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Title: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 04, 2014, 11:18:47 AM
For those who have been following the pre-release versions, this is just a tidying-up of version 4.54.8 with some small corrections.

For those upgrading from 4.53.3 or earlier there are many changes, and I suggest that you read the release notes before upgrading.

Release notes: http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/releasenotes.html (http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/releasenotes.html)

Downloads: http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/downloads.html (http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/downloads.html)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released
Post by: NewtronStar on July 04, 2014, 07:55:58 PM
Well done Roseway I can see we can toggle on/off the SNRM in Bitloading in V5 without having to deselect other setting, and V5.0  :thumbs:
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released
Post by: roseway on July 04, 2014, 10:37:50 PM
Thanks NS.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released
Post by: perry081064 on July 04, 2014, 10:48:55 PM
updated  :)

thanks Roseway  ;)
Title: Is Ren having "senior moments" again?
Post by: renluop on July 05, 2014, 06:59:21 AM
I feel such an old fool. :-[

I am sure that I set up v5 the same as i have done before, but now when I click on the icon in the task bar to open DSLStats I have to reconfigure from point 0. What on earth am I doing wrong?

Well done Roseway I can see we can toggle on/off the SNRM in Bitloading in V5 without having to deselect other setting, and V5.0  :thumbs:

Blind as well probably, but I cannot see that. Another Technicolor limitation, maybe?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released
Post by: roseway on July 05, 2014, 07:33:30 AM
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when I click on the icon in the task bar to open DSLStats...

Is this the system tray icon or the normal taskbar entry? Either way, if that's there then DSLstats must already be running and presumably minimised. So I guess you have the option "Exit button minimises program" ticked (it's in Configuration --> Misc). To avoid confusion it may be better to untick this option, then any taskbar icons will disappear when you close DSLstats.

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Blind as well probably, but I cannot see that. Another Technicolor limitation, maybe?

Yes, Technicolor routers don't report the SNR per tone, so any references to it don't apply.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 08, 2014, 11:40:12 AM
This is now upgraded to v5.0.1 which fixes login and data collection problems with some routers, such as the Billion 7800N.

http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/downloads.html
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 13, 2014, 04:57:47 PM
DSL Stats has stopped working since upgrading from 5 to 5.0.1..?

any ideas?

I simply unzipped everthing into the usual folder but 'overwritten' it all...

cheers

edit: when i try its own folder it gets this:

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FyYbUbmN.jpg&hash=03052781571ebd70b68229b7cf41e9c7c16c6e40)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 13, 2014, 06:29:21 PM
It looks as though it worked initially because the stats are shown in the status bar. When does the error occur, and if you press OK, is there anything to see in the event log?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: digitalnemesis on July 14, 2014, 10:40:25 AM
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14 Jul 2014 10:39:49   Recording started
14 Jul 2014 10:39:54   Timeout while retrieving stats
14 Jul 2014 10:39:54   No stats received
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 14, 2014, 10:48:28 AM
What modem/router are you using?
How did you configure it?
Is this a one-off, or does it always respond like this?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: digitalnemesis on July 14, 2014, 12:20:44 PM
HG612 and it only happened when I upgraded from 4.53.2 to 5.0.1.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 14, 2014, 04:03:38 PM
I've connected up an HG612, and DSLstats v5.0.1 is working fine with it, so I'm puzzled. Because of the extensive changes between the earlier version and this, I did recommend that you reset the login configuration and set it up from scratch again. It may also be worth deleting (or renaming) dslstats.ini before running DSLstats, to give it a completely clean setup.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: digitalnemesis on July 14, 2014, 06:20:43 PM
Yes this is a clean setup and I deleted dslstats.ini from the folder in \appdata.

When "requires command to enter shell" is selected I receive:

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14 Jul 2014 18:20:08   Unable to login to modem/router

When this is unticked I still receive:
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14 Jul 2014 18:27:14   Recording started
14 Jul 2014 18:27:20   Timeout while retrieving stats
14 Jul 2014 18:27:20   No stats received
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 14, 2014, 06:46:27 PM
You do need to set the option "Requires command to enter shell". Just to be  absolutely clear, I attach a snapshot of my login page (the IP address of my HG612 is as shown, but of course the default IP address is 192.168.1.1.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: krypton on July 14, 2014, 09:00:06 PM
Thank you. v5.0.1 works like a charm since 5 hours.

