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Re: [ECS] TVL problems Mark Gilmore Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:57:45 -0400

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A.J.,
I suspect that something has been changed in a TVL-related Event.
Please restore the originals from EXAMPLE.CFG and all problems
should go away.
-- 
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:
> 
> 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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