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4:32 pm:*** LS_Bill has joined us
4:32 pm:<LS_Bill> where is everyone?
4:37 pm:*** Rick has joined us
4:37 pm:<Rick> Hi guys ;-)
4:40 pm:<Rick> First question is... Is something up with EPS?
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4:42 pm:<LS_Bill> hi Jay
4:42 pm:<LS_Bill> what do you mean Rick?
4:42 pm:<DTN_JayF> Hi Bill
4:43 pm:<LS_Bill> Rick, are you seeing an EPS number that looks out of wack?
4:44 pm:<Rick> Yes Bill very out of wack and many with none at all...
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4:44 pm:<Rick> I'm looking at a quote page of the dow composit 65...
4:45 pm:<Rick> As an example...
4:45 pm:<LS_Bill> what data service do you use Rick?
4:46 pm:<Rick> IB and Yahoo...
4:47 pm:<LS_Bill> IB does not send any EPS information at all
4:47 pm:<LS_Bill> any numbers you see there may have put there long ago when we setup our installers
4:48 pm:<LS_Bill> have you been running the Yahoo fundamental download function?
4:49 pm:<Rick> I have done the Yahoo fundamental functions several times over the past month yea...
4:49 pm:<Mike> Hi Bill, Chad, Noel, Jay and all
4:50 pm:<LS_Bill> I believe the yahoo download grabs EPS, may there is a problem with that feature.
4:50 pm:<LS_Bill> try this
4:50 pm:<LS_Bill> open a quotepage with the EPS data column
4:50 pm:<DTN_JayF> Bill, Chad, etc - anyone going to the Vegas Traders Expo in Vegas or FIA in Chicago next month?
4:51 pm:<LS_Bill> Chad will be at FIA
4:51 pm:<LS_Bill> along with Market Delta
4:51 pm:<Mike> ahh i could might stop see you all there!
4:51 pm:<Rick> Ok Bill, quotepage open on dow composite...
4:52 pm:<Mike> i have QP open also and EPS as a column
4:52 pm:<DTN_JayF> DTN will be exhibiting at FIA as well.. I plan to be there.. stop and say hi Mike. Chad, I will keep my eye out for you and Trevor.. might have to grab a drink while we are there!
4:52 pm:<LS_Bill> nevermind, I though that column could be edited, it's can't be
4:53 pm:<Mike> what is FIA?
4:53 pm:<LS_Bill> Rick, we'll run a test to make sure our Yahoo fundamentals is working correctly and get back to you
4:53 pm:<Rick> Yea, EPS column pretty goofy even after yahoo update... OK, I think its a bug...
4:53 pm:<Mike> I have PC ib feed am start problem Bill when you are ready
4:54 pm:<DTN_JayF> FIA = Futures Industry Association (they have a show in Chicago end of Nov)
4:55 pm:<Mike> ok great thought so i keep eye open for info
4:55 pm:<Rick> Ready for next question/bug?
4:55 pm:<Mike> i just do yahoo fundamental dl and see no data in EPS coulmn for my 3 symbols fwiw
4:56 pm:<LS_Chad> Will be there Jay....look forward to seeing you there (in Chicago)
4:56 pm:<Rick> Thanks Mike, always nice to have a sane person check;-)
4:57 pm:<Mike> can we see what fundamen tal got dl'ed? I see no detaisl in message log
4:57 pm:<DTN_JayF> Mike: http://www.futuresindustry.org/expo2006-2658.asp
4:57 pm:<Mike> ok thanks, we need ticket to enter?
4:59 pm:<Mike> Chad beta v2? stable worth trying? new feature?
5 pm:<DTN_JayF> it looks like $35 to enter exhibit hall.. odd. email me at jay.froscheiser@dtn.com and I will check to see if we have comp tickets available
5 pm:<Mike> ok thank you
5 pm:<Rick> How do I do a keyboard shortcut for a 2 min period? I can do 1,3,5 but what about 2?
5 pm:<LS_Chad> Mike, turn on your beta notification checkbox and you'll be informed when it's ready
5 pm:<LS_Chad> in setup: prefs: mail & internet
5:01 pm:<Mike> Rick I hit "2" then return
5:01 pm:<Mike> ok Chad it is checked
5:03 pm:<Mike> Bill reading? can I ask on IB feed problem on PC?
5:03 pm:<DTN_JayF> Chad.. see you next month... talk to everyone else later!
5:03 pm:<Rick> Oh... And I was using funckeys;-0
5:03 pm:<LS_Bill> Seems IB had connection problems today
5:03 pm:<Mike> or I can email
5:03 pm:<LS_Bill> several users emailed support about it
5:03 pm:<LS_Bill> started this p.m I think
5:04 pm:<Mike> Not me, I need IRT to start feed every am and it seems it can not in schedule
5:04 pm:<Mike> I have TWS open 24/6
5:04 pm:<Mike> and IRT loses feed every single night
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5:04 pm:<Mike> and every am does not start feed and schedule does not help
5:04 pm:<Rick> Does anyone see what seem to be volume spikes?
