can't locate local ip and startup delay

[Trevor Newell]

Check this out and see if it helps:

http://empirisoft.com/Support/showthread.php?t=1795

Sometimes when a file within the current experiment's directory is being accessed by another program, MediaLab and DirectRT will not be able to run properly.
Hopefully this solves the problem.

[fitchke]

any tips on how I would figure out if another program is interfering? I don't believe I would be able to open the data folder while MediaLab and DirectRT are running (as is suggested here: http://empirisoft.com/Support/showthread.php?t=1795). They take up the whole screen. Is there a way to minimize the programs while the task is running so I can access the data folder?

[Trevor Newell]

Hm - this is possible in MediaLab; however not in DirectRT. If you're in MediaLab, simply run the input file without the main window maximized before hand.

The best way to solve this problem is to simply troubleshoot any possible programs that might be interrupting the flow of DirectRT or MediaLab.

[msaleem]

Hello,

I'm using windows 7, media lab 2008.1 and direct rt2010. Media lab seems to be working fine until it has to transfer to direct rt and then all I see is a blank purple screen (no continue button). Direct rt never shows up. This is happening with several of my experiments which use direct rt within media lab questionnaires.

[uod]

I am having a very similar problem with an experiment that one of our labs is trying to run.

Windows 7 running Medialab 2008 w/ DirectRT 2010. When MediaLab starts up executeDRT.exe ... the system hangs at the white/purple-ish screen for about 50 seconds before executeDRT.exe seems to finally pull up the experiment. We can then run the experiment without any problem. Is there anything that can be done to prevent this delay? I can't figure out what is causing it.

[msaleem]

that's interesting that it moves forward after a few seconds. Mine doesn't seem to be moving forward at all. I waited for 2 minutes. The strange thing is we were running this experiment fine on Windows XP but we got new computers with Windows 7 and now it keeps getting stuck when it's supposed to transition to direct rt.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to what is happening?

[jarvis24]

What version(s) of DirectRT v2010 are we talking about here? If its a beta version, I would suggest uninstalling it and installing the current version from the main download webpage (www.empirisoft.com/download.aspx).