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Well, well, well . . . So now we have confirmation
that this may very well not a problem on my end - that
DTN's product may SUCK . . .
Hmmmm . . . .
--- ajgill@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> BC,
>
> I did the EXACT same thing that you are doing for
> more than SIX WEEKS !!!!!
> I spent so much time on the phone with DTN that
> we got to recognize each others voices.... true!
> Net result? We could not get the DTN Mark Brown
> Deal to work on ANY of THREE new machines that
> I have bought to trade on.....all with 512mb ram
> etc.
>
> In one of my chats with MB, he told me that
> Dynastore
> is quietly working on a patch/fix/program that will
> solve
> the DTN-GlobalServer problems. It is supposed to be
> out
> around March or April.
>
> DTN tried to get me to sign up for a different one
> of their
> packages that they felt would work OK with GS, but I
> can't
> afford any more time on BS and beta testing....The
> folks at
> DTN are really willing to help, but I think the
> product
> needs a little more work to be dependable with GS.
>
> Hope this helps and saves you several weeks of
> frustration.
>
> Lemmee know if you get yours working
>
> TIA AJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "blackcloudover BillCruz"
> <trad_delist_anydaynow@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:22 AM
> Subject: DTN Global Server ver 822 quietly quitting
> - Bad Mojo ?
>
>
> > Thanks to everyone on the list who has suggested
> so
> > many things to try and solve my ver. 822 Global
> Server
> > crashing problem.
> >
> > Anybody who is currently using ProSuite version
> 822
> > SP5 (especially those using a DTN data feed) I'd
> like
> > to hear from you about:
> >
> > 1) how stable your global server is . . .
> > 2) if you had any problems initially loading your
> DTN
> > symbols (symbol portfolio).
> > 3) What method did you use to load your symbols
> the
> > first time (I used the default symbol collection
> > templates in ver 822 server and just let the
> receiver
> > push the symbols on down).
> > 4) Are you subscribing to the DTN Mark Brown data
> feed
> > deal ?
> > 5) Are you getting both futures (delayed)
> > and indices (real time) ?
> >
> > I now use Mark Brown Deal (DTN deal on his
> website),
> > but having a LOT of trouble getting it to work
> > properly. I've tried all kinds of hardware
> > replacement, new hard drive, convert to Win2000
> with
> > SP2, , reformat drive, reload ProSuite and update
> with
> > SP4 then SP5, found out I had a bad DTN satellite
> > receiver yesterday when I swapped out old for new
> that
> > DTN sent me. Now getting good data without bad
> CRC's,
> > but Global server (GS) still quits some, but less
> than
> > before. I get from 2 hours to 6 hours without a
> "quiet
> > quit". (Previously I always got a memory error
> crash,
> > now it just quits quietly).
> >
> > Funny, GS runs fine in OFFLINE mode. But on real
> time
> > mode it crashes. Leads me to suspect bad symbols
> or
> > something corrupting GS coming in from receiver.
> >
> > To try to clean out any corrupted symbols or
> corrupted
> > data sent by DTN - - - yesterday I deleted all
> > futures options and turned off ALL collection
> > templates in GS, then I manually deleted all those
> > indices and futures I don't follow. Now only like
> 183
> > indices and 34 futures symbols.
> > Then, I went to PDS directory, made a backup, and
> > deleted all .idx files, dfmf.dat and smf.dat.
> >
> > Strange that I only signed up for delayed futures
> and
> > whatevertime indices (no futures options, but
> futures
> > options poured in like a champ) - they told me
> > yesterday that indices all come in real time only.
> >
> > I suspect mixing real time indices with 10 min
> delayed
> > futures causing problem.
> >
> > It's been 48 hours since booting the new receiver
> and
> > I'm seeing futures data coming in but most indices
> > show no data when I look in the GS edit data menu
> > (only INDU is showing data in indices).
> >
> > Would the translator.mdb file have anything to do
> with
> > this - I tried updating mine with Access '97,
> maybe
> > now ProSuite cannot read it because of using older
> MS
> > Access to update ? Mark's website used to have an
> > updated translator.mdb file but dead link now. I
> > thought the translator.mdb file only used when
> > importing data from say other data feeds than what
> > your server is set up for (translates symbols
> properly
> > only).
> >
> > This is 2nd of same message sent to the list -
> prior
> > message had .gif attached showing performance menu
> of
> > Global Server . . .
> >
> > Shadow
> >
>
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