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Ion Client in Parallels

I have heard that this is a viable option for running an Ion client on a mac. Currently, when I plug in my dongle, I get the message :

"The USB device you are trying to connect to the virtual machine is being used by another application. Close that application or unplug the device and plug it again. Then try to connect the device again."

 

I don't have any other applications running, so I am confused by the message. Anyone have a similar issue?  

 

Thanks!

 

-Nick 


 

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  • On your Mac are you running Eos client in Windows through Parallels, Boot Camp, or Fusion? Or are you trying to use the Mac OS X Offline in client mode?
  • in reply to usesafesets
    I am running the windows Eos Client 1.4 in Parallels.
  • in reply to ldsfx
    LOL I missed that in the title. So are you Parallels 3.0 or something older? Also are you rebooting into windows or are you running windows and OS X at the same time? If you are not rebooting into windows, then I think that the issue is that you are just running windows as a shell or application in Mac OS X. So therefore windows does not have control of your USB controllers.
  • in reply to usesafesets

    I am running Parallels 3.0, and I am pretty sure that I have setup the USB busses to be controlled via the virtual machine; the dongle however, is registering as being already used....but I don't understand what process or application this could be. Should I somehow disable the USB device in my Mac OS so that the virtual machine is the exclusive controller?

     Thanks! 

  • in reply to ldsfx
    Again I would recommend rebooting your machine directly into Windows. The issue, could be, that we are not talking about a normal USB device but a HASP software key. Can you get a flash drive or other USB device to work in your virtual machine?
  • in reply to usesafesets

    The more I have looked into this issue, it seems to not be an ETC issue, but more of a Parallels/USB issue. I have tried many of the options suggested on other forums, including installing the HAS PL driver in both my Mac OS and the Virtual Machine, but still nothing. Unfortunately with Parallels, I cannot "boot directly" into Windows as the program, by definition, runs as an application within the Mac OS. My only thought now is that I somehow need to have my Mac OS "ignore" the dongle so that it may be only used by the virtual machine.

    Does anyone have experience running the Eos/Ion client in Parallels? Or even in native Windows? How does the application perform differently with the dongle inserted? 

  • in reply to ldsfx
    I am using Boot Camp to run Windows on my MacBook Pro and have not had any issues with the client. Well that is now that I have all the drivers installed  . . . thanks again David. The client looks and feels just like the offline, which you do not need a dongle to run. The only difference is that when you have a client dongle and run the software in client mode you can actually work as a "user" on an Eos/Ion network. So you can control the rig via your laptop. If you are logged into the network with the same user ID as a console, then you can view the screens for that console; making the client able to function as an RVI type device.
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  • in reply to ldsfx
    I am using Boot Camp to run Windows on my MacBook Pro and have not had any issues with the client. Well that is now that I have all the drivers installed  . . . thanks again David. The client looks and feels just like the offline, which you do not need a dongle to run. The only difference is that when you have a client dongle and run the software in client mode you can actually work as a "user" on an Eos/Ion network. So you can control the rig via your laptop. If you are logged into the network with the same user ID as a console, then you can view the screens for that console; making the client able to function as an RVI type device.
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