Crashes when loaded via Companion shell command

[phillipkliewer]

Midi-Relay v3.1.2 Companion v3.1.1 Windows 10 Pro

Midi-relay fails to control our Roland V8HD video switch after turning the switch off and back on, even though midi-relay sees the V8HD port.

We need to restart midi-relay to get it working again. Run a bat file via shell path that does the following via a companion button: taskkill /im midi-relay.exe /t /f timeout 10 "C:\Users\FBC Sound Booth\AppData\Local\Programs\midi-relay\midi-relay.exe"

This works for a while, but then midi-relay throws this error and crashes: Unhandled Error Error: EPIPE: broken pipe, write at Socket._write (node:internal/net:55:25) at writeOrBuffer (node:internal/streams/writable:389:12) at _write (node:internal/streams/writable:330:10) at Socket.Writable.write (node:internal/streams/writable:334:10) at console.value (node:internal/console/constructor:286:16) at console.log (node:internal/console/constructor:360:26) at F.<anonymous> (C:/Users/FBC Sound Booth/AppData/Local/Programs/midi-relay/resources/app.asar/midi.js:157:17) at F._and (C:/Users/FBC Sound Booth/AppData/Local/Programs/midi-relay/resources/app.asar/node_modules/jzz/javascript/JZZ.js:100:23) at F._R._exec (C:/Users/FBC Sound Booth/AppData/Local/Programs/midi-relay/resources/app.asar/node_modules/jzz/javascript/JZZ.js:42:12) at F._R._push (C:/Users/FBC Sound Booth/AppData/Local/Programs/midi-relay/resources/app.asar/node_modules/jzz/javascript/JZZ.js:45:96)

If we manually close midi-relay and open it, it works fine, but we need a way to automate the restarting of midi-relay 3+ that doesn't crash it

[josephdadams]

How long does it work before crashing? Does it crash every time?

[phillipkliewer]

How long does it work before crashing? Does it crash every time?

Yes, starting it with the script causes it to crash every time within 1-5 minutes.

However, if we add "start /d" in front of "C:\Users\FBC Sound Booth\AppData\Local\Programs\midi-relay\midi-relay.exe" it works just fine, no crashes - so maybe a CMD memory issue? Not sure.

[rmk36]

+1 on this issue. Win 11, MR 3.3.0

I have a Companion trigger to kill (via a batch file) and relaunch midi-relay whenever my midi device joins the LAN (indicating it was just powered on). It initially appears to work just fine, but a later get a popup error shown below. Currently, I see no way to automate this as I also can't launch midi-relay.exe from CMD and then close the terminal window. As soon as I close the terminal window, the midi-relay process stops.

Thanks Joseph for this awesome tool!

[rmk36]

However, if we add "start /d" in front of "C:\Users\FBC Sound Booth\AppData\Local\Programs\midi-relay\midi-relay.exe" it works just fine, no crashes - so maybe a CMD memory issue? Not sure.

Ok, I tried adding this method and it seems to work fine for me now.