Unfortunately the resyncs-counter seems not to work. It never displayed anything different than zero although I had some resyncs. How does the counter get triggered?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 14, 2014, 10:53:37 PM
A resync is detected by a sequence of events:

Normal connection --> No connection --> Normal connection

No history is retained when DSLstats closes down, so it only counts resyncs which occur since the most recent startup of the program.

I don't often get a resync, so it's quite possible that the function doesn't work properly but I haven't noticed. I'll try forcing a few resyncs to see what happens.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 15, 2014, 05:39:34 AM
the first time it happened (two trys) it didnt display the uptime data, cant remember how i got it to get the data 2nd time, think it was running from its own folder instead of extracting to my old folder which has all my DSLstats stuff i

so.. i reverted back old version and same error has popped up?

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FdhMbzji.jpg&hash=265962bf95d6d2992626c9d6f24f2f3c5d64a62f)

never had problems before extracting the files to the same folder and choosing overwrite (so my shortcut works)

after i clicked OK it worked and this is what is in the logs?

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15 Jul 2014 05:28:08   Configuration files stored in C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\dslstats\
15 Jul 2014 05:28:11   Recording started
Download succeeded. File saved to C:\Users\Paul\Desktop\dslstats32W-5.0.1.zip
15 Jul 2014 05:28:41   Previous sample still being processed
15 Jul 2014 05:28:42   Updated version downloaded

it didnt do it on 2nd try

now going to update....

strange...works now?  wonder if thats anything with choosing OK previousl on old version?

also i was messing with my DGND3700v2 yesterday (changed MTU in WAN section then applied and router went offline for few minutes so i expected it reboot/resync?)  but in DSLstats it has all data if it hasnt changed for 78 days?


(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FNcZMJms.jpg&hash=d5a6d40602dd5d70b799168e29d01f89870511b5)


also, MSAN type is missing?:
(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrNvqdmV.jpg&hash=70e436a0838fb90704abf5de6acf819c4c728fd2)


also, the logs say this:

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15 Jul 2014 05:38:32   Configuration files stored in C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\dslstats\
15 Jul 2014 05:38:32   Snapshot folder is C:\DSL-Stats\
15 Jul 2014 05:38:35   Recording started
15 Jul 2014 05:38:37   No bitloading data received

15 Jul 2014 05:38:39   IP address is now xxx.xx.xxx.xx
15 Jul 2014 05:39:08   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:39:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:40:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:40:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:41:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:41:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:42:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:42:38   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:43:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:43:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:44:14   Timeout while collecting bitloading data
15 Jul 2014 05:44:14   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:44:14   Telnet timeout
15 Jul 2014 05:44:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:45:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:45:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:46:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:46:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:47:08   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:47:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:48:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:48:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:49:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:49:38   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:50:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:50:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:51:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:51:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:52:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:52:38   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:53:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:53:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:54:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:54:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:55:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:55:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:56:07   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:56:37   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:57:08   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:57:38   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:58:08   No bitloading data received
15 Jul 2014 05:58:37   No bitloading data received
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: digitalnemesis on July 15, 2014, 11:50:00 AM
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15 Jul 2014 11:49:21   Recording started
15 Jul 2014 11:49:23   *** Second stage login failure. Did you enable the option "Requires command to enter shell" by mistake?
15 Jul 2014 11:49:23   Second stage login failed

sh
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: broadstairs on July 15, 2014, 12:20:00 PM
Eric might I make a suggestion about alerts....  would it be possible to have an alert when SNRM dropped by a number of db? Watching mine I suddenly get a spike drop from say 7db to 5 db (a drop of 2) I might also later in the evening see a drop of 2 db but from 5 to 3, so I think it might be a good thing if you could do this rather than just setting a drop to value.

Stuart
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 15, 2014, 02:31:18 PM
Thank you. v5.0.1 works like a charm since 5 hours.

Unfortunately the resyncs-counter seems not to work. It never displayed anything different than zero although I had some resyncs. How does the counter get triggered?