5:04 pm:<Mike> should I try something?
5:05 pm:<Mike> what symbol Rick?
5:06 pm:<LS_Chad> Rich...just hit "2-Enter"
5:06 pm:<LS_Chad> to change to 2-minute
5:06 pm:<LS_Chad> similar for any period
5:06 pm:<LS_Chad> 5-enter, 5min
5:06 pm:<LS_Chad> etc
5:06 pm:<Rick> Any Mike, I'm looking at a 30min chart, see a volume spike up, switch to a 5 min chart its gone, go back to the 30 min chart its go there too...
5:06 pm:<Rick> s/go/gone/
5:07 pm:<Mike> on a stock?
5:07 pm:<Rick> Yes Mike it seems like just about any stock does it...
5:08 pm:<Mike> my MSFt seems ok one vol spike 13:06 is all i see
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5:09 pm:<Rick> This happens in realtime with IB...
5:09 pm:<Mike> mine seems ok
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5:11 pm:<Rick> Maybe its a scaling issue, I have a volume with a On balance volume overlaying it...
5:11 pm:<Mike> yes
5:11 pm:<Mike> Bill can you let me know on my problem?
5:12 pm:<Rick> Thanks Chad;-)
5:12 pm:<Mike> or even try IRT to IB start at bed time Bill then see in am please
5:13 pm:<LS_Bill> what's the problem mike?
5:14 pm:<Terry> having a problem with IRT this afternoon. Running 8.5.5 on MAC 10.4.7 and it has been working flawlessly. All of a sudden this afternoon it will not hold a connection. I start data and get a message in the box connection active 0 instruments watched. but the red x is in tool bar. settings in TWS api look ok . Willl backfill from DTN. Any suggestions on how to get this running again?
5:14 pm:<LS_Bill> I don't know how to keep IB up 24/7 mike
5:14 pm:<LS_Bill> there may be some software out there, IBcontroller so something like that
5:14 pm:<Mike> yes
5:14 pm:<LS_Bill> that can start and stop IB for you at certain times of day
5:15 pm:<Mike> I have TWS up no problem there IRT does not stay connected so need your assistance there
5:15 pm:<LS_Bill> then you can have a schedule that starts the feed at certain times
5:16 pm:<LS_Bill> I don't know what IB's policies are on this mike
5:16 pm:<LS_Bill> I know TWS has some options you can see so it does not shutdown TWs
5:16 pm:<LS_Bill> TWS comes preconfigured to turn itself off at 11 pm or something like that
5:16 pm:<LS_Bill> IRT does not drop the connection unless you stop feed
5:17 pm:<Mike> schedule does not work
5:17 pm:<LS_Bill> so if something is dropping the connection it must be on IB side
5:17 pm:<Mike> ok I can send you PC so you can see
5:17 pm:<Mike> no way
5:17 pm:<LS_Bill> send me PC?
5:17 pm:<LS_Bill> I have a PC or two already
5:17 pm:<Mike> ok then you might be able to see problem I have
5:18 pm:<LS_Bill> is TWS staying up 24/7?
5:18 pm:<Mike> yes
5:18 pm:<LS_Bill> maybe what you need then is a schedule that does a Stop Data, a short pause and a Start Data
5:18 pm:<Mike> start schedule worked
5:19 pm:<Mike> seems the drop or lost connection at night then puts IRT i nto state were schedule does not work
5:19 pm:<Mike> I have start IB feed schedule set to run every minute as you suggested in past
5:19 pm:<LS_Bill> is there a predictable time when this happens mike?
5:19 pm:<Mike> midnight to 6 am
5:19 pm:<LS_Bill> well that won't work if IRT "thinks" the feed is started and TWS is not communicating
5:20 pm:<LS_Bill> what you need is maybe an 1a.m STOP DATA, PAUSE, START DATA schedule
5:20 pm:<LS_Bill> to initiate a brand new connection every night at 1 am
5:20 pm:<Mike> ok
5:20 pm:<LS_Bill> just in case IRT and TWS are not communicating.
5:20 pm:<Mike> I'm not even sure schedule is running automatically would it make a note in a log?
5:21 pm:<LS_Bill> do you have some instruments you are tracking at night that send faily constant stream of ticks?
5:21 pm:<Mike> ok I can do stop pause start data in IRT now??
