Communication Status

Bits Per Second

Description

Communication status provides you with an overview of all the connections you have to different servers and a log file.

How to open

•Select Tools | Communication Status from the main menu or double click on the logo in the bottom right corner.

Connection Status

To see all connections select Tools | Communication Status | Feeds. The connections are split into:

•Quotes: connections for Streaming Data

•News: connections for streaming Data

•Trading: for active connection to a Trading Gateway server

•History: for active connection to a Historical server

Missing connection

If the connection to a server is lost, a popup will be displayed in the Communication Status window and you see a red icon in the top right corner of the window.

Strike through effect

If you loose connection to the internet the quotes will be marked with a strike through effect.

Feeds

Each feed (market, news source, connection to historical servers etc) that is active (open) in the program is displayed in this list. The overview displays the Status, IP address and BPS (Bits Per Second) for each source. The total bandwidth usage is shown in the right pane. For each feed you can tick on / off for warnings from the source.

Log File

The Log provides all communication that can be exported in case of you have problems. To copy the log file right-click and select All and Copy.