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Peter,
I had the exact same problem and Bill Brower gave me the solution in
his magazine TS Express ( a plug with no shame-- not affiliated blah,blah)
. There are two symbol universes in TS. One is accessed from the
server/tools/symbol universe setup, the other is found under the
server/tools/DOWNLOADER/tools/symbol universe setup. To make changes for
EOD data users from outside vendors, like yourself and myself, use the
Downloader route.
Making the changes you have two choices: 1) Overwrite the Omega symbol and
symbol number with the CSI symbol and symbol number ( EX: JY 65 becomes U6
262) or 2) Create a new contract using the CSI info with the contract
specs etc.. The first solution is easy but it means that the old symbol is
gone for data vendors using Omega's symbols. I created new ones.
OMEGA BASH: This silly problem arose because Omega insisted that the data
have a 2 letter symbol so that vendors like CSI had to convert their normal
symbol to conform to a 2 letter Omega world.
I feel like we have all had to put up with a little silliness.
Jim McConnon
jmcconno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"This is the life you have chosen" - The Godfather
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> From: Blaine Mathieu <bmathieu@xxxxxxx>
> To: Peter Gibson <Peter_Gibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Changing Univese Settings in Chartscanner
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 9:27 AM
>
> Peter,
>
> The solution to your problem could be to:
> 1) delete your workspaces
> 2) make the changes necessary to the symbol universe
> 3) re-create your workspaces
>
> I have had this problem before with EOD data from an outside supplier.
Even
> if you make changes to the symbol universe, these changes are not
properly
> recognized by any workspaces you have open unless and until you recreate
the
> workspaces. Try it.
>
> I already informed Omega of this problem/solution after their tech
support
> could not help me with this issue. Obviously, they forgot to add my input
to
> their "solutions database".
>
> Blaine Mathieu
> Turning Point Trading Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Gibson <Peter_Gibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 10:45 PM
> Subject: Changing Univese Settings in Chartscanner
>
>
> I am having a problem sending system results to an external file using
> Chartscanner. I am using End-of-Day TradeStation and CSI Data. After a
few
> phone calls to Omega's Tech Support I am none the wiser so hopefully
someone
> on this list can set me straight.
>
> My problem arises from the fact that CSI uses symbols for certain data
which
> are different than the defaults for TradeStation. For example CSI's
symbol
> for the Canadian dollar on the CME for the day session is Y5. If I don't
> adjust the settings charting works fine but system results are off
because
> the Universe settings shows a Value setting of .01 instead of the
required
> 100000. (I think .01 is the default)
>
> Depending on the Technician I talked to the solution is either 1) change
the
> Server settings; 2) change the settings using Format Price
> Data/Settings/Universe 3) it can't be done.
>
> Solution 1 didn't seem to do anything for me. Solution 2 worked except
that
> when I scrolled to the next chart in my custom data list the setting
changes
> were lost. This occurred even when I saved the workspace first.
Solution 2
> worked with individual charts but not in chartscanner mode. And solution
3
> ... well that isn't a solution at all.
>
> Any advice?
>
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