No Connection Lost Email

[bbucha_stk]

Hi
I receive Connecting and Connected Emails but no Disconnection email.
Below is my code:

protectedoverridevoid OnConnectionStatus(ConnectionStatus orderStatus, ConnectionStatus priceStatus)
{
if (dataFeed == ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost)
{
SendMail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "Connection to Order Server Lost!", "Please verify that the server's internet connection is still valid");
PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert4.wav");
}
if (dataFeed == ConnectionStatus.Connecting)
{
SendMail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "Connecting", "Trying to reestablish Order Server connection");
PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert4.wav");
}
dataFeed = orderStatus;
if (dataFeed == ConnectionStatus.Connected)
{
SendMail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "Connected", "Check that strategy is active");
PlaySound(@"C:\Program Files\NinjaTrader 7\sounds\Alert4.wav");
}
}

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello bbucha_stk,

dataFeed == ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost

This only checks for disconnections that happen with no user interaction. If you manually disconnect, it won't send.

It's hard then to test sending an email since you need an internet connection but need someway to force a disconnection with yahoo.

PlaySound should work, and maybe add a print statement. Then, drop your internet connection by pulling plug or kill the connection through windows.

[bbucha_stk]

Agreed on the test for disconnect. But is there another alert/monitoring where my data feed provider has loss connection with me, but I still have internet availability?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Yes, that will test the connection specific to the data provider. If there is an unexpected disconnection but you still have internet, then it will send email. It's just difficult to create this scenario. f you had another provider with a 3rd party API, consider killing task on the API.

[bbucha_stk]

Thanks...Thats What I was looking for