HIGH99 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) A few years back, in order to run both QT and the MB Trading software at the same time, two user names were necessary, one for each program. That was something new as prior one user name ran both programs. Continuing in this vain, I am continuing to use one user name to run the MB Trading Desktop Pro platform, and my second user name to run MT. However, if I launch MT first, and then the Desktop Pro, the Desktop Pro is locked up. No feed comes thru. If I launch the Desktop Pro first, followed by MT, then both work fine, running at the same time. Is this normal, or is there something wrong and it should not matter which software program is launched first? Since I am using two user names, I would not think it should matter what the launch sequence would be. It didn't matter with QT. Edited December 15, 2015 by HIGH99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 The quote connection to MB Trading in QT and in MT is the same. As is the connection by MB Trading Navigator itself The trading connection though is different. QT used components of the MBT Navigator, which made it so that you could not run QT and MBT Nav at the same time. MT doesn't do that. It connects to the servers directly, basically same as MBT Nav does itself. There may be some checks that they do in MBT Nav that cause a problem if there is an existing connection. Please contact MBT Support about that. I will try checking on that as well. In case the support person does not know how MT is connecting, have them contact us and we will be glad to assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 So are you saying I can launch both programs (MT and MBT Desktop Pro) using only one user name? No more two user names like QT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 as far as I knew up to this point, yes. Based on your description, at the very least you can do so if you launch MBT app first. I am trying to get clarification on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Ok, I see what is happening now. Again I am still using two different user names. If I open/launch MT first, and then go to open MBT Desktop Pro (it is no longer called navigator), a warning box pops up saying that I have already launched, or opened, the Desktop pro. It thinks I am trying to open it again. So when I then do open it, which it does, it must think I am opening a second attempt at Desktop Pro, and it just sits there not working. So it must not be able to tell the difference between MT and MBT Desktop. Their computer thinks they are one in the same. If I reverse the order and open the Desktop Pro first, it works, and then MT is only getting data, I suppose, so it works as well. I will let you dwell on this and figure out what needs to be done. Again I am still using two different user names. Edited December 15, 2015 by HIGH99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I closed out both. I logged into MBT Pro first using a user name. Then I logged into MT second, using the same user name. Both software programs are working using the same user name. So that is good to know. Now, what happens if I reverse the login sequence? Don't know, but I bet the pop up box will open saying I have already launched MBT Pro. I suppose I will experiment with that next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 No go. Opened MT first, then opened MBT Pro second with the same user name. No pop up box this time, but the MBT Pro is locked up and not working. The computer must think MBT Pro is already opened. So in its mind the second attempt will not let me run two MBT Pro's at the same time. Their computer obviously cannot tell the difference between MBT Pro and MT. It thinks they are one in the same. I will leave to you to figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Okay, I see. Do you get the issue even if you login with different usernames ? Or only if the same username? This would definitely be MBT Pro issue with multiple login detection. I will let them know. Meanwhile, just start their program first. MT does not do that kind of a check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) If I launch MT first with user name #1, and then launch MBT Pro with user name #2, the pop up box first appears warning me that MBT Pro is already open. Continuing on, I then launch the PRO but it is locked up and does not work. When using the same user name for both, and MT first, no pop up box, but same result. The Pro does not work. So the immediate solution is to launch MBT Pro first followed by MT. You may want to alert other MB Trading users of this sequence assuming there might be some using this beta. Perhaps I am the only one using MBT as my data source. I have been riding you for the past two years when MBT will be online and it is finally here. So it seems as long as you open the two programs in the correct sequence, they both work. Others should be made aware of this fact. Other than that, life is good ! Edited December 16, 2015 by HIGH99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wednesday morning, life is not so good. MBT Pro is completely locked up and not receiving quotes. MT is receiving quotes. I called tech support, they took control over my computer and worked on it for 25 minutes and could not find out what was wrong. The only solution was to uninstall MT, and still MBT Pro was locked up. So I then uninstalled MBT Pro, reinstalled it, and it now works. MT is not on my computer. So I am using QT again. Sorry, but there is some bug in there somewhere. The tech at MBT had never heard of MT, and I told him it was recently approved a week or so ago. So back to the drawing board. The two programs are not working together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 If MT is not running (installed, but not currently running), there is absolutely NO chance of it impacting MBT Pro or any other program. There is nothing running in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Well I had to uninstall both programs and start clean with MBT so I don't know what else to say. They don't work together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 I would like to keep trying to get the two to work together. Unfortunately I uninstalled MT. Can you shoot me a link to install it again. They worked yesterday when using that certain launch sequence. What happened today I do not know. Something with the two user names perhaps. I don't know. Please send me a download link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Even though MT was not running, it still had impacted MBT Pro somehow, which was only resolved by doing a clean install of MBT Pro. But I want to keep trying until it is figured out. Thus the beta version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 you are drawing an incorrect conclusion. MT install did not have anything to do with it if MT is not running. However, when you ran MT, MT connected. MB seems to still be detecting that connection even after. The thing that fixed it was not the MT uninstall, but rather the MB Trading Uninstall/Install. I have a set of instructions that I will email you in a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 No problem. I'm just a retired guy with nothing better to do than guess what happened. We'll get it working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I ran MT all night for the futures using my backup user name. By itself, with no MBT running. Ran just fine. When the market opened 15 minutes ago, I logged off MT. I then logged on MBT using my primary user name. It was working fine. So I then opened up MT, using my backup user name, and it was frozen. No data coming in. So just the opposite problem as of yesterday. Now either one or the other seems to freeze up from getting data. I got your email, but I am attempting to translate it into English. I am not computer savvy. Meantime my QT chugs away with no problem compatibility with MBT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 doing the troubleshooting here is really not productive. Please reply via email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I have settled on using my two user names, and logging into MBT Pro first, followed by MT. This seems to be working as I have done it numerous times with no issues. At this time I will leave it at that, and let sleeping dogs lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH99 Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 As of Monday, things seem to have stabilized when running the two programs together. I am continuing to use two user names to prevent any multiple login in conflicts. Have you communicated with MBT about this? My contact source was not aware of Medved Trader, and they don't list it on there lineup of outside programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 I have and they have not been able to recreate. If you get a chance, please do the instructions I emailed you and get me the log. We are not on their list on the site yet because we are still technically Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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