.2.1:8888/" opens the RB start page. But that's it. When I click "Music", it starts loading (symbol in the header is circling) and never finishes. However, reloading the start page works always. When I shut down the mac, the iPod also tells me that it has lost connection. So it must have a connection... :-(

Is this a bug in RB or should I return the iPod?

George 

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User

29.10.2007 15:27:10
Re: AJAX remote freezes
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Hello George,

for me this sounds as if Remote Buddy tries to contact iTunes via 
AppleScript, but doesn't get a response from iTunes - which in turn 
will prevent the HTTP query from completing and the Music module from 
loading.

Please make sure, you don't have iTunes Preferences or any other modal 
dialog of iTunes open when using Remote Buddy's AJAX Remote.

More info on this problem f.ex. here:

http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/230/itunes-scripting-seizure

Remote Buddy uses the timeouts suggested in that blog, too, but 
they're several seconds up to a minute each as some operations may 
well take that long on very old machines.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

29.10.2007 15:44:07
Re: AJAX remote freezes
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for me this sounds as if Remote Buddy tries to contact iTunes via

AppleScript, but doesn't get a response from iTunes<<

It really looks like that. Nevertheless - at the SAME time, I get an (well, almost) immediate response when connecting from my other PC. That proves this assumption wrong, doesn't it?

*Sometimes* the iPod gets to display the now-playing screen and I can even start a song. Navigating to the playlist, however, never worked.

I suspect that the wireless connection of the iPod makes the problem, but don't know where to look at it. Has anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch experienced similar delays?

George 

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29.10.2007 16:33:16
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The WLAN drivers for some chipsets used in the Mac are broken and will 
interrupt the connection from time to time:

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/12/13/airport-update-2006-002-now-out/

The update that is mentioned there did not solve the issue on my MBP. 
I haven't tested Leopard for a fix of the driver, yet. So my latest - 
but with regards to Leopard possible outdated - info on that is that 
Apple has not provided any (working) fix for this.

I had this issue once when setting up a MacBook Pro as base station. 
The connection was totally flawed and browsing the web (= any website) 
was very, very slow with many sites that would never render completely.

Using my first-gen Intel iMac as base station for the WLAN solved all 
these issues.

Knowing of the MBP's WLAN driver problem, I've been using this setup 
for developing the AJAX Remote all along:

MacBook Pro (running Remote Buddy) <- LAN -> iMac Core Duo <- WLAN -> 
iPod Touch / iPhone

Other setups that worked nicely for me:

MacBook Pro (running Remote Buddy) <- WLAN -> AirPort Express <- WLAN -

iPod Touch / iPhone

 
MacBook Pro (running Remote Buddy) <- LAN -> AirPort Express <- WLAN -

iPod Touch / iPhone

 
I'd like to underline that this is not an issue that Remote Buddy is 
responsible for. Remote Buddy, after all, does just normal TCP/IP. How 
and how reliably that TCP/IP traffic is routed is entirely up to the 
drivers provided by Apple.

Hope that helps.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

29.10.2007 16:39:12
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And then, I also just stumbled over this article:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/24/os-x-10-4-10-update-causing-widespread-wifi-problems/

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

30.10.2007 00:46:15
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I'd like to underline that this is not an issue that Remote Buddy<<

 
I assume you're right here and I appreciate your help. I've tested another iPod in the meantime (just returned my new one for maintenance) with exactly the same result :-(

So it's most probably an iPod problem, presumably a shaky wireless connection. Am I reallythe only one with this kind of problem?

The mac mini is configured as a stand-alone computer, using its wireless card as a software base station. A quite common configuration, I presume... and the wireless works perfectly if I don't connect from the iPod. Is anybody using a similar configuration - software base station on a mac mini with 10.4.x plus iPod/iPhone as remote?

George 

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30.10.2007 00:57:42
Re: AJAX remote freezes
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/24/os-x-10-4-10-update-causing-widespread-wifi-problems/<<

 
Hm... I have never experienced kernel panik, but on the other hand, it's a mini mac running on AC all the time. The funny thing is still: controlling RB from another mac or Windows pc works with both, Safari and Firefox. I don't experience any delays with that software, has been fine for a couple of weeks now.

Does Remote Buddy perhaps serve different HTML code for different browsers? 

User

30.10.2007 01:51:02
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Sorry to hear that.

Remote Buddy is always serving the same content - regardless of 
browser or type of network connection.

Best regards, 
Felix