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I hope Dynastore and others are listening. Because if TRAD/DTN turns the
screws on their joint customers, there will be lots of people looking
elsewhere fast. I long ago accepted the fact that SP5 was the last service
pack and found peace. But now this. Geez. I hate the fact that because
DTN simply wants to "keep up with the Jones's" we have to once again become
dependent on TRAD developers. God help us.
At 01:28 PM 11/30/2001, James Alvis wrote:
>Not only may TS2000/DTN be doomed in the long run, it may be doomed in the
>very near future.
>In a conversation with a senior DTN tech support person today, he suggested
>that the only reason that TS2Ki users have not already experienced serious
>tick loss problems using RS 232 ports and high speed serial cards, is that
>tick volume has dropped in the last few months ( stock market lower and 911
>effect). The lack on an Ethernet / USB interface to Global Server is a
>killer, particularly as factors that increase tick volume come into play
>(additional data fields, decimalization, single stock futures, etc.) Even
>if Tradestation can complete a patch/fix by Dec. 15-16 ( Tradestation
>support techs remain noncommittal during my recent calls), this "fix" may
>not actually fix the problem. As BobR points out, without the high speed
>capabilities of an Ethernet connection to GS, the problem will only get
>worse in the longer term. I have urged DTN to again postpone the changes to
>their feed beyond Dec.15-16, if Tradestation requires a few more days to
>complete the patch. Hopefully, TS2000/DTN customers will not be caught in
>the middle a second time. Please call both DTN and Tradestation to express
>your concern.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Alvis
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "BobR" <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:58 PM
>Subject: [RT] DTN and TS2000
>
>
> > Had a little talk with a dtn tech this morning about the changes they are
> > making in the datafeed. December 15/16 is their next planned activation
>of
> > the emini volume, tick correction, and whatever else. As dtn users recall
> > the last time they "Beta" tested this, our CPU useage went to near max on
>a
> > dual 600mhz if the ES or NQ were being charted. Some cpu's may have hung
> > up. Closing those charts and maybe radar screen dropped the cpu useage
>back
> > to normal and the server collected the data OK I think. Problem is even
>if
> > Omega provides a service pack for this, TS2000/DTN may still be doomed in
> > the long run. The reason is dtn is going to make additional changes that
> > may overload the RS232 ports creating tickloss and only software that is
> > ethernet compatible will be able to keep up with the feed. I don't
> > particularly want to give up the dtn feed since it has so much on it in
>the
> > way of statistics. Has anyone found a NIC/Comport emulator? Seems like I
> > ran across something like this the other day in some software and can't
> > recall where. But maybe even that wouldn't work with the Global Server.
> >
> > bobr
> >
> >
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