Sierra Playback: can't get it working

[alright]

Hello. I have Sierrachart 63 and BT 05.0603. Everything is fine but the play back. That's the steps I follow:

1. bring up the Playback Controller by clicking "SierraChart MND PLAYBACK" OK
2. select an MND file OK (I use EUR-200509-GLOBEX.mnd)
3. select the dates for playback (06/10/2005 start and end)
4. select the time frame you want to play back (09:30-16:15)
5. select either BTPB or IBM for the playback file (BTPB selected)
6. click START (so far everything is fine: I see the ticks moving in BT)

7. start Sierra Charts and open BTPB.mnd or IBM.mnd
Now the trouble begins. I don't have a BTPB.mnd file in my Sierra directory (by the way for me it's E:\Sierrachart\data) so I create a new one but nothing appears in it. The file is alright because I can visualise all the data if I open the normal chart in Sierra. So are the other mnd files. Only the playback doesn't work. What do I do wrong? Sierrachart log follows. Thank you

Software version: 63 06:02:12 06/11/05
Usage end date: 6/16/2005 06:02:12 06/11/05
5 days of full use remaining. If you would like to continue full use the software, 06:02:16 06/11/05
then please purchase more usage time by selecting Help >> Purchase on the menu. 06:02:16 06/11/05
Currently no data in file to display. Will start download and updates. E:\SierraChart\data\BTPB.mnd 06:02:18 06/11/05

Connecting to data feed server 127.0.0.1 port 7496 .... 06:02:18 06/11/05
Unable to connect to data feed server. 06:02:19 06/11/05
Is the Interactive Brokers TWS software running and is it enabled for socket clients? 06:02:19 06/11/05

[larrysy]

Just open a new file named BTPB.mnd.

I don't know if this is allowed in the trial version. If not, just use IBM.mnd as the file. You may have to delete the current IBM.mnd file and open a new blank IBM.mnd file.

[alright]

That's what I had done already, larry, I mean opening a new BTPB.mnd, and I do have a registered version of Sierrachart. I also just tried with a new IBM.mnd but the result is still the same: a blank chart!

[larrysy]

Create a new C:\SierraChart\data folder and open the BTPB.mnd from there.

[alright]

Fully working now! So BT only likes the default C:\ folder. I should have thought about it... Anyway thank you as usual, larry

[kras]

Hi Larry,

When I run playback on SC bid/ask/last are the same and moving simultaneously. Any suggestions how to fix this?

Thank you.

kras

[larrysy]

Only the last price is stored in MND files since only the last price is needed to draw a chart.

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