I've now fixed this. It was a simple logical error in the program flow. Alerts didn't work on a resync either - resyncs weren't being detected.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 15, 2014, 02:39:15 PM
Eric might I make a suggestion about alerts....  would it be possible to have an alert when SNRM dropped by a number of db? Watching mine I suddenly get a spike drop from say 7db to 5 db (a drop of 2) I might also later in the evening see a drop of 2 db but from 5 to 3, so I think it might be a good thing if you could do this rather than just setting a drop to value.

Stuart

I'll have a look at this, Stuart. I guess it might be worth noting any sudden jump in the SNRM, either up or down.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 15, 2014, 02:58:05 PM
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15 Jul 2014 11:49:21   Recording started
15 Jul 2014 11:49:23   *** Second stage login failure. Did you enable the option "Requires command to enter shell" by mistake?
15 Jul 2014 11:49:23   Second stage login failed

sh

That sequence suggests what might be going wrong. I'll work on it.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 15, 2014, 03:55:09 PM
@snadge

Sorry, but at the moment I'm having trouble digesting all the information. I'll come back to you as soon as I can.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: NewtronStar on July 15, 2014, 06:21:32 PM
@snadge

Sorry, but at the moment I'm having trouble digesting all the information. I'll come back to you as soon as I can.

Hi roseway thinking of snadge issue this happened to me a while ago when going from old version to new version.

And what I did was to turn off DSLstats and delete the config file (INI) in the apps data then restart dslstats (make sure the recording is paused) and reset login configuration enter the details for modem then unpause the recordings and then setup the items to monitor again.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 15, 2014, 06:35:31 PM
Thanks for that, NS. Could you try that please, snadge?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 16, 2014, 10:29:44 AM
ok i deleted all the items in the install foloder and now the MSAN type works... but the bitloading thing in the log is still going along...is this normal?

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fx2fuoRP.jpg&hash=e3ca8bcc3a64dfa13e880ba662a1dae2c23464a1)

thanks
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 16, 2014, 10:36:56 AM
No, that certainly isn't normal. DSLstats is malfunctioning with your particular router (DGND3700 I believe). I'll try to fix it.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 16, 2014, 11:04:05 PM
thanks

i notice it now shows a figure in signal attenuation when before it didn't

also it doesn't show anything in uptime

I have to say everything else....even the bitloading is working fine

(http://Stats recorded 16 Jul 2014 22:59:28)

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DSLAM/MSAN type:           BDCM:0xa321 / v0xa321
Modem/router firmware:     AnnexA version - A2pD037h.d24a
DSL mode:                  ADSL2+
Status:                    Showtime
Uptime:                    
Resyncs:                   0 (since 16 Jul 2014 22:57:26)
         
            Downstream   Upstream
Line attenuation (dB):     25.5      14.6
Signal attenuation (dB):   29.3      14.3
Connection speed (kbps):   19488      1212
SNR margin (dB):           4.9      9.0
Power (dBm):               18.6      12.1
Interleave depth:          96      8
INP:                       1.00      1.50

RSCorr/RS (%):             0.2657      1.0839
RSUnCorr/RS (%):           0.0304      0.0000
ES/hour:                   8.01      0.01
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 17, 2014, 11:59:49 AM
ok so i left it running overnight to monitor SNRM and i noticed it had stopped at 10:30am - when i click on the window i got the usual message as before but this time when i chose click to ignore it crashed...

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FciCYGfE.jpg&hash=2911cda29f5ae73a22a37cae8cfb36472bafff20)

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk28kf8p.jpg&hash=c4dfb3961b7f62637c05bd6da72c1a204d3d9800)

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FPW79Bvz.jpg&hash=04d33c64f0dfac11edd50d5746112f00bee58fe1)

thanks god for Share-X I say lol....  but yeah something is seriously not right, this is in a fresh install (all old files removed then installed new ones)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 17, 2014, 01:14:41 PM
@snadge: I've had a report from a Win 8 user that setting the compatibility mode to Win 7 seems to have solved some crashes he was experiencing. If you're on Win 8 too, this might possibly provide a fix for the time being.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 17, 2014, 02:20:00 PM
@snadge: I've had a report from a Win 8 user that setting the compatibility mode to Win 7 seems to have solved some crashes he was experiencing. If you're on Win 8 too, this might possibly provide a fix for the time being.

thanks but Iam on windows 7 64-bit Pro
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: renluop on July 17, 2014, 09:59:55 PM
I haven't been paying that much attention what with grandson's visit, but behaviour of snapshots seems awry.

