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Possible bug connecting KEPServerEX to Thingworx using localhost as server name

poly
1-Newbie

Possible bug connecting KEPServerEX to Thingworx using localhost as server name

Just downloaded Thingworx demo and KEPServerEX 6.6

When I tried to connect KepServerEX, I got the following error:

"ThingWorx Native Interface Connection to ThingWorx failed. | Platform = <servername>:<server port>/Thingworx/WS, error = unknown error."

 

In summary, I think the issue was that you can not use the name "localhost" for your server name.

 

I checked that I had correctly setup all my ThingWorx items in Property Editor (Enabled, host name, port, application key, etc.)  However, I kept having problems.  I thought the problem was the application key, so i entered a bad application key and I got a different error (authentication error).  I tried changing the socket from 9080 to the example's 8080 and got a socket error.

 

After going into the thingworx controls advisor and deleting the server and then adding a new server called "TestServer" instead of "localhost", it now works.

 

I'm writing this post in hope that either someone experiencing the same issue finds this useful, or that someone from thingworx comes across this post and is able to test if it is indeed an issue using the name "localhost" and then takes the appropriate action.

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SebB
12-Amethyst
(To:poly)

Hey @poly 

 

yes this is a known issue.

There is already a different thread in the forum with the same issue: https://community.ptc.com/t5/Manufacturing-Apps/Connection-to-Thingworx-failed/td-p/587996

 

We are not able to reproduce the issue constantly but we are aware that this issue appears.

Thank you for reporting!

 

Seb

Seb
Principal Solution Experience Architect
PTC
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