Hi Markus,

Thank you!

I will try the simple solution tonight.

If necessary I will use the timer. I didn't quite understand all
that from the SpecLab help but you have explained it very clearly
and simply.

73,
Paul



On 11/6/18 7:12 AM, Markus Vester wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]> 
> An: [email protected] <[email protected]> 
> 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