According  to configuration page snapshots go to
.....\Local\dslstats\dslstats32W-5.0\snapshots
but actually go to
....\Local\dslstats\dslstats32W-5.0\2014-07-17

What has old Ren mucked up now?

Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 17, 2014, 10:50:17 PM
I guess you've set the option to save snapshots in daily folders. Are you sure the actual path isn't .....\Local\dslstats\dslstats32W-5.0\snapshots\2014-07-17? There will be a new folder in that format each day you save snapshots.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: renluop on July 18, 2014, 09:05:46 AM
Double checked, I can't be other than sober at this time of morning :), Path is
C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\dslstats\dslstats32W-5.0

Previously the daily folders would have located themselves within the snapshot folder, but now not, and I do not recall changing related settings.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 18, 2014, 10:47:52 AM
I'll check it out then.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: renluop on July 18, 2014, 11:58:50 AM
No need!  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ Sorry
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 18, 2014, 12:52:52 PM
Don't worry, it's given me the opportunity to tidy up a bit of rather messy code. :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: NewtronStar on July 18, 2014, 08:23:47 PM
I don't run DSLstats from C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\dslstats\dslstats32W-5.0

when any updates comes in I extract the zipped file into C:\Users\*****\Documents\ dslstats32W-5.0.1 and have the DSLstats Graphs in a different folder C:\Users\*****\Documents\dslstats graphs
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: burakkucat on July 18, 2014, 10:06:26 PM
I have now confirmed an irritation . . .  ::)

begin:

I configure DSLstats to sample every 60 seconds. In the fullness of time, I stop recording and close down the GUI. At a later date, I re-invoke DSLstats and start recording . . . only to find that the utility is sampling every 30 seconds!

goto begin;

For some reason, the utility does not save the configuration setting. I have tried by removing the ~/.dslstats/ directory and allowing a new version to be created afresh. Still no success.  :no:
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 18, 2014, 10:58:07 PM
I'll check that out tomorrow.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: mhisani on July 19, 2014, 12:22:51 AM
Am I going mad but with the webserver.. It just doesn't work at all? I can connect on the port on a windows or linux machine no problem but if I try to go to any stats pages "connection reset" on chrome and firefox

Am I doing it wrong?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 19, 2014, 08:09:20 AM
I hope you're not going mad. :)

Here is how it's currently configured on my system: http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/webserver.html (http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/webserver.html)

The IP address of the PC running DSLstats is 192.168.1.30, and if I open a browser on any machine on my network and point it at 192.168.1.30:55555/snrm.html , then I see the current SNRM graph in the browser. Some browsers may need the full form of the URL: http://192.168.1.30:55555/snrm.html .

Of course, to access it remotely you have to go through the additional stage of enabling port forwarding and (preferably) setting up a dynamic DNS service, but this isn't necessary to test the functioning of the webserver on the local network.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 19, 2014, 11:51:40 AM
I configure DSLstats to sample every 60 seconds. In the fullness of time, I stop recording and close down the GUI. At a later date, I re-invoke DSLstats and start recording . . . only to find that the utility is sampling every 30 seconds!

Unfortunately I can't reproduce this. After shutting down DSLstats, can you check ~/.dslstats/dslstats.ini, and look in the [graphs] section for the item "Samplerate=NNNNN".  This is the sample timing in milliseconds. Does it show the correct value as it was set in the GUI?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: mhisani on July 19, 2014, 01:40:54 PM
I hope you're not going mad. :)

Here is how it's currently configured on my system: http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/webserver.html (http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/webserver.html)

Well even if I use localhost it doesn't work. If I telnet to the port it accept a connection. But if I try to "get" anything the connection is  terminated. The same in any browser,
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 19, 2014, 02:51:36 PM
I wouldn't expect it to work by telnet, it's an http server.

