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Job Name—Provides a field for you to name the job
(mandator y). The + button beside the field adds
incremental numbering (Job01, Job02, and so on).
Note: The software does not let you submit multiple
jobs with the same name.
Description—Enter an optional description of the
job.
Enter Subnet M ask/Enter Manager Name or IP
Address group
Enter Manager Name or IP Address—When
Automatic Search is turned off, enter the name of
the
network Manager (page 3–1072) machine or
its IP address.
Enter Subnet M ask—When Automatic Search is
on, enter a subnet mask for automatic search.
For information on using subnet masks, see
C
onfiguring Backburner Server.
Connect/Di sconnect—Connects to the network
Manager.Thesoftwarepreservestheconnection
as a global setting so that you need to change
it only when you want to specif y an alternative
Manager. If connected to the network manager,
click Disconnect to disconnect from the current
manager so you can choose a different m anager.
Automatic Sea rch—Determines whether the
software connects to a specific manager or
searches for one using a subnet mask when you
click Connect. When off, the software attempts to
connect to the m anager you specify in this group.
When on, it searches the network for a manager
using the specified subnet mask.
Refresh—Updates the Server and Job lists.
By default, all servers are used for the job. When
the Options g roup > Use All Servers check box is
turned off, you can choose one or more servers to
render the job. If rendering to a multiple-frame
file format, including AVI, FLC, FLI, CEL, or MOV
file, you can choose only one server.
Priority group
Prior it y—Specifies a priority ranking for the job.
The lower this setting, the higher the job priority.
Default=50.
For example, consider a job with priority 1 (Job
B) that is submitted to a network m anager that’s
already render ing a job with priority 2 (Job A).
Because Job B has a higher priority, Job A will be
suspended and Job B rendered. When Job B is
finished, the software will resume rendering Job A.
Iftwoormorejobshavethesamepriority,they’re
executed in order of submission.
Critica l—Sends the job to the head of the queue,
preempting the existing jobs. If a ser ver is
currently rendering and a crit ical job is sent to the
queue, the server will stop rendering its current job
and begin rendering the new, critical job. When
finished with the crit ical job, the server returns to
the next job it has been assig ned in the queue.
Dependencies—Opens the Job Dependencies
dialog (page 3–190)
,whichyoucanusetospecify
existing jobs that must finish before the current
job c an start.