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Job Assignment dialog > Advanced
The Advanced Settings dialog lets you set job timeouts on a per-job basis, assign the TCP port number, specify pre-render scripts and affect job handling and archive settings.
Enable—Turns on the ability to set timeouts on a per-job basis. The remaining settings in this group become available only when Enable is turned on.
Wait for MAX to Load—Specifies the amount of time after a job is submitted that the Manager waits for a server to report that it received the frame and is rendering. If this value is exceeded, an error message is logged for a failed frame, and the frame is assigned to a different server.
Wait for MAX to Render—Specifies the amount of time the manager waits between when a server reports that it has started and finished rendering a frame. If a server exceeds the specified value, it is flagged as "failed" by the manager, and no more frames from that job are sent to it.
Wait for MAX to Unload—When a job is complete, the manager tells the server to unload the software, then waits for a reply from the server saying Autodesk VIZ is down and it's ready for a new job. This spinner specifies the amount of time the Manager will wait for the Server to reply to this notification. If a server exceeds the specified value, it is flagged as "failed" by the manager, and no more frames are sent to it.
Use this setting to specify the Manager for this job.
TCP Port Number—Specifies the port number of the Manager to which this job is to report.
Note: The pre-render script controls are in the Render Scene dialog's Scripts rollout.
Enable Limit—Sets the maximum number of servers that will be allocated for a specific job. This limit can be overridden with the Use Server Limit field in the Backburner Manager General Properties dialog (described in the Autodesk Backburner User Guide), so that the administrator of a render farm can control job sharing globally. See
Enable Task Blocking—Allows the job to override the task blocking set in the Manager. Some jobs will have their frames processed more efficiently if task blocking is turned off. Default=on.
Override Global Settings—This switch lets you override job archiving settings made in the Backburner Manager General Properties dialog. (See the Autodesk Backburner User Guide for a description of the Backburner Manager General Properties dialog.) It lets you set the archive settings for the job about to be submitted. When Override Global Settings is turned on, the following three switches become active. Default=off.
Note: Any setting made while Override Global Settings is turned on, remains active from one Autodesk VIZ session to the next. For example, if you choose to leave jobs in the queue, submit the job and exit Autodesk VIZ, the setting will be active when you choose to submit jobs in the future.
Leave It In The Queue—This switch tells the network manager to leave the job in the queue without deleting it or archiving it.
You might use this switch if you are submitting a job that might need to be re-rendered at a higher resolution without making any other changes to the scene.
Archive It—When turned on, the job is archived when the rendering is complete. Default=on.
Archiving is useful when you submit a final version of the scene and you know that there won't be any more changes to the scene. Before submitting the job, you set the job to archive upon completion.
Delete It—Upon completion, the job is deleted from the queue when this switch is turned on.
If the scene you're network rendering is just a test shot and you're just doing a quick test of the scene, you don't really want to keep the job in the queue once it's completed. Before submitting the job, turn on this switch.
Defaults—Returns all settings to their defaults.