2009
07.06

UPDATED!: Mental ray satellite 2009 Network Render Guide!

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Hey,

Im off due to school holidays for 2 weeks. I have been in maya rendering some pretty heavy stuff, so I needed to use the mental ray satellite upon my network. Basically creating a renderfarm.

I have created a manager for your maya.rayhosts file, I have had a few emails asking if there is any other ways, as my guide did not make it simple enough. While waiting for a render, I decided to create MRN Manager, Mental ray network manager.

So, Without furthur adue! MRN Manager v1.0!

MRN Manager Interface v1.0

MRN Manager Interface v1.0

So, the guide!

  1. We need a copy of MRN Manager, so, download MentalRayNetworkManager (328) or rapidshare mirror!
  2. We need to find out the IP Addresses of the slave computers, Have these handy!
  3. Run MRN Manager, and click the ‘Browse’ button. Locate your Maya ‘Prefs’ folder.
    See the maya help docs for more info on the maya prefs folder.
  4. If there is currently a maya.rayhosts file, there is no need to create one and it should be automatically detected. If there is no current maya.rayhosts file, create one using the create button.
  5. Once you have created/located your maya.rayhosts file, Press the button to load it up.
  6. Add, delete or edit any IPs or PC Names using the GUI, Simple.
  7. The default port for mental ray satellite 2009 is 7109, Please refer to the documentation as to which port you should use if you are on a different version.
  8. Now close MRN Manager, and open maya. Make sure the service ‘RaySat2009Server’ is running on any slave pc’s. This may be different for different versions. Also make sure that the process ‘raysat2009server.exe’ is running on any slave pc’s.
  9. Cheack that the required ports are open/forwarded on all pc’s.
  10. In maya, make sure you are using the mental ray renderer!
  11. Select the render options, Render -> Batch Render (Select the option box on the right)
  12. mr1mr2Enjoy Much Faster Renders!

If this helped you, Please leave a comment!

Will,

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  1. ezequiel said: 2009.07.31 07:24

    Grasia works perfectly
    but I have a question
    because Maya waits 30 minutes Between frame for other frame to rendering.in the bach render network

  2. admin said: 2009.07.31 16:02

    Hey,
    Glad it worked for you!

    I have no idea why it takes that long.. Is your network wired or wireless?
    If its wifi, Try wired.
    Maybye after each rendered frame, maya is transfering all the data back to the host?
    Other than that im not sure.
    Will,

  3. mcdonalds coupons said: 2009.09.13 20:47

    Thank you very much for this great piece of text.

  4. Cody said: 2009.09.19 13:13

    Thank you for this!

    I have two issues.
    -after I created the maya.rayhosts file I clicked on the ‘Load maya.rayhosts file’ button and received an error. After I uploaded the ip addresses I pressed the button again with no error. . . but I am confused whether I have loaded everything properly because in your instructions it said this:

    “Once you have created/located your maya.rayhosts file, Press the button to load it up.”
    If I enter the ip address of my host computer will it help?

    my other issue:
    ‘raysat2009server.exe’ does not seem to be running on my satelite pcs. What can I do to fix this?

    Thank you for creating this and for the clarity of instruction.

  5. Sumeet said: 2010.02.08 00:59

    Is there Any Solution For Maya 2010??
    Will this Work??
    Wht shud i use For Maya 2010???
    Plzz reply..

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