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2018/06/02 09:41:49 (permalink)

Bandlad Assistant not loading...sorted !

Anyone else having issues this am?
 
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 10:40:47 (permalink)
Just tried mine and its working OK.  
 

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 17:45:09 (permalink)
I too am having a problem with BandLab Assistant.  This morning I was going to see about getting the Cakewalk by BandLab update and the BandLab Assistant is all greyed out and there is a shifting Windows symbol image in the middle of it. Clicking on it gets no response!
 
What to do?  Anyone? Uninstall and reinstall?
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 17:54:13 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby MFanning 2018/06/02 18:21:12
My understanding is this is because there are no projects set up at BandLab. It should eventually come out of the wait state. At least, it does for me. It goes into a wait state every time it gets focus but recovers after a second or so. If you have not been able to update BA to 3.1.0 you may want to uninstall it and download the latest version from https://www.bandlab.com/download/assistant/windows. I did not notice this until I loaded 3.1.0 though. AFAK, the devs are aware of this and are looking at it.
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 18:38:47 (permalink)
Thanks Scook!  Ok, so just now, after a time where it just stayed greyed out, I closed the BandLab window and then the notice popped up saying there is an update.  I installed the update and it seems to be fine now!  Cool, now I can update Cakewalk!
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 18:41:27 (permalink)
Thanks scook, have done the uninstall and done the lasts version, still greyed out as MF as said... we shall wait and see... ;)
 

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 20:07:03 (permalink)
Same problem as hayesf. Uninstalled, downloaded 3.1.0, stays grayed out (I waited about 30 minutes before giving up). Uninstalled and tried again. Tried compatibility mode with Windows 8 and the Microsoft tool for problems involved in installing or de-installing. Still grayed out except for a Windows logo.
 
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/02 20:53:31 (permalink)
Same problem here.  
 
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/03 01:55:55 (permalink)
Me as well....Hmmm

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/04 17:36:32 (permalink)
Still no go with this... contacted bandlab and had a prompt email back with uninstall, reinstall and cleared 3 times and still same issue.
I see others have a similar issue, hope BL are looking at this.... ;)

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/05 03:07:40 (permalink)
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/05 05:16:48 (permalink)
I keep hoping a new post indicates that someone has found a solution...

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/06 20:27:14 (permalink)
Giving this a bump if that's ok... still the same issue, not loading despite the usual uninstall ect. ect..
 
Bandlab support looking at it I think, any resolve from anyone?
 
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/06 21:05:41 (permalink)
I wonder if it is a networking or DNS server lookup issue with the assistant?  The joys of online installers... 

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/07 19:32:55 (permalink)
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I wonder if it is a networking or DNS server lookup issue with the assistant?  The joys of online installers... 



I don't know, but I added BandLab Assistant as an allowed program in the Windows firewall. That didn't help either.

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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/07 20:46:32 (permalink)
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I wonder if it is a networking or DNS server lookup issue with the assistant?  The joys of online installers... 



I don't know, but I added BandLab Assistant as an allowed program in the Windows firewall. That didn't help either.




I gotcha, but I was thinking further out, beyond the firewall.  If it was the firewall blocking, the assistant would not connect to anything and you couldn't sign in to it.
 
But for connected installs, there are often many DNS (Domain name Server) lookups made by an installer client to completely establish a session with a content provider cloud. DNS is the phonebook of the internet.
 
Each DNS lookup has to go out to your ISP DNS server and obtain the actual IP addresses for the server to connect to.  If the DNS server either isn't up to date, or is blocking something, I think the process could possibly stall without an obvious error message as to the cause.  Like getting a wrong phone number, or a number out of service.
 
Using a network monitor, I noticed that Bandlab Assistant makes multiple connections to cloudfront.net when it is working on a download.
 
So as I see it:
1. you start the Bandlab client.
2. it phones home base and signs you in (so we know that part works).
3. you request a download.
4. the Bandlab client attempts connections with multiple endpoints involving the content delivery network that serves your download content. Assume the specific endpoints are located in different parts of the world as determined by the provider that Bandlab is using, and that are assigned as geographically closest to you.   This setup happens dynamically as the request is made.  I suppose if any of those requests couldn't connect for whatever reason, the process hangs.  There a likely multiple DNS lookups made during the whole handshaking process to get things rolling.  Like have you ever had a web page load partly, but is still waiting for some graphics to load?  Often times that web page requests parts and pieces from all over, not just one server, and they don't always make it back in time,
 
So if not everyone is down at the same time, it is logical to suspect your ISP and their DNS server maybe have issues.  You can temporarily bypass the DNS server assigned by your ISP to rule this out.  This has worked out for me on several occasions where I was having issues connecting with a site on the net.
 
To work around this as a test, you can either set your home router, or your Windows client, to use an alternate DNS, even temporarily.  Cloudflare DNS is at 1.1.1.1, Google Public DNS is available at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4,  and OpenDNS is at 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.
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Re: Bandlad Assistant not loading... 2018/06/11 18:35:49 (permalink)
I'm sorted ! and a big thanks to Noel and the team...


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