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To start and configure the Backburner Manager: From the Start menu, choose Programs, Autodesk, Backburner, and then Manager. The first time you start the application, the General Properties dialog appears. Configure the manager as desired. For most purposes the default settings should suffice. Hello, I am unable to download the latest version of backburner, 2019 which can work with 3DS Max 2019. Autodesk Help. The 2013.0.2.1590 version of Autodesk Backburner is provided as a free download on our software library. This free program is a product of Autodesk, Inc. The software is categorized as Photo & Graphics Tools. This PC software can be installed on 32-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. The Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 installer package no longer contains Backburner. Backburner is still available as part of an entitlement to 3ds Max, but the installer has to be obtained separately through the Autodesk App Store. This aligns the Backburner deployment experience with other Autodesk Media and Entertainment products.
General configuration
The Backburner Manager should be stopped before configuring. While the default settings are appropriate for most cases, you may have to adjust these settings to enable communication between the Backburner Manager and other components.
TCP/IP settings
Field | XML Element | Description |
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Manager Port | <ManagerPort> | The port number used by the Backburner Manager. The default value is 3234. |
Server Port | <ServerPort> | The port number used by the Render Node(s). The default value is 3233. |
N/A | <NetworkMask> | The default subnet mask used for the network. The default value is 255.255.255.0. This value can be overridden using the Windows-based Backburner Monitor; when you launch the Monitor, from the Manager menu, choose Connect. Enter the subnet mask in the dialog that appears. |
General settings
Field | XML Element(s) | Description |
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Max Concurrent Assignments | <MaxConcurrentAssignments> | Specifies the number of jobs the Manager sends out simultaneously. This number depends on the processor speed of the Manager workstation, general job size, and overall network speed. Generally, the default value of 4 is adequate. Too high a value may cause an increased number of node timeouts because the jobs are sent faster than the nodes can handle them. In such cases, decrease the value. |
Use Server Limit | <UseServerLimit> and <ServerLimit> | The maximum number of Render Nodes that will be allocated for a specific job. This feature can override the server limit settings in some applications. For information, see the application's Advanced Settings Dialog. |
Use Task Error Limit | <UseTaskErrorLimit> and <TaskErrorLimit> | The number of times a Render Node retries a task before suspending it. |
Default Mail Server | <DefaultMailServer> | The default mail server used for email notification. This mail server is used only for jobs that do not already have a mail server associated with them. |
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Field | XML Element(s) | Description |
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Restart Failed Servers | <RetryFailedServers> | Activate to enable automatic Render Node restarting. If this option is disabled, the Render Node does not attempt to render the job again after the first failure. This option is enabled by default. |
Number of Retries | <RetryCount> | The number of times the Manager attempts to restart a failed Render Node. The number of retries is set to 3 by default. The range is between 1 and 1024. |
Seconds Between Retries | <TimeBetweenRetries> | The time between each retry in milliseconds. This value is set to 30000 milliseconds by default. In Windows, this value is adjusted to be displayed as 30 seconds. |
The state of a Render Node is recorded on a per-job basis. The Backburner Manager regularly goes through the list of Render Nodes for a job, checking for failures. If Restarts Failed Servers is enabled (set as 1 in the backburner.xml file), the Manager keeps track of the following:
- The time a Render Node fails on a particular job.
- The time elapsed since the node failed on a particular job.
If the time elapsed is greater than the specified Seconds Between Retries, the Backburner Manager decreases the Number of Retries by one and resets the Failed flag for the Render Node. Once the failure count reaches the specified Number of Retries, the Manager stops trying to restart the Render Node for that particular job.
Once a restarted Render Node completes a frame, it is flagged as active and resumes processing until the job is complete.
Configure the Backburner Manager to access jobs on specified system or network drives by modifying either fields in the Direct Access to Job Path group of the Backburner Manager General Properties dialog, or elements of the ManagerSettings sub-element of the AppDetails element of the backburner.xml file.
You use these fields/elements when you do not want to have jobs kept on the drive or workstation where the Backburner Manager is installed. Examples of such situations are:
- You have very little drive space on the system drive where the Backburner Manager is installed. Because another system drive has plenty of space, you share a folder on this drive called MyJobs, where jobs are placed when submitted. In this case, you would direct jobs to computernameMyJobs.
- You are using your workstation simultaneously as a Backburner Manager and creative workstation. To reduce the overhead on the workstation from the Backburner Manager, you set up a shared job folder on a network file server, called backburnerJobs. The Win32 job path would be set to fileserverbackburnerJobs and jobs you submit placed on the file server.
Job path settings
Field | XML Element(s) | Description |
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Use Jobs Path | <EnableJobPath> | When enabled, defines job location using the Win32 or UNIX paths. This tells the Render Nodes to get the job files from this location, minimizing the file I/O traffic on the Manager workstation. |
Win32 Path | <Win32Path> | The Windows file path where jobs are located. You can click the Browse button in the General Properties dialog to search your system for the job location. |
Unix Path | <UnixPath> | The Unix file path where jobs are located. You can click the Browse button in the General Properties dialog to search your system for the job location. |
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These settings can be overridden from the Advanced Settings dialog accessed from the Network Job Assignment dialog.
Default job handling behaviour (can be overridden from the Advanced Settings dialog accessed from the Network Job Assignment dialog)
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<DefJobHandling> Setting | State | XML Element(s) | Description |
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0 | Do Nothing | When enabled: a completed job is left in the queue. | |
1 | Delete it | When enabled: the job is deleted from the queue upon completion. | |
2 | Delete After | <DeleteDays> | When enabled: the job is kept in the queue for the specified number of days upon completion. Once the number of days has been exceeded, the job is deleted from the queue. |
3 | Archive it | When enabled: the job is archived upon completion. Archive it is enabled by default for Windows Managers. | |
4 | Archive After | <ArchiveDays> | When enabled: the job is kept in the queue for the specified number of days upon completion. Once the number of days has been exceeded, the job is deleted from the queue. |