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by fractalic
Fri Nov 28, 2025 11:31 pm
Forum: MacOS Discussion Forum
Topic: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer
Replies: 3
Views: 438

Re: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer

I've finally figured out what on earth the driver is doing! I had entirely given up on ever being able to use my SpaceMouse in OnShape again, until I unexpectedly noticed 3DxNLServer showing up in Activity Monitor on my mac mini, and I realized I could binary search through my config until I worked ...
by fractalic
Tue Oct 28, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: MacOS Discussion Forum
Topic: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer
Replies: 3
Views: 438

Re: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer

Another thing I've tried: restart in safe mode, disable firewall, disable all network content filters, manually grant {full disk access, accessibility, input monitoring} to 3DxNLServer -> still the app crashes, still the same error. what on earth is the driver doing? why can't it bind to a port that...
by fractalic
Tue Oct 21, 2025 4:58 pm
Forum: MacOS Discussion Forum
Topic: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer
Replies: 3
Views: 438

Re: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer

As of today, I see that sometimes the app runs a little longer before crashing (I'm sometimes able to see it briefly in Activity Monitor). As a test, I tried binding TCP *:8181 in Python, and that worked fine, so I'm not sure what's up with 3DxNLServer. If I could launch it and get more log info, th...
by fractalic
Sun Oct 19, 2025 7:16 pm
Forum: MacOS Discussion Forum
Topic: Unable to launch 3DxNLServer
Replies: 3
Views: 438

Unable to launch 3DxNLServer

Currently, every time I attempt to launch 3DxNLServer, I get this error in `3dxnlserver.log`: m_websocket_server.listen exception 49 Can't assign requested address Cannot find port to listen on This sounds like an issue with binding the 8181 port that the Navigation Library Server needs, but I'm una...
by fractalic
Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: MacOS Discussion Forum
Topic: No navigation in OnShape
Replies: 1
Views: 3680

No navigation in OnShape

This article (https://3dconnexion.com/uk/support/faq/no-navigation-in-onshape/) is a good starting point for debugging issues where OnShape doesn't recognize a SpaceMouse, but it doesn't go into details of what to do when the test fails. In case it's helpful to someone else, here's one particular er...