If you look in the event log you'll see the path to the webserver files. Are there files like snrm.html (depending on what items you have configured) in that directory, and do they display properly in a browser?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: burakkucat on July 19, 2014, 04:41:50 PM
Unfortunately I can't reproduce this. After shutting down DSLstats, can you check ~/.dslstats/dslstats.ini, and look in the [graphs] section for the item "Samplerate=NNNNN".  This is the sample timing in milliseconds. Does it show the correct value as it was set in the GUI?

Yes, I can confirm the correct "Samplerate" is stored --

[Duo2 .dslstats]$ grep Samplerate dslstats.ini
Samplerate=60000
[Duo2 .dslstats]$


I've just started up DSLstats and will check its sampling rate in a couple of minutes.

(Two minutes later . . . ) On checking the value via the configuration tab I see it is set to 60 seconds.  :-[  I've no idea what has happened, for the problem was apparent on four separate days. The moment I make a report, it mysteriously fixes itself.  :-\

Something to consider --

Perhaps all the configuration options could be "greyed out" whilst the utility is in its recording state? Maybe the ability to change certain settings whilst the utility is in its active mode could be the source of weird results. For example, I can obtain (repeatedly and upon demand) an exception by going to the Configuration ---> Traffic Monitoring tab and changing the string in the "Modem/router model:" box by a manual process. By that I mean if "HG622 [1]" is currently selected and I place the cursor directly to the right of the "]", any press of the Backspace key (with the aim of changing the string from "HG622 [1]" to "HG622[2]") will cause an exception . . .  :(

Finally, a comment about the size of the y-axis scale for the QLN and HLog plots. I have never seen a QLN plot where the curve is below -150 dBm/Hz. So perhaps using the range -80 to -160 dBm/Hz would make better use of the space? Similarly I have never seen a HLog plot where the curve is below -100 dB. So, again, using a range of 0 to -120 dB would make better use of the space? Perhaps Bald_Eagle1, having viewed many QLN and HLog plots from different circuits over the last few years, has an opinion upon the y-axis scales?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: digitalnemesis on July 19, 2014, 05:04:58 PM
For some reason it works now! I didn't touch anything!

I noticed my HG612 rebooted itself about 17 hours ago!
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 19, 2014, 07:04:59 PM
For some reason it works now! I didn't touch anything!

I noticed my HG612 rebooted itself about 17 hours ago!

I can't explain this, but I'm grateful for the result. I'm still trying to find the cause of the issue.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 19, 2014, 07:15:23 PM
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(Two minutes later . . . ) On checking the value via the configuration tab I see it is set to 60 seconds.  [img alt=:-[]http://forum.kitz.co.uk/Smileys/kitzemotes/embarrassed.gif  I've no idea what has happened, for the problem was apparent on four separate days. The moment I make a report, it mysteriously fixes itself.

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Perhaps all the configuration options could be "greyed out" whilst the utility is in its recording state? Maybe the ability to change certain settings whilst the utility is in its active mode could be the source of weird results. For example, I can obtain (repeatedly and upon demand) an exception by going to the Configuration ---> Traffic Monitoring tab and changing the string in the "Modem/router model:" box by a manual process.

The configuration options are available to the program at all times; it's only the GUI login configuration pages which are greyed out during recording.

I wasn't aware of that repeatable way of triggering an exception, but I've checked it and I confirm that you're right. That box wasn't intended to be manually edited, and if you do so, it triggers a 'Change' event, which in turn causes an exception because the new text isn't one of the options in the drop-down list. It's not related to whether the program is recording or not. I'll disable manual editing in the next release.

I can't explain the miraculous clearing of the sample rate issue, but I'm grateful for it. :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on July 19, 2014, 07:29:16 PM
Hi, I'm running the latest version on linux mint 64 bit. Its a fresh install, I have an older version (4.x) in another directory. Every 24 hours I get this message

List index (0) out of bounds.

Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption.
Press Cancel to kill the program.


