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RE: [ECS] TVL problems A.J. Griglak Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:54:58 -0400

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All,

Any more thoughts on this?  I'd really like to get it working again, as I
plan to implement IR from ECS.  Is it possible to remove the ISP Status
stuff and the Phone-interface stuff because I have a cable modem?  Would
that help with the resources?

Could the process be broken down into smaller parts?  Such as TVL1.bat,
TVL2.bat, TVL3.bat.

What is ISPSTAT.DAT?  Do I need this with the cable modem?  I've searched
ECS.HTM and there is no mention of ISPSTAT.

Thanks!

-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 6:23 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] TVL problems


I already use a Blank group as my active group.  My resources start out at
84%, I should think this is pretty good.  As I said, they continually drop
until 0%.  As soon as I close the WPDL box, they jump back up to 84%.

-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 2:15 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] TVL problems


A.J.,
I solved this problem by setting ACTIVE-GROUP to
a SMALL (or empty) Group prior to the download.
--
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


> "A.J. Griglak" wrote:
>
> I'm obviously spending a little time looking into problems I'm having
> with ECS.  Another thing I've noticed is that my TV listings stopped
> working somewhere in the second week of May.  My TV Listings window
> starts on 5/6/00, and TV Guide is blank.  Every Saturday morning, the
> computer would be locked up because of the TVL DL event.  I would have
> to End-task the WPDL window and all would be fine.  However, the TV
> Listings never got downloaded.
>
> Today I ran the TVL DL event by changing TVL Enabled to false and then
> back to true.  Sure enough, about half way through, the computer would
> lock up, out of resources.  I rebooted, ran the Resource Meter, and
> re-ran the TVL DL event.  After every pass of the WPDL line:
>
> WPDL
> "http://tv.excite.com/listing/?date=20000624&time=000000&cat=&lineup=DITV"
>
> the system and user resources would both drop between 1 and 5
> percent.  Obviously, the resources eventually dropped to 0, and
> everything froze.
>
> I use a cable modem for internet access, and the Phone-Interface-C for
> voicemail.  Is it possible that there is extra stuff configured in the
> event for users that are using an analog modem for both voicemail and
> internet?  If not, what else can I look at to track down this problem?
>
> -=A.J.

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