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In order to get the webserver part to work you will have to run either the console or the service (i think) i had to change some stuff in the confog files to get it working. For instance the com port was set to 9 but im using com3. I also had to add localhost to thesoftnodes and webserver urls. I also changed the "defaultconnection" in the applicationdbcontex to use the webserverdbconnectionstring in the webconfig for the webserver. But without any error messages its hard to give exact help. Mabye u can set some breakpoints and narrow it down to where it goes wrong?