Setup guide

Windows Monitor
The Backburner Manager maintains a database, which it updates with every change of state of the render
nodes. It then broadcasts the changes to every workstation running a Backburner Windows Monitor, whether
the end-user is actively viewing it or not.
The Windows Monitor can be launched from any Windows workstation on the network where it has been
installed.
The first Windows Monitor making the connection has full control over the job queue and Backburner
network—that is, “queue control”. Subsequent connections by other Windows Monitors have more limited
functionality. It is recommended to run Windows Monitor on not more than one or two workstations.
Run the Backburner Windows Monitor:
1 From the Start menu, choose Programs, Autodesk, Backburner, and then Monitor. The Backburner
Monitor appears. If this is your first time running the application, no network or job details are present,
since it is not yet connected to a Backburner Manager.
2 Connect to a Backburner Manager. From the Manager menu, choose Connect. In the Connect to
Manager dialog that appears, uncheck the Automatic Search checkbox, and enter the host name or IP
address of the Backburner Manager in the Enter Manager Name or IP Address text field. Automatic
searching is not recommended, since it makes extensive use of network resources and can take some
time. Click OK to initiate the connection. If the title bar displays “Read Only”, this indicates that
another user has already connected to the manager via a Backburner Windows Monitor. To get control:
1 From the Manager menu, choose Request Client List. A Client List dialog appears, showing the
status of all users connected to the manager via the Backburner Windows Monitor. The Status
column indicates the user with control of the queue.
2 Dismiss the dialog, then from the Manager menu, choose Request Queue Control. The manager
transmits the request to the user currently with queue control. A message similar to the following
appears on the remote machine. The user has 10 seconds to actively refuse the request; otherwise,
control of the queue passes over to you. You can now perform all operations on jobs and servers
on the Backburner network.
3 Verify the connection. From the Manager menu, choose Properties. Manager details appear in a dialog.
If no connection was made, this option is greyed-out.
4 Optional: Set the monitor to connect to its manager automatically at start-up. From the Manager menu,
choose Autoconnect.
5 When finished, end the session. From the Manager menu, choose Disconnect.
The first monitor establishing a connection to the manager is automatically granted queue control, and can
perform all job-related activities, including stopping, restarting, or deleting jobs. Subsequently, other monitors
connect in read-only mode, allowing them to observe the activity on the Backburner network only.
Managing and Modifying Jobs
Suspend and reactivate a job, select it, then:
■ In the toolbar, click the Suspend button
■ Tap Ctrl+S.
■ From the Jobs menu, choose Suspend.
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