5:21 pm:<LS_Bill> you can put a note to log as a schedule action mike
5:21 pm:<Mike> yes Euro
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5:21 pm:<Mike> Euro chart open even, though it gest active 2-3 am
5:22 pm:<LS_Bill> you should be able to tell from the tick data then at what time in the a.m. the feed is going away
5:22 pm:<Mike> ok
5:22 pm:<LS_Bill> so setup a schedule before that time to initiate a new connection
5:23 pm:<LS_Bill> you could do it at 1am again at 3am again ag 5am
5:23 pm:<LS_Bill> until you get past the problem
5:24 pm:<Terry> I have a question above if anyone has time.
5:25 pm:<Mike> IB stop restartwere in schedule do i force a note to a message log?
5:25 pm:<Mike> I did a new schedule stop pause, restrt, message so we see thanks
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5:29 pm:<Terry> here is the question again: having a problem with IRT this afternoon. Running 8.5.5 on MAC 10.4.7 and it has been working flawlessly. All of a sudden this afternoon it will not hold a connection. I start data and get a message in the box connection active 0 instruments watched. but the red x is in tool bar. settings in TWS api look ok . Willl backfill from DTN. Any suggestions on how to get this running again?
5:30 pm:<LS_Bill> IB had some connection problems today it seems, many emailed us to report this, all about the same time today
5:31 pm:<LS_Bill> has anyone checked the IB website, I think they have a network status page
5:31 pm:<Terry> So it must be IB's problem then? thanks.
5:32 pm:<LS_Bill> I think so Terry.
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5:33 pm:<Mike> bill a schedule action to force a message to log?
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5:36 pm:<LS_Bill> it's called "Show Message" mike
5:36 pm:<Mike> ok did that we see in am thanks
5:36 pm:<LS_Bill> the message appears in the log and in the message bar. just don't check the OK box so it won't wait for a response
5:37 pm:<Mike> good chat thank you also
5:37 pm:<LS_Bill> ok mike
5:37 pm:<LS_Bill> any other questions, I have to run soon.
5:37 pm:<Mike> Still need Jerry to fix AT to time out limit orders
5:39 pm:<Mike> seems feed restarting every minute now
5:40 pm:<Mike> i guess be nicest if it did this detection better itself
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5:40 pm:<LS_Bill> this may have to do with the IB connection issue today mike
5:41 pm:<LS_Bill> normally a start feed schedule action will have no effect at all as along as the feed is started
5:41 pm:<LS_Bill> it seems like IB is not accepting the IRT connection
5:41 pm:<LS_Bill> what does your message log say?
5:41 pm:<Mike> in IB setup dialog I have connect to TWS 3 minutes before session 2 9:30 so forsure that was not working
5:41 pm:<Mike> no happens for months
5:42 pm:<Rick> Any special trix to getting a custom column to format a number in K like a standard column does?
5:43 pm:<Mike> i watch log in am Bill to see what happened at night if any message
5:43 pm:<Mike> seems might be aNO DATA icon
5:43 pm:<Mike> then that state does not allow any IRT feed reconnect stuff to work besides a manual forced restart feed
5:43 pm:<Mike> is my deduction
5:44 pm:<LS_Bill> what display format are you using Rick?
5:44 pm:<LS_Bill> in the "Format" tab of the custom col setup?
5:44 pm:<Mike> best solution is maybe for IB setup dialog to auto reconnect or retry if no data for x minutes
5:44 pm:<LS_Bill> there should be no need for that mike
5:44 pm:<Mike> i report email details in am Bill thank you
5:45 pm:<Mike> ok I report all details until we can solve it
5:45 pm:<LS_Bill> IRT is NOT connected to a remote host where such connection loses are common
5:45 pm:<LS_Bill> IRT is locally connected to TWS and that connect should NEVER break
5:45 pm:<Mike> AGREE
5:45 pm:<Mike> but it does
5:45 pm:<LS_Bill> unless either IRT "stops data" or TWS drops the connection.
5:45 pm:<Mike> I promise
5:45 pm:<Rick> Numeric display 99 Bill...
5:45 pm:<Mike> i do a screen grab in am Bill
5:46 pm:<LS_Bill> RIck if the number is large and you have 99 format, it should abbreivate IF you ahve the abbreviate option on
5:46 pm:<LS_Bill> the abbreviate option is "hidden" in the quotepage preference
5:46 pm:<LS_Bill> setup: Prefs: quotepage
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5:46 pm:<LS_Bill> there it is called the "abbreviate volume" checkbox I believe
5:47 pm:<LS_Bill> if you check that, it should abbreviate
5:47 pm:<LS_Bill> if it does not for some reason, report it to support and we'll look into it.
5:47 pm:<Rick> Yes it is set Bill... It will do M but not K ;-)
5:47 pm:<LS_Bill> oh, hmmm, I'll look into that.
5:48 pm:<LS_Bill> nite all.
5:48 pm:<LS_Bill> I have to run
5:48 pm:<Rick> Thank Bill!!! Good Nite ;-)
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5:50 pm:<Rick> Thanks Mike!!! You too Chad;-) Bye guys...
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