I don’t suppose there are any other options available here? I’m having the same issue and have checked my file pathing (attached screencap), have run the Content DB Maintenance several times and it DOES give me a notification that it about importing the meta data, but still nothing showing up in the Smart Content tab. I DO see the items in the content library, but I’d really like to remedy the SC issue.
Thanks for your rapid reply. The Daz and Poser formats are filled, but no, there is nothing under either Products or Categories as you asked. I take it I’m missing something there?
Thanks for your rapid reply. The Daz and Poser formats are filled, but no, there is nothing under either Products or Categories as you asked. I take it I’m missing something there?
That suggests the CMS isn’t actually running, or is being blocked. What OS and version of DS are you using, and what security program (antivirus/firewall)?
I’m running Mac OS 10.7.4 with McAfee - I tried adding all Daz folders to the exclusion list and then clicking on the “Start DAZ Content Management Service” item in its utility folder, and then refreshing the Meta from within Daz, but unfortunately still no luck. I did try this with McAfee completely disabled as well.
Not sure what else to do, if you may have any other thoughts? Either way, thanks for your time.
do you see anything in the logs from the CMS? console.log or system.log, using the “System messages” application?
And in your CMS folder there is a folder named vlogs, does that log files in vlogs say anything interesting?
Good afternoon and thanks for your reply. I don’t see anything in there. I just uninstalled my virus software completely, dropped my firewall and reinstalled DAZ 4.5. I still don’t see anything in the smart content tab and don’t see the CMS running in activity monitor. Highly frustrating, really hope I can solve this!
Good afternoon and thanks for your reply. I don’t see anything in there. I just uninstalled my virus software completely, dropped my firewall and reinstalled DAZ 4.5. I still don’t see anything in the smart content tab and don’t see the CMS running in activity monitor. Highly frustrating, really hope I can solve this!
What does the ‘DAZ Content Management Service_YYYYMMXX_HHMMSS.log’ say in vlogs in the CMS directory or does it even create such a file?
i am also having the same problem… i tried everything but cms fails to run. here are my vlogs….
/*************************************************************************************/
Tue Aug 28 2012 21:13:11.627000 ContentManagementServer (4.8, Kernel 4.8 )
Licence license_emb_4422548148518942 is registered to DAZ3D.
Valid until 9999-12-31. Subscription valid until 2013-02-08.
Maximum number of connections: 5
Tue Aug 28 2012 21:13:13.047000 (TID 2148): VProject facilities are disabled since no appropriate license found
Tue Aug 28 2012 21:13:13.047000 (TID 2148): Server started
Tue Aug 28 2012 21:13:13.047000 (TID 2148): Non-secure port: 27997
Wed Aug 29 2012 09:52:30.810000 (TID 2344): (UID 472) Client has been disconnected due to the transfer timeout
I was experiencing the same problem on Mac, until I read this thread and started experiencing.
I solved the problem by navigating to /Library/DAZ 3D/Content Management Service/databases and deleting all the folder content (I noticed they were old — since I installed DAZ Studio 3 one year ago, means never been used by the software).
I then opened the Content DB Maintenance as mentioned above on the thread, and checked Re-import Metadata, let it process and everything was solved since. Now I can see Smart Content populated, finally!
