[R-SIG-Finance] rbbg connection issue: failed to connect server

[Aidan Corcoran]

Dear all,

I'm getting the below error when I try
conn <- blpConnect()

R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31)
rJava Version 0.9-6
Rbbg Version 0.5.3
Java environment initialized successfully.
Looking for most recent blpapi3.jar file...
Adding C:\blp\API\blpapi3.jar to Java classpath
*Error in .jnew("org/findata/blpwrapper/Connection", java.log.level) : *
*  org.findata.blpwrapper.WrapperException: Session not started because:
Failed to connect server: localhost/127.0.0.1:8194 <http://127.0.0.1:8194>*

this post from 2012 appears similar
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11165357/connect-to-bloomberg-from-r
however the solution there (Re-installing the Java API) did not work for
me. I reinstalled the API and then also the Java SDK and the rJava package.
Excel connects to bloomberg fine. My desktop is  a virtual desktop in case
that is relevant. It's win7-64bit with R version 3.1.2 and latest versions
of all packages I believe.

If anyone could help me understand this error better or fix it that would
be very much appreciated!

thanks
Aidan.

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