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Er, ah, been too busy to count ticks this time. I am not running fulltime
on the ether yet and only did testing at night. Just thought some might
like to know about it and maybe the TCP/IP experts could confirm or deny
that more than one software pkg on the same computer could "Bind" to the NIC
card.
bobr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Thompson" <detomps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [RT] General - DTN ethernet port
>
> Bob,
> thanks for the report. So, DTN messed with the output of an ethernet
> card...Sounds arcane.
> So have you notice being able to collect more emini ticks?
> Don
> Subject: [RT] General - DTN ethernet port
>
>
> > FYI
> > FibonacciTrader has joined Ensign in being the only two trading software
> pkg
> > that can feed off of the D8000 and D8080 ethernet ports. Carlos, the FT
> > programmer modified the FT feeder for TCP/IP in just a few hours and
says
> > the upgrade 3.12 will be available this weekend at their website
> > http://www.fibonaccitrader.com . Free 30 day trials available. I've
beta
> > tested the new port the last few days and found that like other direct
DTN
> > pkg it requires the "P" or Process codes to begin storing data so there
is
> > that 24 to 48 hour period of waiting for DTN to send the codes. Prior
to
> > the upgrade, FT had a 115k baud rate limitation on the DTN serial port
and
> > this now brings it up to speed and eliminates the data bottleneck.
> Congrats
> > to a responsive tech support.
> >
> > To use a NIC card with the DTN receiver requires a crossover RJ45 cable
> > which can be purchased from various sources or you can modify a straight
> > through cable with this wiring:
> > 1 to 3
> > 2 to 6
> > 3 to 1
> > 4 to 4
> > 5 to 5
> > 6 to 2
> > 7 to 7
> > 8 to 8
> > I first tried to feed it through a LinkSystem 4 port hub but wasn't
> > successful in keeping the D8080 bound to the hub. The crossover cable
> > worked fine directly between the computer's NIC and the D8080 with these
> > settings:
> > Computer NIC IP = 10.100.116.140
> > Subnet Mask = 250.250.250.0
> >
> > The D8080 needs to be reset so the unit will automatically sample for a
> NIC
> > presence during power up. If it finds one then the ethernet port is
> > enabled. If it doesn't, then the RS232 port is enabled, thus the
computer
> > NIC has to be connected to the receiver during the power up or reset. I
> am
> > told the D8000 doesn't need to be reset, but can't verify that since I
> have
> > the D8080. During reset the D8080 does a memory test. Sometimes mine
> > failed the memory test and thus did not complete initialization but
> another
> > reset would make it pass.
> >
> > Now if only Omega would provide the Global Server upgrade in as timely a
> > manner as Ensign and FibonacciTrader.
> >
> > BobR
> >
> > ps: Chameleon, dtn's, software will also work on the ethernet port but
> > Version 3.1 needs to be installed. DTN will send the CD upon request to
> dtn
> > subscribers
> >
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