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Was it necessary to reboot the dtn receiver?
No need to wait until Monday. Sunday will do if you look at the DXY and
@ESH2 and @NQH2 in the afternoon.
Here it is Sunday morning and my GS shows some quotes received and processed
after having done the reg and dl mod Saturday.
----- Original Message -----
From: <ribau@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: CL_DTN dll I instructions
> Rebooting the receiver solved my problems. The system appears to be
running
> correctly now. You don't need the dll from Omega, but it doesn't appear to
> change anything for the worse and hopefully Omega will come out with the
> correct dll before long. Give them a break, they've only had since August
> to fix this and they had other things more important to do, like learning
> to be a broker.
>
> It would have helped enormously if Omega had left a note on their ftp site
> explaining the disappearance of the dll. It would have been nice if Omega
> had done the project on time and if not, they should have advised us here
> on this list. I wonder what traders using DTN but not on this list will do
> to prepare for Monday. Together we worked it out for them and I for one am
> proud to be a beta tester. Thanks to everyone who helped on this project.
>
> The prize goes to "Shadowover BillCruz" who had the closest instructions
> from the start. Here's a big <kiss>
>
> Here's what I did:
>
>
> 1. export all data from GlobalServer to "Export.xpo" and shut down server
>
> 2. use Regedit to modify:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OMEGARESEARCH\TRADESTATION
> BY OMEGA RESEARCH\CHART
>
> change "RequestTimeOut" (double click) to "500" and "Decimal"
> (these values will be "1f4" and "Hexadecimal" when you revisit)
>
> 3. rename c:\tradestation\server\PDS to c:\tradestation\server\OLDpds
>
> 4. start GlobalServer offline and import "Export.xpo"
> (new c:\tradestation\server\PDS is created)
>
> 5. open the charting application
> (all worksheets and charts came up fine on my system)
>
> 6. shut everything down, reboot the computer
>
> 7. reboot the DTN receiver
> (Exit/Menu-Next-F2 unplug/plug back in)
>
> 8. start GlobalServer online and start the charting ap
> (stir and wait for Monday)
>
>
> I think that's everything, in eight EASY steps. I guess what all this does
> is make GlobalServer slow down enough to absorb the deluge of data from
the
> new feed without barfing. It still can't read all the new fields until
> Omega finishes the new dll, but at least it doesn't crash. The data files
> have to be created with the new fields thus the export/import cycle to
make
> them compatible. Or, something like that.
>
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