Hi

This is constant bugging me. I have a PC server with a heavy set-up. When I launch the VEPro plug-in in any of my DAWs (DP11, Cubase Logic or S1) none are showing up. Then I can go to my PC uncheck/check the "Advertise on local network" and for some time I can see the instances again. Next time the whole mess starts again.

What can be done?

I also have this problem.

Mac DAW machine doesn't see Windows VEPro machine in the VEPro plugin window after a while and I have to type in the IP. Connection at project load is fine. 

Specifics of my setup:

MacOS 13.3.1 Nuendo 12 VEPro VST3

Windows 11 VEPro 7.2.1516

Fixed IP on secondary network without DHCP, exclusively for VEPro traffic. Single Cat6 ethernet cable from Mac to PC ethernet port, no router, no switch. 

On the Mac I have another ethernet port for internet enabled. On the PC I have another ethernet port for internet which I turn off when not needed and keep all network traffic exclusively for VEPro on the PC. 

Thanks.

Does everyone still seeing this behavior work with a Mac + PC Server setup?

Please try the following:

1) On MAC:

- Open "Activity Monitor"
- Find the process: mDNSResponder
- Double click > Quit > Force Quit that process (it will restart immediately)

2) Afterwards on MAC & WIN:

Re-start both DAW/SERVER machines (resetting Bonjour) to see if your instances show up again. What would also help to know: Does the issue come back at a certain point?

Best regards,
Andreas

This is happening to me with 2 Windows machines - host and server.  Both W11.

So I send a msg to VSL hoping they'll read through this thread and get back to us.

Auggy

Ah, I didn't know that.  Thanks for that info Bill.

Andreas, it's not just a PC+Mac issue.  I think it's any combo.

As stated above the only solutions are to uncheck the "advertise on local network" or restart EP7 and reload the project.

The first being the easier solution.

Please let the team know this is going on.

G

I have the same problem today when I relaunched the machines and the server. Yesterday when I was testing the server it worked smoothly. But today it dosent work. When I connect my ethernet cable and open Logic with a Vepro plugin it displays the correct IP adress and name of the slave followed by «new» as an indicator that the server software is running and ready to go. 
The connection works as it should, because when I close the server it disappears from the plugin while it reappears when I open the server again. When I click on the + button to open an empty instance, the plugin reacts by refreshing the information, but no matter what I do it still refuses to display the corresponding information. 
When I push connect I get a message saying it failed to connect without any reason why. 
Again, when I tried it yesterday it worked fine, but now it won’t work, and so far I’ve tried restarting everything, checking for updates, reinstalling software, reconnecting the ethernet cables, creating new IP adresses etc. 

What to do? 

Hi everybody,

just for information: I have the same issue on a Windows 10 Version 22H2 fully patched computer with Vienna Ensemble Pro 7.2.1526 and Cubase 12.0.52. Only one machine.

Connecting to 127.0.0.1 and the instance name works as workaround - thanks for the heads up