It seems to coincide with when I first run the program. It stops recording at the same time each day with the same message. Closing the program and starting again clears the error. Not yet sure how to reproduce it, not being a real problem until now, I came back in and the program had stopped logging for nearly two hours until I paused recording and then started it again.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: burakkucat on July 19, 2014, 07:32:42 PM
I can't explain the miraculous clearing of the sample rate issue, but I'm grateful for it. :)

Thank you for creating and maintaining the utility.  :)

I'm hoping the problem will not reappear and so will check . . . whenever I remember.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 19, 2014, 07:39:41 PM
Hi, I'm running the latest version on linux mint 64 bit. Its a fresh install, I have an older version (4.x) in another directory. Every 24 hours I get this message

List index (0) out of bounds.

Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption.
Press Cancel to kill the program.


It seems to coincide with when I first run the program. It stops recording at the same time each day with the same message. Closing the program and starting again clears the error. Not yet sure how to reproduce it, not being a real problem until now, I came back in and the program had stopped logging for nearly two hours until I paused recording and then started it again.

That's a very good clue, thank you. There are very few things which happen on that timescale, so I can concentrate on those. I'll do my best to fix it.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: mhisani on July 20, 2014, 12:39:56 PM
I wouldn't expect it to work by telnet, it's an http server.


You misunderstand. I used telnet to see if the port was accepting a connection.

Port connects but connection is closed if I try to fetch anything via any browser. And yes those files are there in the webserver directory.

Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on July 21, 2014, 10:55:58 PM
Hi, I'm running the latest version on linux mint 64 bit. Its a fresh install, I have an older version (4.x) in another directory. Every 24 hours I get this message

List index (0) out of bounds.

Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption.
Press Cancel to kill the program.


It seems to coincide with when I first run the program. It stops recording at the same time each day with the same message. Closing the program and starting again clears the error. Not yet sure how to reproduce it, not being a real problem until now, I came back in and the program had stopped logging for nearly two hours until I paused recording and then started it again.

That's a very good clue, thank you. There are very few things which happen on that timescale, so I can concentrate on those. I'll do my best to fix it.

Just a heads up that my line has RS disabled on the downstream, so the FEC error graph never normally plots anything but tonight when the error popped up, while none of the other graphs etc where plotting, the FEC Errors where. When I clicked pause and then resumed recording all the other graphs plotted again and FEC errors stopped. May just be a red herring though :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 21, 2014, 11:07:35 PM
I can't really explain that sequence of events, but I'll have a think about it.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: NewtronStar on July 21, 2014, 11:13:29 PM
I was not aware there was a traffic moniter tool in DSLstats until reading B*CATS post

How can you look at your usage ?

Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 22, 2014, 07:33:32 AM
The description of the traffic monitoring feature is here: http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/trafficconfig.html

When the feature is enabled an new tab "Traffic" is revealed, and here you get the option to display monthly or daily traffic as a bar chart, or per-minute traffic as a scrolling graph.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: NewtronStar on July 22, 2014, 07:52:53 PM
The description of the traffic monitoring feature is here: http://www.s446074245.websitehome.co.uk/trafficconfig.html

When the feature is enabled an new tab "Traffic" is revealed, and here you get the option to display monthly or daily traffic as a bar chart, or per-minute traffic as a scrolling graph.

Ah yes just like magic it appears as a new tab "traffic" with help from your above post thankyou.

There are so many useable settings in your program it's mind-boggling there is some hard work gone into making this program.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: burakkucat on July 22, 2014, 08:26:18 PM
It probably is me but I can't see how to configure automatic snapshots of the traffic graph as distinct to saving a textual file.  :-\
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: NewtronStar on July 22, 2014, 09:21:14 PM
It probably is me but I can't see how to configure automatic snapshots of the traffic graph as distinct to saving a textual file.  :-\

Works for me B*CAT I take a snapshot (green camera) and its in the DSLstats Graphs

Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 22, 2014, 10:55:00 PM
It probably is me but I can't see how to configure automatic snapshots of the traffic graph as distinct to saving a textual file.  :-\

It's not just you. :)  It's missing from the "Autosave graphs" section.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: burakkucat on July 23, 2014, 01:33:52 AM
It's missing from the "Autosave graphs" section.

Ah, so another item has been added to the ToDo list?  ;)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 23, 2014, 07:09:38 AM
Indeed it has. :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on July 23, 2014, 01:59:55 PM
The new setting 'include with bitloading' isn't remembered between restarts on Linux version for me.

