python android client

[abaku...@arcor.de]

Hello guys,

I've tried to install mnemosyne on my smartphone, but it doesn't work. I always get the message "Could not connect to server" on the smartphone.

This is what I have tried:
0. uninstalled mnemosyne on windows, reinstalled newest version, installed newest version of python mnemosyne client
1. added exception for firewall (mnemosyne.exe in C:\Program Files (x86))
2. disabled firewall in MS Windows
3. changed port, changed it back to 8080 afterwards (mnemosyne.py)
4. used "localhost" as IP instead of 192.168.1.2 (mnemosyne.py) <-- Sync Server IP
5. uploaded database to sdcard manually

I've tried to install the beta in the past, therefore I've used the old version of "sl4a" and python.

The config in mnemosyne.py:

data_dir = "/sdcard/Mnemosyne/"
filename = "default.db"
sync_server = "192.168.1.2"
sync_port = 8080
sync_username = "Tester0007"
sync_password = "password"

Any ideas? Do I need to enable port forwarding?

Greetings,

Abakus

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

I would first to set everything up with client and server inside your home network. "Could not connect to server" in the Android client is about the sync protocol, not the web review protocol, so it's port 8512 you need to open on your firewall. On Windows, make sure 'allow other devices to sync with this computer' is checked, and that Mnemosyne is running there.

Then, as a next step, try setting it up with your Android outside of your home network. For that case, the fileserver needs to have the externally visible IP address of your router, and you need to set up port forwarding on your router to forward port 8512 to your windows machine. Or, you could just opt to only sync if you're at home, because you don't need to be connected to the network in order to do your reviews.

Good luck!

Peter

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[abaku...@arcor.de]

Hi Peter,

thank you! I've opened the port on the firewall. Connecting to the
server works fine now, and the databases synced without problems. BUT:
Some days later Mnemosyne displayed this error: Sync failed, restoring
from backup. The next sync will need to be full sync. How do I do a full
sync? ^^ :) Maybe you should add a hint in this error message, how to
resolve the problem? What's the problem at all? I can't reproduce this
"error".

What I've done to solve this:
- rename the database on the smartphone and synced. -> result: The sync
created a new database on the smartphone. The databases on the PC and on
the smartphone have identical sizes. :)

Next problem: I get a white screen, when I try to review on my phone.
I've clicked on "Don't use Chrome" und opened the address 127.0.0.1:8513
(the client told me to use this one) in my browser. -> Blank screen.

The console outputs this error [in web_server.py line 105, if I read it
right]:
TypeError(initialise() got an unexpected keyword argument 'config dir'

Any idea?

Greetings,

Abakus

P.S.: I love remote reviewing! :D

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

Please redownload the Android client, it has been updated to fix this.

Cheers,

Peter

[Axel Burfeind]

Thank you! Great news!

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