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When you are in a position of owning TS2000i, you eventually evolve into a
developer in order to become self-sufficient. Relying on the Cruz Brothers
is the kiss of death.
At 04:18 PM 12/1/2001, BobR wrote:
>Am just wondering if there are any trader/hackers out there that can do a
>registry modification to make the DTN version of GS do an ethernet linkup.
>For example if you look into the Registry under
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Omega Research\Server\DTN SubServer.DTN. This
>is where you tell the server to look for data and what type of port to use.
>Note there are Comport and Connection Type names there. There is also a DBC
>SubServer.Signal that shows the connection type, Host Address "IP", and port
>number as an example. So you might get a clue on how to configure the DTN
>GS the same way. We know the Signal online GS version runs on TCP/IP and
>the DTN version should too given the right registry configuration.
>Replicating all the network settings as Signal Server uses and maybe
>deleting some lines in the dtn subserver might get close to the solution.
>This route may have a glitch though and may rewrite the deletions each time
>the program is run because the real modification should come from Omega via
>a GS tiny modification. Still, the modifications look to be few and the
>machines are generally left running 24/7 anyway. The IP address and port
>number would have to be consistant with the NIC setup for the dtn receiver,
>guess that is obvious. Such a mod would not infringe on any software
>license since only your computer's registry is being changed. Data is the
>same whether sent by com or tcp. By the way 10 months ago I worked with the
>Fibonacci Programmer to do the same type of modification and it only took
>him 30 minutes to add the ethernet input option to his software. A DTN
>techie said it would only take 15 minutes to do the Omega GS mod if they had
>the will to do it. I also worked with the MetaServer guy to connect
>Chameleon DDE to a Signal GS via tcp/ip in order to get the breadth data and
>stat data into TS2k before dtn started broadcasting the breadth data. I
>liken the above mod to hotrodding an old car to come up to current highway
>speed standards. Its just a frigging shame the mfg is leaving so many
>traders with something about to become nonfunctional. I hate to think of
>all the years, hours, dollars, development spent by so many people that is
>about to become a lifealtering experience. Personally, I would gladly pay
>for any modification to keep ProSuite running on the dtn satellite. For me
>its not an issue of trying to get a free upgrade out of Omega, hell I have
>no qualms about paying for it. There must be someone hungry enough in
>Moscow to do this job. PO did it for the Comstock feed in Europe so it
>would run on ethernet and I think there is one person in the US who has come
>close to doing for the DTN sat feed.
>
>bobr
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