WHS Mobile v1.0 Wednesday, October 08 2008 - Releases

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Andres on 10.08.2008 at 6:11 PM

I love it!

Thank you

Adam on 10.11.2008 at 5:52 PM

Very nice! Now i need an iPhone version... that would be really sweet

Brent on 10.12.2008 at 12:10 AM

I don't think I'll be making an iPhone version until there is .NET Support instead of only Objective-C. Don't Mono for iPhone anyone? Don't forget the iPhone SDK is only for OS X (at leat last time I checked it was).

I would love to otherwise :)

Walter on 10.15.2008 at 7:53 AM

Hi,

great idea for the mobile control of my WHS. I managed to get everything installed, I think correctly, but I keep getting the error "password incorrect". I tried different passwords, of course in sync with the WHS side but still no luck. I use as domain name the format: https://name.homeserver.com. Should I also make a use account with remote priviledges? Any idea what I do wrong?

regards, Walter

Brent on 10.15.2008 at 8:13 PM

Walter,

Are you port forwarding manually or automatically? If manually, you need to port forward TCP 1045.

Walter on 10.16.2008 at 1:01 PM

Hi Brent,

Thansk for your response. Unfortunately it does not work yet. Here is what I checked:

- my WHS says my wesite is up and runnin g and I used upnp for setting the router. This all worked.

- I checked with firewall settings on my whs and a rule has been made for port 1045 TCP (automatically)

- I also put in my router (Linksys WG54type) a port forward for 1045 TCP/IP to the ip address of my WHS

- I also tried a few different passwords like simple words (only letters)

- I disable temporarily my windows firewall on WHS, no luck

- I tried connecting with my mobile device over WLAM iso HDSPA, no luck

Do you still have ideas? If you think it might help I could email you a password and exact address so you can try from your end. Still a test server... I still keep getting the incorrect password statement which I guess is a broad statement regarding no connection.

I am using a HTC touch pro with windows mobile 6.1 on it and installed the .net 3.5 framwork. The application is running both on mobile device and WHS.

regards

Walter

Walter on 10.16.2008 at 1:39 PM

Hi Brent,

Perhaps getting closer, I notice now that my WHS signals some troubles with the automatic port forwarding on the router wrt the internte site of WHS. I get the message " Verifying port forwarding, port forwarding may not be working correctly, your website may not be available on the internet. Which is true, I checked. If I redo the cycle of announcing my webserver willaert.homeserver.com via windows ddns it works but after some time (related to our experiemnts perhaps wrt mobile access?!) it stops working. Should i forget about upnp configuration and do everything by hand? Which ports would I need next to mobile access port TCP1045? 80?

regards

Walter

Brent on 10.16.2008 at 10:50 PM

Walter,

No problem. All you need to forward for WHS Mobile to communicate with the mobile device is port 1045 (TCP). Also, make sure remote access is setup and that you have a domain name setup under remote access. The server grabs the domain name from that. If that still doesn't work, try making sure the WHS Mobile service is running on the WHS. If it is, also try turning off the firewall temporarily and see if that helps.

Walter on 10.18.2008 at 12:58 AM

Hi Brent,

I checked again the things mentioned by you like remote access (works fine) and firewalls. The windows firewall was automatically set to enable port 1045. I however checked with an external port scanner the availability of the port and got the message 'connection refused' . I am a bit worried now that the port 1045 is not allowed by my ISP. In this case the only workaround would be to change the port address in the mobile access SW?

regards,

Walter

Brent on 10.19.2008 at 11:38 PM

Walter,

The port is hard coded. I'll see about releasing an update to change that.

Tyrell on 10.20.2008 at 9:44 AM

I am having the same problem as Walter. Also when I check to see if the service is running in WHS its not. When I try to start it I get an error saying that it started then stopped again. It shows Enabled in WHS Console but service is actually not started? Could this be a problem.

Thanks

Ty

Brent on 10.20.2008 at 3:32 PM

Tyrell,

That would definitely be a problem. Did you enable remote access and setup a domain for it?

Walter on 10.21.2008 at 4:57 AM

Hi Tyrell, Brent,

I checked the same as Tyrell and get indeed same behavior. My "LED" in WHS mobile says running and enabled, but looking in the services I see not started and starting does not succeed. I changed some settings with login as admin etc, but no luck. After a second the service stops again. Maybe this is the real problem and my port 1045 not although I checked with www.canyouseeme.org and saw no luck with port 1045.

Walter on 10.22.2008 at 9:59 AM

I forgot to mention that my remote access is setup and working properly. I can access my folders and users over the xxx.homeserver.com link.

Brent on 10.22.2008 at 1:55 PM

Walter & Tyrell,

That means the service died right after starting. Did you both install .NET 3.5 on your WHS? www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

Also, check your application event log to see if there are any WHS Mobile errors also check the system event log (all on the WHS).

Walter on 10.25.2008 at 7:28 AM

HI Brent,

I checked and my dotnetversion reporter told me I indeed installed dotnet version 3.5 FW as well as older versions 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, but I guess only the latest version counts?

In my event viewer system tab I do not see any information being added by the attempts to start the windows service. Neither in the Homeserver tab or application tab. The error message I keep getting is:

"

The WHS mobile server on local computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts Service.

"

Brent on 10.25.2008 at 7:38 PM

Walter,

The client and server both need .NET 3.5, as mentioned in the installation instructions. Can you check the Application log after trying to start the service. It should have a .NET error regarding TV Manager. I had made a mistake when I said application or system, it would only be in application.

