Hi there!

I have been using Sam broadcaster for quite a while now and never had any major problem with it. Until today when my Sam reporter stopped working. I have always used port 3307 (mysql) and 1222 on this specific computer for Sam reporter. When I switch to 3306 it works fine, however, I need this computer to run on 3307 so not to conflict with my other one. Here is the error my sam reporter is showing:

status=err
SQL error=Could not connect to MySQL server

Everything else is working good except for sam reporter. Again my settings are: Local Server. Ports 3307, 1222, database: mysql.

If anyone has any ideas how to help me that would be great! Thanks so much!

Sounds like the config for Reporter has changed and you need to update the port there. Check the config.php in the SAMReporter/htdocs/common directory or the dbconfig.xml.php under appdata/local/spacialaudio/sambc/samreporter/htdocs

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- Rob Oyler, SVS

Thanks so much for the reply! I changed thee ports there to 3307 but I'm getting the same error. I noticed that the host just says "localhost". Should I try changing that to my IP address?

no, localhost is correct. You may need to reboot after those changes to be recognized.

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- Rob Oyler, SVS

I just rebooted and am getting the same error. I checked the firewall and the ports are allowed through it. I just keep getting the same error. It's so frustrating.

Do I need to have the database password in the database.config files?

The database password should be in %LOCALAPPDATA%\SpacialAudio\SAMBC\SAMReporter\htdocs\dbconfig.xml.php
The database password is not neccessarily present/correct in C:\Program Files (x86)\SpacialAudio\SAMBC\SAMReporter\htdocs\dbconfig.xml.php

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Thank you for your help. Unfortunately I'm still getting the error. I am using a very old operating system (windows XP) though the machine was barely used when I got it. Maybe sam Reporter doesn't work with windows XP. The PHP sam pages are working well and are receiving requests so that tells me I set the port up correctly. I wonder why I'm still getting the error?