Re: LF: SL FTP upload

[Markus Vester <markusvester@aol.com>]

Hi Paul,

the simple solution of uploading both files from one SL instance in a single FTP session normally works well. While FTP is busy uploading the first file, the other SL instance always has enough time to complete its capture. 

If you want a delay you need to invoke conditional actions. In periodic actions, use e.g.
 capture lf2.jpg
 timer1.start(10)
and in conditional actions
 (if) timer1.expired(1)
 (then) exec("ftp_upload.bat")

Best 73,
Markus

-----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung-----
Von: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>
An: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Verschickt: Di, 6. Nov. 2018 12:00
Betreff: LF: SL FTP upload

Hi LF,

I am trying to set up two SpecLab instances as grabbers to monitor

the EU and NA LF QRSS windows, but I am having some problems with

FTP upload.

Either SpecLab instance works fine by itself, calling ftp_up.bat

with either lf1.jpg or lf2.jpg parameter. But when I run two

instances, one using lf1.jpg, the other using lf2.jpg there are

problems related to both trying to run ftp_up.bat at the same time.

This creates random behavior, many FTP errors and usually only one

file makes it to the FTP server.

I would like to have both SpecLab instances upload every 10 or 15

minutes but I am not sure how to get around this problem. I could

rewrite ftp_up. bat to hard code the two file names and upload both

in one operation. This solves the log out of FTP server but not able

to log back in quickly enough. But it doesn't solve the problem of

both SpecLab instances trying to call ftp_up.bat at the same time. I

thought about having just one SpecLab instance calling ftp_up.bat

but I think this doesn't guarantee the other instance has yet

created the .jpg file to upload.

Any ideas how to do this properly? Is there any way to insert a

delay of some seconds in the SpecLab periodic actions? Such as...

capture lf2.jpg

wait for some seconds

call ftp_up bat

??

I will have some other questions about optimizing SpecLab parameters

for performance later. :)

73,

Paul