The Pulse List

This list shows which machine that Pulse is running on. It also displays useful information about the machine such as it's name, listening port, status, etc, as well some useful memory and CPU information. You can customize what info is displayed by right-clicking on the column headers and using drag & drop to change their order.

You can remote into a machine by double-clicking on it. You can also access many options, which are listed below, by right-clicking on it. Note that the availability of these options can vary depending on the context in which they are used.

Refresh List

Refreshes the Pulse list.

Connect by VNC

Connect to a remote machine via VNC. If the VNC encrypted password is not stored in the Repository settings, you will be prompted for the password. Click here for information on configuring VNC in Deadline. This option is available if the VNC Repository settings allow for remote connections.

Connect by Remote Desktop

Connect to a remote machine via Remote Desktop. Simply enter your user name and password and click Connect. Click here for information on configuring RDC in Deadline. This option is only available if the Remote Desktop settings allow for remote connections.

Connect by Remote Administrator

Connect to a remote machine via Remote Administrator. Click here for information on configuring Radmin in Deadline. This option is only available if the Remote Administrator settings allow for remote connections.

Send Net Message

Net Send a message to a remote machine.

Remote Control

Allows you to control Pulse remotely. It provides the following options:

• Start/Stop/Restart the Deadline Pulse application.
• Start/Restart/Shutdown the remote machine the Pulse is running on. Note that starting a remote machine requires that WakeOnLan be setup properly.
• Execute a command on the remote machine. To execute a DOS command, the command must be preceded with "cmd /C", which opens the DOS prompt, executes the command, and closes the prompt. For example:

cmd /C echo "foo" > c:\test.txt

This option is available if you are in super user mode.

View History

Allows you to view the entire history of Pulse. This includes when the Pulse was launched, when Pulse was VNC'ed into, etc. This option is available if you are in super user mode.

Delete Pulse

Allows you to delete Pulse from your Deadline render farm. Deleting Pulse from the Monitor does not uninstall the Deadline Client applications on the machine, it simply removes Deadline's knowledge of Pulse's existence. To add Pulse back again, simply start the Pulse application on that machine. This option is available if you are in super user mode.