Which JRE to install for Remote Master?

sirjp1 · Post by **sirjp1** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:01 pm

On Windows 8.1 x64, which JRE to install for Remote Master? 7 or 8, 32 or 64 bit? What's known to work best with RM?
Thank you.

Post by **mathdon** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:26 am

It shouldn't matter. Personally I have JRE 7, 64-bit, on Windows 8 but all should work fine.

sirjp1 · Post by **sirjp1** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:04 am

Thank you. Do I also need to have IR.exe installed? I'm not sure I understand what the purpose of IR is. I understand RM is the replacement for KM, but what about IR?
It's my first JP1 remote ever so I'm still trying to digest a lot of info. My JP1 cable is not even here yet, just trying to get a head start to be ready when it arrives.

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:27 am

RM is essentially the replacement for both IR and KM.

sirjp1 · Post by **sirjp1** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:26 pm

Posting to save others some trouble...

Use a 32-bit JVM.

I tried JRE 1.8.0_25 64-bit and the JVM crashes when trying to talk to the remote. I use this cable, so it may have to do with the FTDI drivers, as I see ftd2xx.dll in the dump:

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000180007c29, pid=10796, tid=14860
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C [ftd2xx.dll+0x7c29]
#
# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#