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Hi morpheus,
Thank you for your post.
I have not heard of any similar Patsystems issues. Now, a connection state between NinjaTrader and your broker/market data vendor is not dictated by NinjaTrader. The NinjaTrader application only reports the connection state as it is reported by the API you are connected through. NinjaTrader behaves like a radio receiver in that it receives signals from the connected server. If the signals are not coming through, the underlying broker/market data vendor API reports this to the NinjaTrader application which in turn reports this back to you. Once a loss of connection is reported, NinjaTrader or the underlying API wil continuously try to re-establish a connection. Common reasons that contribute to connection stability are:
- ISP issues
- Hardware firewall changing IP addresses frequently
- Dynamic IP addresses changing frequently intraday. Usually this happens once a week buy you may want to check with your ISP. If they do change daily, requesting a static IP address may help.
- With Windows XP SP2, if you have more than 10 open TCPIP socket connections (10 programs making socket connections through the internet) Windows will randomly shut down some connections
- Broker/market data servers may be experiencing temporary downtime
Ryan O.NinjaTrader Customer Service
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Originally posted by NinjaTrader_RyanOlson View PostHi morpheus,
Thank you for your post.
I have not heard of any similar Patsystems issues. Now, a connection state between NinjaTrader and your broker/market data vendor is not dictated by NinjaTrader. The NinjaTrader application only reports the connection state as it is reported by the API you are connected through. NinjaTrader behaves like a radio receiver in that it receives signals from the connected server. If the signals are not coming through, the underlying broker/market data vendor API reports this to the NinjaTrader application which in turn reports this back to you. Once a loss of connection is reported, NinjaTrader or the underlying API wil continuously try to re-establish a connection. Common reasons that contribute to connection stability are:
- ISP issues
- Hardware firewall changing IP addresses frequently
- Dynamic IP addresses changing frequently intraday. Usually this happens once a week buy you may want to check with your ISP. If they do change daily, requesting a static IP address may help.
- With Windows XP SP2, if you have more than 10 open TCPIP socket connections (10 programs making socket connections through the internet) Windows will randomly shut down some connections
- Broker/market data servers may be experiencing temporary downtime
- My backup data feed connection (Kinetick) has been rock solid the entire time.
- I have several other online seesions running concurrently (browser, email, voip, etc.) and they all are behaving normally.
- I connect to the Internet via a static IP address.
- I routinely have more than 10 TCPIP sockets open concurrently and XP has never shut anything down.
- There have been no hardware changes since the last time I traded live (yesterday at 4pm).
So, if I've ruled out ISP/general Internet connectivity issues, hardware changes, and my backup data feed is rock solid, who do you think is the likely culprit?
Thanks
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Hi morpheus,
If none of these are the potential cause can you please remove, repair and recreate the Patsystems connection.
- Please go to the Tools menu--> select Account Connections--> highlight the connection--> click Remove
- Then go to the Tools menu--> select Options--> select the Misc tab--> click Repair DB
- Restart NinjaTrader
- Please go to the Tools menu--> select Account Connections and recreate the account connection.
Then, after reconnecting please leave Patsystems connection running and then see if the issue persists.Ryan O.NinjaTrader Customer Service
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Originally posted by NinjaTrader_RyanOlson View PostHi morpheus,
If none of these are the potential cause can you please remove, repair and recreate the Patsystems connection.
- Please go to the Tools menu--> select Account Connections--> highlight the connection--> click Remove
- Then go to the Tools menu--> select Options--> select the Misc tab--> click Repair DB
- Restart NinjaTrader
- Please go to the Tools menu--> select Account Connections and recreate the account connection.
Then, after reconnecting please leave Patsystems connection running and then see if the issue persists.
Thanks for the reply but I think the issue has been resolved - and I think you might appreciate this.
I called my broker to inquire about the connecitvity issues at 11:18 AM. And of course they said there were no problems on their end. But I do think it odd that as of 11:40 AM, there have been no additional Pat Systems outages.
Coincidental? I don't think so!
Thanks for the support!
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