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Message Log error

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[2019-05-06 15:21:01]
User373586 - Posts: 1
There are messages keep showing in Message Log below (about fail to connect Interactive brokers) :
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Software version: 1915 64-bit | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Usage end date: 2019-05-21 | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Enabled for: Advanced Features. | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Enabled for: Advanced Features 2. | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Enabled for: Sierra Chart Historical Data Service. | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Allow Support for Sierra Chart Data Feeds is enabled. | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Current selected Data/Trading service: SC Data - All Services | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Chart Update Interval: 500 | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Intraday Data Storage Time Unit: 0 | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Time Zone: +08:00:00 (HKT+08) | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
2019-05-06 23:12:20 Local computer time | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
2019-05-06 15:12:20 Local computer time in UTC | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
2019-05-06 23:12:20 Local computer time in SC Time Zone | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
2019-05-06 15:10:28 Server time in UTC | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Local computer UTC time and Server UTC time difference: 0 seconds. | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Program path: S:\SierraChart\ | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Data Files path: S:\SierraChart\Data\ | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
OS Version Number: 10.0 | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
Locale Setting: C | 2019-05-06 23:12:20
DLLs: UserContributedStudies.dll | 2019-05-06 23:12:20

Interactive Brokers | Connecting to 127.0.0.1:7496 | 2019-05-06 23:12:39
Socket (1) | Creating socket. | 2019-05-06 23:12:39
Socket (1) | Connecting to IP: 127.0.0.1. | 2019-05-06 23:12:39
Socket (1) | Connect event error. Windows error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. | 2019-05-06 23:12:40 *
Interactive Brokers | Failed to connect to the data and trade server. | 2019-05-06 23:12:40 *
Note: Is the Interactive Brokers TWS software running and is it enabled for socket clients? | 2019-05-06 23:12:40 *
Interactive Brokers | Disconnected from the server. | 2019-05-06 23:12:40
Interactive Brokers | Disconnected. | 2019-05-06 23:12:40
Socket (1) | Closed. | 2019-05-06 23:12:40
Interactive Brokers | Connecting to 127.0.0.1:7496 | 2019-05-06 23:13:10
Socket (1) | Creating socket. | 2019-05-06 23:13:10
Socket (1) | Connecting to IP: 127.0.0.1. | 2019-05-06 23:13:10
Socket (1) | Connect event error. Windows error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. | 2019-05-06 23:13:11 *
Interactive Brokers | Failed to connect to the data and trade server. | 2019-05-06 23:13:11 *
Note: Is the Interactive Brokers TWS software running and is it enabled for socket clients? | 2019-05-06 23:13:11 *
Interactive Brokers | Disconnected from the server. | 2019-05-06 23:13:11
Interactive Brokers | Disconnected. | 2019-05-06 23:13:11
Socket (1) | Closed. | 2019-05-06 23:13:11
Interactive Brokers | Connecting to 127.0.0.1:7496 | 2019-05-06 23:13:41
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Would like to know why and how to solve the problem ? Thanks a lot !
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2019-05-06 21:09:57
[2019-05-06 17:11:08]
Sierra Chart - Max - Posts: 5780
We see that you are trying to connect to Interactive Brokers TWS. Make sure that you are running TWS, have it setup to accept a connection from Sierra Chart, and are not blocking Sierra Chart with a Firewall.

Refer to the Interactive Brokers setup instructions here:
Interactive Brokers Trading Service: Setup Instructions
Sierra Chart Support

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