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Re: Re[2]: TS2k charting delay



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy Snowden" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob R" <bobrabcd@xxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 2:45 PM
Subject: Re[2]: TS2k charting delay


> Are you running Webroot Spy Sweeper on both machines?  Try cutting it
> off.  Do you need it, you are not using a browser right?
>
> If you use XP Pro or perhaps Home you absolutely must tweak it.  Here
> is a site that will help.  The very first two I do is Lose Themes then
> Bloated Display Effects.  Google anything if you don't know what it
> does.  You can turn off stuff you need or will need months later.  I
> turned off Plug and Play once and forgot it.  The next time I added or
> upgraded I couldn't figure out why my new toy didn't work.  Boy did I
> feel stupid when I checked the Plug and Play settings.
>
> Jimmy
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> reply is in caps
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jimmy Snowden" <jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Bob R" <bobrabcd@xxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 1:31 PM
> Subject: Re: TS2k charting delay
>
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> >
> > If you run your quotemonitor in the same workspace as the one tick
> > chart do you see it updating when the chart is not?
>
> > THIS IS PROSUITE AND THE RADAR SCREEN WITH 14 SYMBOLS ALSO HAD THE SAME
> > DELAY THAT THE CHARTING HAD.  IT WAS IN THE SAME WORKSPACE AS THE ONE 
> > TICK
> > CHART.
>
> > Are you running the Tracking Center?  If so delete it.
>
>   NO, TRACKING CENTER WAS NOT RUNNING.
> >
> > What are you running besides the GS and a tick chart?
>
>   THE WINDOWS TASK MANAGER SHOWS 4 TASKS, DYNASTORE, OMEGA PROSUITE, IB, 
> GS.
> THE TASK BAR SHOWS AVG7, WEBROOT SPY SWEEPER, SYGATE PERSONAL FIREWALL
> >
> > I've run one tick charts of ES and NQ with indicators and many other
> > charts open.  No problem with Esignal.  If you push the computer too
> > hard say with DTN satellite and thousands of symbols it will lag.  Too
> > many indicators can cause a problem.  All of a sudden priority goes
> > back to charting and zoom it catches the chart up.  So it is what you
> > are doing not Ts2ki.
> ONLY 53 SYMBOLS ARE CONNECTED.  PROBLEM EXISTS ON ESIGNAL AND IB, 
> DIFFERENT
> MACHINES, DIFFERENT OS, W2000 AND WIN XP PRO
> > A THIRD MACHINE WAS TESTED WITH WIN2000 AND DUAL AMD'S WITH RAID 0, AND
> > HAD THE SAME BURSTING PROBLEM.
>
> > First off I would trash that trash data feed and Dynastore.  Spend the
> > money to get a good feed directly into ts2ki or change over to TS8.
> > If you don't want to get rid of the crap then cut back on indicators
> > etc.  Also make sure you computer isn't running a bunch of junk
> > including windows junk.
> >
>
> > Jimmy
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> >
> > The configuration is highspeed DSL IB TWS/Dynastore/GS/TS200i on a P4 
> > w/HT
> > 3gig cpu 1 gig memory.  Here's the problem.  Data appears on a one tick 
> > ES
> > chart in TS charting in a "bursting" mode.  Today I made some visual
> > comparisons between TS charting and a chart made with an IB add on 
> > called
> > ZoneTrader from w.tradewithconfidence.com.  The ZoneTrader tick charts 
> > run
> > in a Java application off the IB API and appear to be insync with the
> > quotes
> > in IB TWS and the IB chart. The TS chart runs in an obvious burst mode
> > where
> > prices are not changing, then the plot suddenly plays catchup.  There is
> > no
> > mistaking this delayed effect.  On another machine with dual 866 PIII's
> > and
> > a second DSL line with esignal and TS2k a one tick ES chart was also
> > opened.
> > It too played the stall and catchup.  I've suspected for years there was
> > something amiss.  Because of the difference in hardware configurations,
> > and
> > by elimination, it appears the source of the problem is the way TS
> > charting
> > gets data from the GS, or that TS charting can't handle fast data.
> >
> > I really don't want to give up years of work with ela and els so I am
> > wondering if anyone who has seen this effect in TS2k and switched to TS8
> > finds that it solves that delay/bursting problem.  Also does anyone have
> > comments about how Multicharts handles data with a high volume emini 
> > like
> > the ES? http://www.tssupport.com/products/multicharts/ .  Am trying to 
> > get
> > a
> > demo on that but no response yet.
> >
> > thanks for the feedback(either to the list or direct,
> > Bob RA
> >
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