[R-SIG-Finance] Rbbg package's CONNECTION_FAILURE

[altaf]

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions here.  I managed to resolve the
issue by going through the following steps:
1)  Reinstall the Bloomberg Java API from WAPI <Go> on Bloomberg to make
sure I had the Java API v.3 and point the Rbbg blp.connect() call to this
version.
2)  Reinstall the JRE and JDK from Oracle to make sure I had the right
javac.exe and add this version to the PATH.
3)  To limit memory usage run 'memory.size(4095)' and add the parameters
'jvm.params = "-Xss1024k", cache.responses = FALSE' to the blp.connect()
call.
4)  Make sure bbcomm.exe was running.

Thanks again for all your help,


altaf wrote
> Thanks, John.  I found the other blpapi3.jar file and made sure I
> specified that but then I got the following CONNECTION_FAILURE:
> 
>> con.BBG <-
>> blpConnect(blpapi.jar.file="C:\\blp\\API\\APIv3\\JavaAPI\\v3.5.1.1\\lib\\blpapi3.jar")
> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26) 
> rJava Version 0.9-3 
> Rbbg Version 0.4-155 
> Java environment initialized successfully.
> Adding C:\blp\API\APIv3\JavaAPI\v3.5.1.1\lib\blpapi3.jar to Java classpath
> Error in .jnew("org/findata/blpwrapper/Connection", java.log.level) : 
>   org.findata.blpwrapper.WrapperException: Session not started because:
> CONNECTION_FAILURE
> John Laing wrote
>> A typical Bloomberg SDK installation includes 2 blpapi3.jar files. They
>> are
>> not the same, and for use with Rbbg one is "right" and one is "wrong". On
>> my Windows box I have:
>> right file: C:\blp\API\APIv3\JavaAPI\v3.4.5.5\lib\blpapi3.jar
>> wrong file: C:\blp\API\blpapi3.jar
>> 
>> I don't know the details of Altaf's installation, but I imagine it looks
>> similar except that the root has been moved from C:\blp to C:\Program
>> Files\Bloomberg\bloomberg. If you can find the other jar file buried in
>> there you should be all set.
>> 
>> -John
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Nuno Ramiro <

>> nunoramiro@

>> > wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It looks like you might have a class path issue, i.e., Java is not able
>>> to
>>> find your WAPI jar/Java classes.
>>>
>>> I suggest that you double check that you have a blpapi3.jar file (or
>>> similar) under C:\Program Files\Bloomberg\bloomberg\API, as that's the
>>> required file.
>>>
>>> If you do, I would then suggest that you point the blpapi.jar.file
>>> variable
>>> to the correct jar, e.g.:
>>>
>>> blpConnect(blpapi.jar.file="C:\\Program
>>> Files\\Bloomberg\\bloomberg\\API\\blpapi3.jar")
>>>
>>> Hope it helps.
>>>
>>> Nuno
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 December 2012 10:35, altaf <

>> altaf.kassam@

>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks again Julien.  The BBG isntallataion is centrally maintained
>>> from
>>> a
>>> > package by my company's IT support and so I don't really have any
>>> control
>>> > over it and Bloomberg is so essential to my work (more, even than R)
>>> that I
>>> > don't really want to reinstall any part of it.
>>> > I will alert the maintainer of this package as you suggest (John
>>> Laing?)
>>> > Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > View this message in context:
>>> >
>>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Rbbg-package-s-CONNECTION-FAILURE-tp4642600p4654031.html
>>> > Sent from the Rmetrics mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > 

>> R-SIG-Finance@

>>  mailing list
>>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance
>>> > -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first.
>>> > -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R
>>> questions
>>> > should go.
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nuno Ramiro
>>>
>>>         [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 

>> R-SIG-Finance@

>>  mailing list
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance
>>> -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first.
>>> -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions
>>> should go.
>>>
>> 
>> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> 
>> _______________________________________________

>> R-SIG-Finance@

>>  mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance
>> -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first.
>> -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions
>> should go.





--
View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Rbbg-package-s-CONNECTION-FAILURE-tp4642600p4654391.html
Sent from the Rmetrics mailing list archive at Nabble.com.