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Re: TS2000i in real-time?



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Sorry about that Thomas - I sent the reply without changing the address first - so a
copy went to your address.  Just a little senior moment.
Larry

> Hi Thomas,
>
> Your first question had to do with "real time" data - real time is exactly that
> - data that is reported by the exchanges and relayed to you by your provider as
> it happens.  Tick data collected after hours is really historic data - not real
> time data.  The reason that I asked is that there is a little known option in TS
> that allows you to collect the same price ticks as delivered by eSignal - I've
> spent hours on the phone with eSignal's tech support TS guru dealing with that
> issue.  Just trying to be clear as to the problem that you are having with the
> question -"How do I get TS2000i to update every tick in real-time?"
>
> As I said the eSignal data downloader is a little tricky to set up but after the
> setup we really did not have any problem with it.  If you have a specific
> problem, eSignal's TS form has a moderator that is very knowledgeable with the
> downloader.
>
> You may be running into a time delay at eSignal when down loading the data after
> the market close.  Are you trying to download the data just after the close?  Or
> are you having the same problem no matter how long you wait after the close?
>
> I take it that some of your portfolio does download OK?  Are you able to collect
> real time data from eSignal on the symbols that don't download?
>
> Larry
>
> "Thomas J. Festa" wrote:
>
> > If I set an intraday chart will it pull the data in real-time tick by tick?
> > So far I have only collected intraday data at the end of the day, and as I
> > said most of the time the download just hangs before finishing collecting
> > data on all the symbols in the server portfolio.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry [mailto:lameyering@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:16 PM
> > To: Thomas J. Festa
> > Subject: Re: TS2000i in real-time?
> >
> > Hi Thomas,
> >
> > The 'every tick' problem - do you mean TS is not updating the chart with the
> > same price ticks or that its not updating at all?
> >
> > The downloader is a little tricky to set up but it should work fine -
> > eSignal's
> > form gives the setup that is needed to get the thing to work - the moderator
> > of
> > the form is very knowledgeable and can help with specific problems with the
> > downloader.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > "Thomas J. Festa" wrote:
> >
> > > How do I get TS2000i to update every tick in real-time?  I have tried to
> > use
> > > the eSignal active X plug-in to gather intraday data at the end of the day
> > > but found it just hangs after a while without downloading data for all the
> > > symbols in the server portfolio.
> > >
> > > Thomas J. Festa, CMT