Article - CS276980
CAD worker fails to start with error: Failed to establish connection to client. Connection establishment timed out without establishing a connection in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 03-Nov-2025
Applies To
- Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 12.1
- Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.1
Description
- Cannot start worker with error: Failed to establish connection to client. Connection establishment timed out without establishing a connection
- Unable to configure worker adapter as port 5600 is not listened by worker machine
- Worker monitor.log reports
[2022-05-30 07:12:27] Connecting to server "<>.<>.com" on port 5600
[2022-05-30 07:12:48] Failed to establish connection to client. Connection establishment timed out without establishing a connection.
[2022-05-30 07:12:48] Monitor Shutting down.
[2022-05-30 07:12:48] Failed to establish connection to client. Connection establishment timed out without establishing a connection.
[2022-05-30 07:12:48] Monitor Shutting down.
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