Monitoring the data connection

[marcusplexus]

Hi,

I need to monitor my data feed for disconnection. For whatever reason my broker's servers are sometimes completely unavailable for a few minutes at night (eastern time zone). I would like to send myself an email and/or generate a looping sound to notify me that NT is unable to act on (protective stop) orders while I am sleeping with open positions.

I know how to email myself alerts and play sounds but I don't know what to use to monitor the data feed.

Can this be done? If so, what functions/methods/etc should I be looking at?

Thanks in advance.

-mp

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

mp, you can monitor OnConnectionStatus() for these tasks - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...tionstatus.htm

[MXASJ]

Marcus this might give you some ideas:

PHP Code:

#region OnConnectionStatus()
protected override void OnConnectionStatus(ConnectionStatus orderStatus, ConnectionStatus priceStatus)
//This method is caled once for every change in connection status
 
{//Open OnConnectionStatus()
 
priceDataFeed = priceStatus;
orderDataFeed = orderStatus;
 
Print(DateTime.Now + " Connection '" + Bars.MarketData.Connection.Options.Provider.ToString() + "' Order Server: "
+ orderStatus + ". Price Server: " + priceStatus + ".");
 
if (orderDataFeed == ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost && alertsWindow) Alert("orderconnectionlost", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, "Order Server Connection Lost", "triple_klaxon.wav", 10, Color.Red, Color.White);
if (priceDataFeed == ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost && alertsWindow) Alert("priceconnectionlost", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, "Price Server Connection Lost", "triple_klaxon.wav", 10, Color.Red, Color.White);
if (priceDataFeed == ConnectionStatus.Connected && orderDataFeed == ConnectionStatus.Connected && alertsWindow) Alert("connectionsOK", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.Low, "Price and Order Server Connected", "Connected.wav", 10, Color.Green, Color.White);
 
// NOTE: If you connect to a second data source or broker, the connection name will always refer to the primary connection.
// That is a Known Issue with NT as of NT7b15.
 
}//CloseOnConnectionStatus
#endregion 


Remember to declare these in the Variables region first:

PHP Code:

private ConnectionStatus priceDataFeed = ConnectionStatus.Connected;
private ConnectionStatus orderDataFeed = ConnectionStatus.Connected; 


Change wav files as appropriate.

[marcusplexus]

NinjaTrader_Bertrand: thank you for the info.
MXASJ: Thanks a lot! I was not expecting a ready made solution...

[dawdler]

if (orderDataFeed == ConnectionStatus.ConnectionLost && alertsWindow) Alert("orderconnectionlost", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, "Order Server Connection Lost", "triple_klaxon.wav", 10, Color.Red, Color.White);

The alerts from the above code by MXASJ are not rearming after 10 seconds. How is it possible to get the alerts to re-arm? how would a looping command work especially if the connection is lost/disconnected? any suggestions?


thanks in advance

[dawdler]

any suggestions on how to re-arm an alert after a connection loss?