Global Server 5.00.0822 Interface to eSignal's datafeed?

[ACM]

Larry

Originally posted by lameyering
Excuse me - I did in fact misstate that. It was Alexis that stated eSignals policy - not eSignal.
Larry

I am afraid that is yet another mistatement. The policy regarding support for the Plugin was stated by Scott Johnson and I only provided a link to that post. Please get your facts straight
Alex

[spike500]

Just a few remarks:

I think the "accusations" against Esignal are not honest.

I'm client with Esignal for almost 10 years now.
If i make a summary of that period i must admit that it was very positive; the fact that i stayed so long proves my appreciation.

In 1995 i had severe problems with the forex datafeed, but besides of that problem i never had any real problem at all.

Thanks to the plug-in i didn't cancel my subscription last year. Back ups were necessary for me.

Esignal has very experienced people regarding TS2000 although this is a product from a competitor. I never had the support from Tradestation that i got from Esignal.

Nothing is ever perfect, but i feel that Esignal does big efforts to satisfy the customers. But satisfy every one is impossible.


I have no commercial relationship with Esignal at all, and i pay the same subscription price as every one else. And i'm not forced to post this message by any one.

[lameyering]

Originally posted by Alexis C. Montenegro
Larry

I am afraid that is yet another mistatement. The policy regarding support for the Plugin was stated by Scott Johnson and I only provided a link to that post. Please get your facts straight
Alex

Migraine

It sure would be nice if there was a way that eSignal could inform the user's of TS2000i updates, instead of the user's monitoring the updates

Posted by Alexis C. Montenegro
On 04-28-2005 @ 09:16 AM
I quote.
It is not eSignal's responsibility to inform you of the updates of a third party program. That is your responsibility.
Furthermore there have been no updates for TS2k since Service Pack 5 (build 822) and that was years ago.
Alex
Close quote

[ACM]

Larry
I never used the term policy in that sentence. Please read again.
The only time I have mentioned policy is regarding support for the Plugin.
Alex

[Migraine]

Spike,

Thank you for your concerns, as you said nothing is perfect. I noticed from your post that your are located in Belgium. So I assume that you are using the European (supported) version of TS2000i with eSignal's client application version 7.7, correct.

I have not been a TS2000i user as long as you, but nearly half as long. Let me just state a fact for the record, I am not on this forum to distract, influence or modify anyone opinion’s regarding the forum or the user's of it.

My purpose and scope of my post, was to obtain information regarding any updates that maybe available, due to the fact that Omega's interface to eSignal was created many years ago and that Omega does not support the TS2000i community any more.

You seem to have a better working knowledge and experience with eSignal and the Global Server. Maybe you could answer my concerns regarding the different time stamps of the same real time data set?

* Local Time
* Exchange Time
* GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

I believe that I have a good understanding of what "Local Time" is. What is the time offset for the "Exchange Time" and from which GMT? GMT Daylight Savings or GMT Zulu.

Thank you for mentioning the Plugin, I still not quite sure of that GMT either.

If you could be of assistance helping another TS2000i user, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you again, and I know that your time is very valuable so I don't want to waste any of your time in this matter.

[spike500]

Migraine,

i hereby post a serie of screenshots. Check if your settings are OK.
If you have any additional question, just let me know.

Only the time settings in Esignal Data Manager influence your feed i think. The settings in Global Server only change the time on your charts.

[spike500]

Originally posted by spike500
Migraine,

i hereby post a serie of screenshots. Check if your settings are OK.
If you have any additional question, just let me know.

forgot to attach the file

[Migraine]

Thank you Spike,

I have attached the screen shots which might help.

[Migraine]

Sorry Spike,

Here are the other two shots.

[Migraine]

Last shot Spike

[Migraine]

Spike,

What is the GMT in the Plugin?

see attached

[spike500]

Originally posted by Migraine
Spike,

What is the GMT in the Plugin?

see attached

Migraine,

here you can find all the abbreviations of all the timezones:

http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/

GMT means Greenwich mean time (london time zone)

I would suggest to put all the settings concerning timing on LOCAL.
Local means the timezone that is default on your computer. So it is the timezone you live in.
If you use EXCHANGE time zone it will be the timezone from the place where the commodities are traded. F.i. for the E-minis it is the timezone of Chicago.


If i look at your screenshots i see that the local time zone is 1 hour diferrent from GMT. So the quotes should be identical if you compare them with 1 hour difference. 15:46:48 is equal to 14:46:48 on the second screenshot.

[Migraine]

Spike,

Thank you for the information. I have come to a conculsion that the time stamping in the Global Server is based on how the user's PC clock is set.

I am using the 7.9 version of eSignal's client application for this basis.

The question is why is eSignal using the user's PC time for the time stamp of the data?

[spike500]

Originally posted by Migraine

The question is why is eSignal using the user's PC time for the time stamp of the data?

Sounds logic to me.
Esignal covers all the timezones, therefore i suppose it is necessary to know for each client what setup they need, to give the right quote linked with the right time. The easiest way to do this is to see in the settings of the PC in which timezone the client resides.
I've always had the impression that Forex is complicated when it concerns timezones.
When is the close of the day? Forex is 24 hours trading, not like NYSE, Nasdaq or CME.

[Migraine]

Spike,

Thank you for your input and research on this time issue. Yes the forex time period is complicated to the fact there is no Exchange from which the data is being received and distributed to the user's.

It is difficult to determine the time offset for the Exchange time in the Global Server. I guess it is left up to TS2000i user to determine this.

Anyway thank you for your time in this matter.

One last question, from the attached screen shot "Is this a Global Server issue?".