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Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble getting started, and was hoping I could get some help.

I downloaded and installed the Smart_TV_Alliance_SDK_Win_4.0.0.exe file.
I downloaded the installed the VirtualBox-4.3.26-98988-Win.exe update
I downloaded and installed the latest version of Java.
I downloaded apache-tomcat-7.0.61-windows-x86.zip and unzipped it, and added the path to the unzip location into the server settings of Eclipse.

Then, I followed the instructions in Smart_TV_Alliance_SDK_Manual_4.0.0.pdf, I got as far as 3.2.10 \"Deploy to SDK\"

Essentially, I copied a sample app called \"video example\" and I try running it on the \"Tomcat v7.0 Server at Localhost [started, restart]\".
When I try to Deploy to SDK, I get an error that says \"There was an error while trying to deploy the file Reason: There was an error while trying to deploy the file Details: Connection refused: connect\".

I checked the sample app, and it does have an index.html, which I've read can cause troubles when missing.

I'm running Windows 8.1 if that's at all helpful. I'm sure this must be some common configuration error or mistake I'm encountering, but It's got me completely lost. Anyone encountered and overcome this yet?

I have the same problem, bad develeopmentenvironment, bad user experience.
Smart TV alliance should make a set up video for every one, The doc \"[/b]Smart_TV_Alliance_SDK_Manual_4.0.0[b]\" is not enough for set up develeopment environment. Bad,Bad,Bad!

Hi,

I will let SDK WG know about this and get back to you soon.

Regards.

Thanks so much. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. My company is eager to get a RSS based video player app with our original video content up and available for Universal Smart TV customers.

Hi,

Any updates on this?

Thanks so much,
Evan

I thought I should follow up with this.

I got an e-mail with the answer to my problem. The issue was that the current version of the SDK is incompatable with a fully updated Java version. I downgraded java to 6u30 for windows x86 and now I'm no longer getting the error.