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RE: [ECS] TVL problems A.J. Griglak Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:29:13 -0400

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After much investigation, it turns out that I must have missed some updates
along the way.  I downloaded the full ECS.ZIP, and then downloaded again the
ECSB.ZIP, installing both of them.  The TVL stuff now works as it should.

Is there any way that we can be sure that we have all the latest files?  For
example, my EXAMPLE.CFG had been dated 5/8/00 before I did the above steps.
I had THOUGHT I was downloading all the ECSB.ZIPs along the way, but I guess
not, eh?

-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:58 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] TVL problems


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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