Losing Intraday Stats on serial port connection failure

[Beardymarrow]

Hi there,
I have StatLink on my PC set to automatically start when my PC does. This means that in the event of power failure or reboot in the night to apply updates, it carries on collecting data automatically.

A few times I have found that the Serial port has not connected correctly after a reboot, and so StatLink is unable to see my Rego. When it does this, StatLink resets the IntraDay stats back to zero, and so when I resolve the problem with the serial port, the daily reports and logs are not correct.

Is there a way to stop StatLink from resetting the daily stats when it fails to connect to the serial port?

Thanks

Beardy

[Peter]

Hi.

I have checked the code and there is no process in where the intraday stat is deleted by thar reason.
The only way to telet that is in the File menu, Reset statistics or if Computer date changes to a new day.

BR
/Peter

[Beardymarrow]

Hi Peter,
Glad to see you back and active. I may have used the wrong term in saying Intraday stats.

I can replicate this problem every time by un-plugging my USB-Serial adapter and re-starting StatLink. Please find below some screenshots which show the problem.

My StatLink statistics before :-


I then Unplug my USB-Serial adapter and restart StatLink and get this error (as expected) :-


I click OK, and then get this screen :-

I can then click Save or Cancel or this screen. It doesn't matter which

Then StatLink starts, but is unable to see my Rego (obviously) :-


Then I re-connect my USB-Serial port and re-start StatLink and I have lost the history (hours of operation, kWh used etc.):-




Hope this helps describe the problem better and that you can see the issue.

[Peter]

Ok I know why.
When StatLink shuts down, the current date is stored to a file.
When StatLink start up it compares the computer date with the date in file. If it is a different day the Intrastat is reset.

As the Com port error occurs, StatLink crashes and therefore it dows not store the date to file as it does on a proper shutdown.
Therefore, when i starts again the dates missmatches and the Intraday stat is reset.

This could be redisigned i think, I have to look in to it.

[Beardymarrow]

[Peter]

yes you can.
It is the Intraday.xml file.
Change the date (Key Datum) to the current date.

<KvArray><KeyValue><Key>Datum</Key><Value>2015-01-13</Value>

[Beardymarrow]