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Guys:
Just to put a slightly different spin on this stability issue I will relate
my experience. I agree fully about the uselessness of trying to run Ts2k
real time on Win95/98, it is just not going to work. I am running Ts2k
Build 563/590 on a PII 450, 256mb ram, NT4 SP4, with DTN satellite,
collecting 15k stock/index symbols. Nothing but Tradestation is running on
this computer. My stability improved dramatically with the switch from
Win98 to NT. However GS and TS Charting and TS Quote Monitor still crash
1-3 times per week and take everything with it. True you can close out non
responding apps with NT Task Manager but if GS crashes or one of the other
modules crashes everything goes. When this happens GS does not like it and
takes forever to restart. Sometimes it re-starts locked up and I have to
close it and restart it a second time. A very long time passes before I get
quotes on all 30 of the stocks I am usually watching. It takes me all day
to recover from the crash because I loose the values for Prev hence there is
no Net Change on quote pages or charts. These values do not fill in until
after the market closes. This sucks. Plus the gaps in the data are not
helpful. Today for example GS locked up when I merely clicked on the Symbol
Portfolio tab. I then spent the next 30 min trying to close everything out
and restart GS. I had to reboot and start GS twice before it worked. Now I
have prices on 6 symbols only. The rest will fill in slowly. This
particular slow quote recovery problem may be limited to DTN systems. In
addition when I call my broker or DTN I find that my intraday volume numbers
are understated 3-10%, hence Ts2k is dropping ticks somewhere even though I
have a high speed serial port running at 460800kbps. Also the volume
numbers on charts are different from Quote Monitor. None of these problems
exist if I run just DTN Chameleon hence the dropped ticks and inaccurate
volume problems are introduced by TS and not DTN. In short Ts2k is
dangerously unstable even under NT. I find it outrageous that Omega would
expose customers to problems of this sort. I have made every effort to
solicit help from Omega but they do not follow up on their promises for
assistance.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andren [mailto:andren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:54 AM
> To: ribau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ullrich Fischer
> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Prosuite 2000i problems
>
>
> Guys,
>
> Win 98 is not a good choice for ts2000. You WILL screw around
> till your hair
> falls out, or you die from frustration, with both win 98 or 95. Bite the
> freaking bullett and get with NT homey, because ts2000 is one of
> those apps
> that needs the bulletproof nature of NT. Plus you get the ability to not
> have to reboot the whole mess when the happy little global server
> decides to
> crash in the middle of your big trade, Once you can get the GS actually
> working, the global server and the tradestation application, do crash once
> and a while, no matter how much ram you throw at ts2000. If you
> want to look
> at ts2000's pretty interface, and spend a lot of time rebooting your
> computer, use win98. If you're thinking of trying to trade, using a real
> time data feed, with ts2000, better go to comp USA and get NT.
> Its not hard
> to get up and running and well worth any extra effort you may expend. I
> spent 6 weeks trying to get win98 and ts2000 to coexist gracefully, and my
> problems STOPPED with windows NT, and no I dont work for Microsoft.
> I cannot stress strongly enough than win98 is not designed for application
> critical work.
>
> andren
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ullrich Fischer <uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ribau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 12:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Prosuite 2000i problems
>
>
> > I had similar problems when I was running this stuff under WIN98. on a
> > P-233 256MB RAM PC. These problems cleared up once I upgraded to
> > WINNT. Not an ideal solution, but it worked for me. Good luck. -uf
> >
> > At 12:05 AM 7/8/99 +0000, you wrote:
> > >I tried running TS2Ki, including the latest build, with 61 symbols, and
> BMI
> > >cable, on a 266MHz 128Mb SDRAM P2, and a 450MHz 256Mb SDRAM
> P2, both with
> > >the same results (no other programs running on either
> machine). The Data
> > >Manager is overwhelmed by any kind of volume, such as is
> experienced each
> > >day at the stock mkt's open. Then the charting module stops
> responding. I
> > >cannot change workspaces, can't type text on a chart, can't change
> charting
> > >tools, news monitor doesn't display headlines, etc...
> > >
> > >Data Manager's trouble shooting mode states "Data Manager is
> not getting
> > >enough time to perform its functions..." I worked with Tech Support for
> 10
> > >days on this problem, they were calling me every day with new ideas to
> try.
> > >Finally, they stopped calling because they have nothing
> further to offer.
> > >Omega acknowledges there is a performance problem with TS2Ki, but they
> say
> > >this problem will not be addressed for two more service packs,
> something
> > >like 3 months if you believe Omega.
> > >
> > >I gave up playing with TS2Ki entirely yesterday. I like its
> pretty face,
> > >and it's kinda fun to tinker with, but, in my opinion it's not to be
> taken
> > >seriously for real time trading until Omega makes it robust
> and reliable
> in
> > >some future build.
> > >
> > > >>I'm new to this list and new to Tradestation and I have a
> question. I
> have
> > > >>read several negative comments about Prosuite 2000i and I
> wonder if I
> could
> > > >>get some feedback on it. I have a 30 day evaluation copy.
> What was it
> about
> > > >>Prosuite 2000i that did not meet your expectations? What are the
> positive
> > > >>points. I trade stocks and options and have been using Metastock for
> > > about 5
> > > >>years and am considering switching and would like some
> feedback before
> > > I do.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks in advance
> > > >>
> > > >>John Manasco
> > > >>
> >
>
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