It's working, it's working!!!
I don't know what I did.....just fiddled with it.
Anyway, good luck...we're in a new world, and it will be fun to explore.
Just a few questions:
1. how do you know you're logged in? The fact that it will render?
2. I thought maybe the "waiting for image" issue might be something I saw in the
manual in the middle of this page
where it says, "You will need to create the OctaneRender™ emission nodes infrastructure connected to lamp’s output to let the lamp shape emit the light.." i.e. if there is no light, no image.
But I don't know how to do what it says, i.e. create the emission nodes.
Now that it's working, maybe it created them when I added the area light?
BTW, that's what is needed for new users.....the basic steps to make it work.
Thanks again, JimStar, for this cool plugin.