How often does OrangeKid's server send out completed units back to SETI?

[IsOs]

Does the server update SETI on a regular basis or does it wait until the buffer is full?

 

[Assimilator1]

I believe it's on a regular basis ,when it can.

(Ok I'm not sure😛 ,it's a poorly disguised bump!😉)

 

[Sukhoi]

I thought it was once a day, but I dunno. 😕

 

[Orange Kid]

It is set to connect between 2am and 4am CDT but it will over-ride this if a Q needs to get WU's(falls below it's minimums) or a new user connects (ie: a pass through).
So, officially once a day, but it could connect at anytime.

Hows that for a messed up answer 🙂


EDIT--Sometimes I manually have it connect if I see a large amount of WU's waiting to be sent-------better safe than sorry.

 

[JWMiddleton]

If I have something sitting in the proxy that I want dumped, I generate a pass through and it flushes almost immediately. Hope you don't mind OK! 😱

 

[IsOs]

Thanks OK.



<< If I have something sitting in the proxy that I want dumped, I generate a pass through and it flushes almost immediately. Hope you don't mind OK! >>



How do you generate a pass through?

 

[The_One]

so how dya gener8 a pass thru?

 

[Assimilator1]

Doesn't that happen automatically when a new client connects to SETIQ?

 

[Sukhoi]

I think so.

 

[JWMiddleton]

The_One:


<< so how dya gener8 a pass thru? >>


Well, I hope OK doesn't mind if I tell my method.

1. I have a sub-directory that contains SETIDriver and a copy of the cli.
   I dial into the internet on my system that has SETIQueue running
   I do a connect on my SETIQueue to flush the results
   (my priority is set to flush first, then fetch)
   I stop the current SETIDriver.
   I cd to the &quot;flush trick&quot; directory and start SETIDriver
   I keep cache size set to 0, so I now change it to 1
   I then click the transmit button which executes the cli
   Since their is no WU or any .sah files it asks me the &quot;1 or 2&quot; question
   I select 2, which indicates I am a returning user with an existing SETI account
   I enter my SETI id and hit return
   That starts the pass-thru process
   Once I get a new WU, I stop SETIDriver
   I rename the &quot;1&quot; dir to any number not in my current SETIDriver dir. 99 is usually safe.
   I move the renamed dir to the SETIDriver dir and restart SETIDriver
   I delete the .sah files in the &quot;flush trick&quot; dir
   Then I head over to OK's proxy site and find that all the WUs have been flushed.

It may seem complicated, but it actually goes pretty fast.

 

[Orange Kid]

Wow, thats a lot of work to get my Q to flush.
Any particular reason to do this?
Would it be better to flush the work at a different time? so as to take advantage of someones stats pulls?
I could reset the time to something else, I just use the 2am to 4am window as we are all in bed usually at that time here and it won't bother anyone gaming, surfing, etc.
Let me know if a different time would be better as it really dosen't matter to me.

 

[JWMiddleton]

There are various reasons to want the proxy to flush. I travel every other weekend and for a week every month, or so. When I return I often have a batch of WUs that didn't get sent in due to system problems. So, I want to get them to SETI ASAP.

I also have personal goals that I may want to reach before the flush. It may be someone I want to pass, or a milestone that I don't want to wait 24 hours to have it hit. All silly reasons, but since I'm away from home in my corporate apartment I usually just want something to do.

It really only takes me a minute to do a flush since I have the directory setup.