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# Monitoring the Render Tasks with Backburner Monitor

During an active render session, you can use Backburner Monitor on any Windows workstation on the network to view and edit jobs that are in process or in the job queue.

To start Backburner Monitor:

1. On the workstation designated as the render monitor, choose Start | Programs | Autodesk | Backburner | monitor.

   The Monitor window appears.

2. If no servers or data appear in the Backburner Queue Monitor, the Backburner Manager was not found with the current settings. Choose Manager | Connect to connect to the Backburner Manager.

   The Connect to Manager dialog appears.

3. Enter localhost if you are using Backburner Monitor on the same workstation as Backburner Manager. Otherwise, enter the IP address of the workstation on which Backburner Manager is running.

   When Backburner Manager is found, its name appears in the title bar and the list of servers is updated.

   (a) Job list(b) Job panel(c) List of servers

To view and edit jobs:

1. In the Job list, select a job.

   The columns in the Job list include Order, Priority, State, Progress, and Owner. The Job Summary, Task Summary, and Job Details panels are updated to reflect the selected job.

2. In the Job list, right-click a selected job to choose from a list of operations. For example, activate, suspend, delete, or restart the current job.

Monitoring Results Using rdesktop

You can access Backburner Monitor by running a Windows session on the Linux system using rdesktop—a remote desktop protocol client. The rdesktop application is an open source client for Windows NT® Terminal Server and Windows 2000 Terminal services. The rdesktop application displays your NT desktop on the Linux platform. For more information, see GUID-690963B8-74BD-4190-BB0A-88696222C2ED.