Time and Event Sync all PCs

This applies to MXWendler version 4.2 and above

Task:

Pooling MXWendler systems via time synchronisation

Tests to do before starting MXWendler:

Can you ping all the computers from one host?

Can you ping back?

Does your router/switch allow broadcasting?

Are the firewalls turned off?

Does the admin account have a password ( Windows 7)

Solution:

Turn on osc receiving for every machine on port 7000

Create a simple osc testing application with eg. pd and send some commands to *any machine* from *any machine*

Turn on Broadcast and receive time for every machine. all machines will send there time until they receive packet from a machine with lower ip, then they switch to receiving.

Broadcast to the subnet: 192.168.1.255 ( subnet may have different IP )

Broadcast to the ports where the machines are listening ( 7000 )

Important: sometimes Windows 7 does not allow broadcasting, then adress the other machine with its ip directly ( eg. 192.168.1.23 instead of 192.168.1.255 )