Sorry to be a pest.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 23, 2014, 04:07:55 PM
You're not being a pest. :)

I'll check it out.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on July 23, 2014, 09:13:49 PM
Hi, I'm running the latest version on linux mint 64 bit. Its a fresh install, I have an older version (4.x) in another directory. Every 24 hours I get this message

List index (0) out of bounds.

Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption.
Press Cancel to kill the program.


It seems to coincide with when I first run the program. It stops recording at the same time each day with the same message. Closing the program and starting again clears the error. Not yet sure how to reproduce it, not being a real problem until now, I came back in and the program had stopped logging for nearly two hours until I paused recording and then started it again.

That's a very good clue, thank you. There are very few things which happen on that timescale, so I can concentrate on those. I'll do my best to fix it.

Because it keeps stopping once a day, I decided to restart the program again at 13.48 and it crashed again with the same error at the exact same time 19.07 as it has stopped each day before the restart. So its definitely not when I re-started the program. Are snapshots taken at a specific time of day ? (just thinking out loud as I enabled this feature recently)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 23, 2014, 10:54:10 PM
Snapshots are taken N hours after you start recording (N is set by the user). There's no fixed time. I can't imagine any mechanism which would cause DSLstats to crash at the same time every day. Are you sure there's no process on your PC which starts up at that time (a process which temporarily saturates the CPU or something like that, perhaps)?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on July 23, 2014, 11:46:02 PM
Nothing I can think of at my end that would cause the program to stop recording, just that same error message each time, same time each day.
I'm going to disable 'Save Snapshots in Directory'. I'll also install this on another machine also Linux, different flavour though, see what happens.
Laterz
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: boost on July 24, 2014, 05:08:44 PM
I don't know if it's easily done but what I think might be quite handy is the ability to overlay the previous synchs (1? 2? 3?) HLOG/QLN over the current one :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 24, 2014, 06:37:32 PM
I don't know if it's easily done but what I think might be quite handy is the ability to overlay the previous synchs (1? 2? 3?) HLOG/QLN over the current one :)

Yes, I can do that, but at present the todo list has several more pressing items on it. :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: snadge on July 26, 2014, 09:36:25 AM
it seems to be working fine now??

the uptime has appeared , so has MSAN

(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZPVmXvc.jpg&hash=ecccbe3f3e234232d207eb7fac48d9cb092efe54)

im still getting the No Bitloading

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26 Jul 2014 09:30:27   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:30:57   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:31:27   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:31:57   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:32:26   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:32:57   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:33:27   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:33:57   No bitloading data received
26 Jul 2014 09:34:27   No bitloading data received

heres exactly whats in my DSLstats folder... all I do is unzip everything into it and OVERWRITE...keeping older versions in zip files along the way - take a look if you like:


and thanks
https://www.sendspace.com/file/dg7v4p
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on July 26, 2014, 11:19:51 AM
@snadge: Sorry that I haven't responded much to your issues, but at the moment it's so hot that my few remaining brain cells seem to have shut down for the duration. :)

I did try running DSLstats directly from a copy of your archive and it works perfectly here, so there's nothing wrong with your setup as far as I can tell.

Concerning the bitloading messages, as I understand it, the bitloading graph is displayed and updates normally, despite the messages in the event log. I guess that this must be something to do with the particular format of the bitloading data  from your router, which DSLstats is misinterpreting. Could you copy the output of the --Bits command to me, so I can see what's happening?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on August 01, 2014, 05:03:44 PM
I stopped running stats yesterday afternoon. Today the first time I double-click dslstats file the error message appears immediately. Click Cancel and the error appears every time until I click OK. Click OK, close the program, run it again and no error. :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on August 01, 2014, 06:48:07 PM
I stopped running stats yesterday afternoon. Today the first time I double-click dslstats file the error message appears immediately. Click Cancel and the error appears every time until I click OK. Click OK, close the program, run it again and no error. :)

As I can't reproduce this error I've been going through the program line by line, looking for any code which could conceivably return this particular error message. I've found just one place where it could happen, and made some changes which will avoid it happening. I'll try to upload a test version some time this weekend.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: krypton on August 01, 2014, 10:23:26 PM
Here it is running absolutely stable. I let it run for several days without a restart and didn't got any errors.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on August 01, 2014, 10:41:00 PM
Thanks for that.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on August 03, 2014, 12:46:19 AM
I stopped running stats yesterday afternoon. Today the first time I double-click dslstats file the error message appears immediately. Click Cancel and the error appears every time until I click OK. Click OK, close the program, run it again and no error. :)

As I can't reproduce this error I've been going through the program line by line, looking for any code which could conceivably return this particular error message. I've found just one place where it could happen, and made some changes which will avoid it happening. I'll try to upload a test version some time this weekend.