Walter on 10.27.2008 at 8:50 AM

Hi Brent,

small remark to start with, all dates on the log seem to be now Jan 23rd, 2008. Not a problem but guess something went wrong when you changed your environment.

I checked with a tool from Asoft my bersion on the server, it states like I mentioned before amonhst others .net framework 3.5. I also checked again my mobile and it says Microsoft .net CF 3.5.

In the application log I did not see anything popping up after trying to start the service in the service manager. Perhaps not related but when I tried to start from the settings panel in the console, I got a remark when i tried to disable the WHS mobile although it was not running. The error in the application log was regarding .net 2.0 runtime error.

I also got some info from the log files of WHS mobile of which I include a part here. If you need the log files I could send them to you if I know where to send it to.

info from log file:

Running a transacted installation.

Beginning the Install phase of the installation.

See the contents of the log file for the C:\Program Files\Windows Home Server\WHs Mobile.Server.exe assembly's progress.

The file is located at C:\Program Files\Windows Home Server\WHs Mobile.Server.InstallLog.

An exception occurred during the Install phase.

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service already exists

The Rollback phase of the installation is beginning.

See the contents of the log file for the C:\Program Files\Windows Home Server\WHs Mobile.Server.exe assembly's progress.

The file is located at C:\Program Files\Windows Home Server\WHs Mobile.Server.InstallLog.

The Rollback phase completed successfully.

The transacted install has completed.

end of log file. There is also a bigger log file and a config file if it is of interest.

regards,

Walter

Brent Friedman on 10.28.2008 at 3:32 PM

Walter,

1. I'm still working on the template. Thank you for letting me know, I fixed it.

2. That log file that you pasted in basically means it tried to install the service but the service was already installed.

3. If you could send the the other logs to brent [dot] friedman [dot] 89 [at] gmail [dot] com.

Walter on 10.29.2008 at 9:22 AM

Hi Brent,

I tried to send the email to your address but got it back with the message non existing.

I used both below:

[snip]

Did I make a typo? I filled in my email address in the blog so perhaps I can reply on your email to me?

regards

Walter

Brent Friedman on 10.30.2008 at 12:05 AM

Walter,

My mistake, I put 80 instead of 89. I hate it when I make typos. ;-)

If you'd like to email me, that is fine. I cut the email out of your comment to prevent spam generated by spam bots. Then again, it was an incorrect addresss..

anthony on 11.08.2008 at 7:06 AM

I get the following erroro on mobile device...

________________________________

WHS Mobile.exe

Exception

at

microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr()

at

System.Windows.Forms.ImageList..ctor()

at WHS_Mobile.MainWindow.InitializeComponent()

at WHS_Mobile.mainWindow..ctor()

at WHS_Mobile.program.Main()

__________________________________

Any help much appreciated

Anthony on 11.09.2008 at 9:08 AM

Some strange reason, the WHS mobile program now loads up to the initial screen. I changed the password and entered my domain but i just get 'incorrect password' bounced back to me.

I am running HP Homeserver, forwarded port 1045 as said above on the router to WHS but still get the error.

thanks

Brent Friedman on 11.09.2008 at 9:20 PM

Anthony,

Try disabling the Windows Firewall on your WHS temporarily snd then see if it works. If it does, allow the service through the firewall or add port 1045 TCP to the allowed ports in the firewall.

WhatBackHand on 11.23.2008 at 1:16 PM

Brent,

I've just installed V1 and I'm getting the same symptoms as Walter and Anthony. On my WHS I have port 1045 opened (by the WHS Mobile install), but the service is not running and when I try and start it I get the "...started and then stopped..." message.

When I try and connect with my WM6 device I get the "incorrect password" message.

I've also tried disabling the firewall but no change in symptoms. Any suggestions?

Brent Friedman on 11.23.2008 at 10:24 PM

WhatBackHand,

Please read this for more information: forum.wegotserved.co.uk/.../index.php

Jac on 11.29.2008 at 3:24 AM

Hi Brent,

After installing .Net 3.5 and WHS Mobile 1.0 i got a similar problem as Anthony on November 8th. The program doesn't want to start. I already restarted my smartphone with windows 6.0 standard. I installed WHS mobiel and .Net on my storage card. Any idea what went wrong?

Thanks

Brent Friedman on 11.29.2008 at 4:48 AM

Jac,

There seems to be a bug with the installer. I am working on a fix. Until then, please wait patiently for a new release.

Damion Littlewood on 12.01.2008 at 4:00 AM

Hi, I cannot get this to work on my 6.1 windows mobile device.

I have followed the instrcutions above and was getting the invalid password error, then I restarted everything and now I get the following:

There was no endpoint listening at brentf.homeserver.com/.../Mobile that could accept the message ........

Brentf is this your home server then? I put the my home server address in the domain box in the settings?!?!

Thanks, Damion.

Brent Friedman on 12.01.2008 at 9:27 PM

Damion,

Already solved for you over at We Got Served.

Damion on 12.03.2008 at 6:06 AM

Hi yep works a treat now! thanks a lot. Great program!

Art on 12.27.2008 at 10:00 PM

WHS MOBILE not loading on my TREO 800W, all I get is an error and it says error reporting and asked if I want to send message.

Brent Friedman on 12.28.2008 at 4:00 PM

Art,

Have you tried the latest version? brentf.com/.../whs-mobile-v1-0

Also, do you have .NET 3.5 installed on your Treo?