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To connect to the Web Service, J. River recommends the following flow. Please note that [[Gizmo]] uses a similar approach. |
To connect to the Web Service, J. River recommends the following flow. Please note that [[Gizmo]] uses a similar approach. |
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# Ask the user for an access key |
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An access key will be six case-sensitive letters. No digits or symbols are used. |
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# Lookup server address from Access Key |
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Call the web service (replace [Access Key] with the actual access key):<br /> |
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http://webplay.jriver.com/libraryserver/lookup?id=[Access Key] |
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It is recommended that you use a short timeout. |
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# Optionally wake computers |
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Loop the IP addresses returned and send a wake request to each MAC address returned. |
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# Try connecting to each IP address |
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Revision as of 18:16, 25 May 2011
To connect to the Web Service, J. River recommends the following flow. Please note that Gizmo uses a similar approach.
- Ask the user for an access key
An access key will be six case-sensitive letters. No digits or symbols are used.
- Lookup server address from Access Key
Call the web service (replace [Access Key] with the actual access key):
http://webplay.jriver.com/libraryserver/lookup?id=[Access Key]
It is recommended that you use a short timeout.
- Optionally wake computers
Loop the IP addresses returned and send a wake request to each MAC address returned.
- Try connecting to each IP address