Hi and thanks for your time and effort resolving this. I look forward to trying it once you get it uploaded.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: scotsmist on August 29, 2014, 09:30:24 AM
Just a heads up for your own info, today I saw the error appear (I was at the keyboard for a change) and it occurred exactly when the Average Error Rates over a 24 hour period reset to 0.

Hopefully though, what your working on now will avoid this issue. Still looking forward to trying it :) (no pressure then lol)


Sorry, disregard above - didn't see your new thread - DSLstats pre-release version 5.0.2 - I will check that out right now - thanks.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: shamus on September 04, 2014, 03:17:13 PM
getting this error message

   "Unable to launch dslstatssampling.exe (file missing?
04 Sep 2014 11:01:38   Error processing signal attenuation "


any fixes?
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on September 04, 2014, 03:50:43 PM
@shamus: Is there a file called dslstatssampling.exe in the folder where you unzipped the download archive?

Concerning the signal attenuation message, it's possible that your modem doesn't report this value. What modem are you using? You can stop the error messages occurring by unchecking the option "Signal attenuation in Stats" at the bottom of the Configuration --> Items to Monitor page.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: shamus on September 04, 2014, 05:27:30 PM
612 3b have already stopped and started again using this function
I am just checking thro what is here and found this was missing

going to delete program and reinstall

installed 5.02 files altogether and present
now getting this message


04 Sep 2014 18:50:39   Error processing signal attenuation
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on September 05, 2014, 10:55:56 AM
@shamus: For the time being I suggest that you disable the signal attenuation monitoring as mentioned above. I'll try to sort out what's going wrong as soon as I can.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: shamus on September 05, 2014, 02:08:15 PM
have already done so
thanks, but its not the end of the world, but I know what its like trying to solve something, infuriating and satisfying
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: les-70 on September 09, 2014, 09:46:02 AM
  I have been running 5.0.1 for a while and no  problems   :)  but two queries. 

   1. I notice pbparams only seems to update on program start and not with re-syncs or other events.  i think pbparams is dynamic? so I assume it could be updated each sample? and certainly with re-syncs.

  2. I also can't see an 8800NL is the router list - is this correct? - not much an issue as another bipac model seems fine.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on September 09, 2014, 11:05:29 AM
1. pbParams should update with every sample (although it may not change often of course). I'll try to find if there's something not working properly. Can you confirm by logging in by telnet that the values reported by the modem are changing periodically?

2. The 8800NL is in the latest list, which is included in v5.0.2.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: les-70 on September 09, 2014, 04:17:48 PM
   Yes a telnet in or using dslstats to send the command show pbParams is updating.  Previously i confimed this with the 8800Nl and today with an Hg612.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: kitz on September 09, 2014, 05:44:51 PM
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I notice pbparams only seems to update on program start and not with re-syncs or other events.

Admittedly Im running 5.0.2, but pbParams seems to be updating fine at each DSLstats sample.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: les-70 on September 09, 2014, 06:04:36 PM
 I have now moved to 5.0.2 but still have the same issue of no pbParams update. Also now back the Billion 8800NL.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on September 09, 2014, 06:38:26 PM
I've had a thought:  in Configuration --> Items to Monitor, you have got the pbParams items ticked, have you? If only the first greyed-out item is ticked, that would explain your symptoms.
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: les-70 on September 09, 2014, 06:41:22 PM
   :)  Thanks, that has fixed it!!
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: roseway on September 09, 2014, 07:17:52 PM
Phew! Thanks for confirming it. :)
Title: Re: DSLstats v5.0 released (now v5.0.1)
Post by: adslmax on September 15, 2014, 12:30:53 AM
post deleted due to wrong version on this thread.