[Eiffel-mas-tips] Re. Problem with emailing generated signals (fwd)

[Jim C. <jt...@di...>]

A problem emailing MAS's generated signals is addressed below.  The problem
occurred on a Windows system, but it can also apply to Linux.

> Ok Jim,
> 
> I reinstalled MAS from scratch and this is what I did:
> 
> 1 - changed "symbols" to "symbols.txt".  Subsequently I changed =
> mas_httprc's
> symbols file name to "symbols.txt"
> 2 - I got rid of all of the symbols in the "symbols.txt" file to contain
> just "OSIP" and "YHOO".
> 3 - Setup a registerant and setup MACD Buy and Sell signals.
> 4 - set relative date to 3 months prior
> 4a - ran fake_mailer
> 5 - ran market analysis.
> 
> I didn't get many errors that I got before... I got this in the server

Good, it sounds like you're now succeeding in retrieving the data.

> console window:
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> 'elm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.

OK, this is nonintuitive, but the problem is that you need to set the 
MAS_MAILER environment variable to the fake_mailer.bat file.  If this file
is not in your path, you should set MAS_MAILER to the full path of the
file.

After you've set MAS_MAILER, start mas up again, remove the old registrant,
and create a new registrant.  mas will use the MAS_MAILER variable as
the "mailer" program.  Make sure you set the variable first and then start
up mas.  (I need to redesign this - It gives a lot of users trouble.)

Try the market analysis again after you've done this and let's see how far
you get this time.


Jim

> Notification to user John Smith failed with error: Command 'elm -s '2 TA
> Events R
> eceived at 05/15/2003, 6:55:23.920 PM (Notification to John Smith)'
> js@xyz.
> net <C:\Documents and Settings\js\My
> Documents\Investments\mas1.6.5\lib\c
> js...@xy......' failed
> with non-zero return code: 1.
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> 
> Notes:
> A - MAS DID create an indicator file, but it was empty.
> B - Server process DID NOT quit on me.  It kept running with no =
> problems.
> 
> OSIP should have a BUY signal I think, from looking at =
> clearstation.com's
> graph.
> YHOO should not have any signals.
> 
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim [mailto:xxxx]=20
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:05 AM
> To: xxxx
> Cc: xxxx
> Subject: Re: [MAS-discuss] Hello?=20
> 
> 
> > Jim,
> >=20
> > I am a win32 user... So very different from the others on this list.
> 
> 
> [I'm also sending this to the discuss list at least part of my response =
> will
> be relevant for Linux users and, perhaps there are mas Windows users who
> subscribe to this list.  (Anyone?)]
> 
> >=20
> > Is is possible to run reports and get indicators mailed to me=20
> > _without_ =3D a persistent data source? Ie. Just Yahoo?
> 
> Yes, as long as mas has a place to get its data - from files, from the =
> web,
> or from a database, it can run a market analysis and send the resulting
> signals.
> 
> >=20
> > First off this tool is great, and if I can get over my issues then=20
> > I'll =3D be golden.
> 
> Thanks, I'm glad you like it.  I think MAS is quite powerful and =
> flexible,
> but its weakness is that its power is rather difficult to use.  I'm =
> hoping
> to address that in future releases.
> 
> >=20
> > I'm having issues running Market Analysis through the command line =3D =
> 
> > client.
> >=20
> > I am running the server with the -w option so I'm grabbing quotes from =
> 
> > yahoo.  GUI works just fine, and I can graph & view analysis on the=20
> > gui =3D with no problems.
> >=20
> > I haven't changed anything in the "data" directory, but I have updated =
> 
> > =3D the "symbols" file to list my own symbols that I want to run=20
> > analysis on.
> >=20
> > I set up a registrant.  I ran fake_mailer.bat to get that going. And =
> =3D=20
> > then I "Run Market Analysis" from the command line client.
> >=20
> > Server Output keeps showing "Result for vip is empty - symbol may be=20
> > invalid." for each symbol in my symbol file.
> 
> This message occurs when the http retrieval for the symbol results in an
> empty data set.  This can occur, for example, when the eod_start_date=09
> and eod_end_date settings in your mas_httprc file result in an empty =
> time
> interval.  For example, I just tried this setting:
> 
> eod_start_date	now
> eod_end_date	now
> 
> and got the same error, since now - now is an interval of 0 length. When =
> the
> first data file (wat.txt in this case) in my symbol list does not yet =
> exist,
> the server aborts with the error:
> 
> Result for wat is empty - symbol may be invalid.
> Failed to open input file
> /suse_6_3/home2/finance/.mas/charting/cached_data/wat.txt - file does =
> not
> exist. Error occurred retrieving non-intraday period types for wat =
> Aborting
> the server.
> 
> Does your server process abort?  If I try it when the file exists, it =
> just
> gives the "... symbol may be invalid" error but does not abort.  =
> (Another
> thing that can cause the "... symbol may be invalid" error is having the
> wrong setting for the eod_turnover_time - This can cause the server to
> attempt to retrieve data for the day when it is not yet available.
> 
> What are the above settings in your mas_httprc file?
> 
> >=20
> > Then "Failed to open input file=20
> > C:\Applications\mas1.6.5\lib\cached_data\.txt - file does not exist.=20
> > Error occurred processing event Slope of MACD Signal Line Cross Above=20
> > 0 (Buy)with period type weekly: Error occurred retrieving non-intraday =
> 
> > period types for . Error occurred processing event Slope of MACD=20
> > Signal Line Cross Below 0 (Sell)with period type weekly:
> > Error occurred retrieving non-intraday period types for ."
> 
> These error messages are similar to the ones I got in the above example
> (excluding the signal-related errors due to a different context). The =
> one
> main difference is the file name: ".txt".  The question is, why is it =
> not
> vip.txt?  It may be related to the different end-line characters used =
> with
> DOS vs. UNIX ("\r\n" vs. "\n").  Anyway, we should first look at your
> mas_httprc settings.  If we fix that, the file name issue may go away.
> 
> Actualy, another windows user recently had this same problem (except for =
> the
> mysterious ".txt" file name).  He fixed it by simply uninstalling and
> reinstalling mas.  He must have changed something before the reinstall =
> that
> the server couldn't digest.  If we can't find the cause of your problem, =
> you
> might try that, too.
> 
> >=20
> > Can you help me here?
> >=20
> > I am assuming that the "Run Market Analysis" will "email" to an output =
> 
> > =3D file specified in the "fake_mailer.bat". In that output file I=20
> > should have =3D the
> > signals that the server found.
> >=20
> > Is this a correct assumption?
> 
> Yes, that's how it is supposed to work.
> 
> Let me know the answers to the above questions and we can go from there.
> (Perhaps you should respond just to me so as not to overburden the other
> list subscribers.  If we find a solution I'll try to find time to put it =
> in
> the FAQ so others can refer to it.)
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> >=20
> > Thanks for any help and I think I went through all the distr. Docs, so =
> 
> > hopefully this isn't just a RTFM question.

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