Can a ArcGIS Mobile 10.0 client connect to Server 10.1?

[PeterTimmers]

<Edit: that should be ArcGIS Mobile 3.1 not 10.0 - but I reckon I can be forgiven for version confusion with ArcGIS Mobile...>

I've got a ArcGIS Mobile 10.0 SDK Desktop app which we're trying to keep running for a bit longer.


I can't seem to connect to a 10.1 Server. The mobile service address used to be something like


http://<machine>/arcgis/services/<service>/MapServer/MobileServer


This doesn't appear to be working. I know I can open this service in Mobile Project Center 10.1.1 and with Fiddler it's using the above address.

I'm trying to check whether you can connect a 10.0 client to 10.1 server before I waste hours trying to work this out.

[ChristopherOlsen]

Yes, the 3.1 application should have no problems hooking into 10.1 services.  One thing to check is the URL, since this has changed.  You should be using the "http://<server>[: port]/<instance>/rest" format instead of the 'mobileservice' endpoint.  At 3.1, the application browses the REST endpoint of the server and looks for mobile services automatically.  See the screenshot for example.

-Chris

[PeterTimmers]

Thanks for that.

I'm using the SDK here.   While the project center is looking in the rest and finding the mobile service automatically I'm connecting to the service directly.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgismobile/10.0/apis/arcgismobile/api/ESRI.ArcGIS.Mobile~ESRI.ArcGIS.Mob...

You're connecting to the SOAP interface with this url.

http://<machine>/arcgis/services/<mapservice>/MapServer/MobileServer?wsdl gives me a valid response.

The REST has changed from 10.0 to 10.1 - now you have two endpoints.  MapServer and MobileServer

[ATTACH=CONFIG]23846[/ATTACH]

For some reason it's not working in the 3.1 SDK and is working Mobile Project Center 10.1...  the help for 3.1 SDK isn't extensive.



All I really want to do is confirm that I'm still using the correct url for the MobileServiceConnection URL property.  I've tried a few variations now.

[AkhilParujanwala]

Just a guess, maybe you have already tried this but put the port number beside the <machine>?
http://<machine><port>/arcgis/services/<mapservice>/MapServer/MobileServer?wsdl

I personally am still using 10.0, so I have not gone through these types of problems.

[PeterTimmers]

So I just created a mobile service on 10.1 Server and went to connect in 10.0.0.0 Mobile Project Center and while it initially says it connects it then has a red exclamation mark with the error message "Error: Unknown".

I've now tried it with a number of map services with no luck.  These map services all work with Mobile Project Center 10.1.1.

Some of these map services have attachments but most don't.

So can I say conclusively no you can't connect 10.0.0.0 Mobile to 10.1?