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Post From: "Not a valid chartbook" error

[2022-03-18 21:14:38]
User423974 - Posts: 18
the 2 chartbooks that came with the installation named "ChartbookExample" and "ExampleChartbook" do not open.

The chart symbol is : BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT

Here is a copy of the message log :

Software version: 2368 64-bit | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Primary Thread ID: 15236 | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Usage end date: 2022-04-02 | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Enabled for: Advanced Features 2. | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Enabled for: Sierra Chart Historical Data Service. | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Enabled for: Denali Real-Time Exchange Data Feed. | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Enabled for: Delayed Denali Exchange Data Feed. | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Enabled for exchange2: fairx_exchange.data | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Allow Support for Sierra Chart Data Feeds is enabled. | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Current selected Data/Trading service: SC Data - All Services | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Custom symbol settings values: enabled | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Chart Update Interval: 500 | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Intraday Data Storage Time Unit: 1 | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Time Zone: +03:00:00 (AST+03) | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
2022-03-18 21:09:09 Local computer time in UTC | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
2022-03-19 00:09:09 Local computer time in SC Time Zone | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
2022-03-18 20:11:42 Server time in UTC | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Local computer UTC time and Server UTC time difference: 0 seconds. | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Program path: C:\SierraChart\ | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
Data Files path: C:\SierraChart\Data\ | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.889
OS Version Number: 10.0 | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.890
Locale Setting: C | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.890
DLLs: UserContributedStudies_64.dll | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.890
Allowed protected custom studies: | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.890
Crash reporter started: true | 2022-03-19 00:09:09.890

File >> Disconnect selected. | 2022-03-19 00:09:14.690
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Waiting for socket receive thread to end | 2022-03-19 00:09:14.690
DTC Client socket (1) | CloseSocket call. | 2022-03-19 00:09:14.691
DTC Client socket (1) | Shutdown started. Waiting for graceful close. | 2022-03-19 00:09:14.691
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Disconnected from the server. | 2022-03-19 00:09:14.691
SC Data - All Services | Disconnected. | 2022-03-19 00:09:14.691

SC Data - All Services | Connected to server complete. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
Notice: Not connected to Live trading account to receive CME realtime futures data at non-professional fees. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2022-03-19 00:09:18.754
Using symbol data fast lookup vector | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.102
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Starting real-time market data updates for: BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT. ID: 1 Service code: deribit.data | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.102
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Connecting to the server ds4.sierracharts.com. Port 10048 | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.102
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Requesting security definition data for: BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT. ID: 1 | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.102
DTC Client socket (2) | Creating socket. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.103
DTC Client socket (2) | New receive buffer size: 5242880 | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.103
DTC Client socket (2) | Connecting to IP: 192.81.56.146. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.103
Added historical Intraday data request for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT to the queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.115
Intraday data recording state for symbol BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT is set to download 'Pending'. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.115
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.115
Delaying start of download for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.122
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Network connection to server complete. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.261
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Starting socket receive thread. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.261
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Sending encoding request to server: Binary VLS. Compression: standard | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.262
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Setting DTC encoding to Binary VLS | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.451
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Sending logon request message. | 2022-03-19 00:09:19.451
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Received logon response. | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.230
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Server Name: SC Realtime Server. | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.230
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Server protocol version: 8. Client protocol version: 8 | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.230
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Successfully connected. | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.230
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Trading is not supported. | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.230
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Restarting real-time data updates for symbol: BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.230
SC DTC Data with Market Depth | Received security definition for symbol BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:20.481
HD Request # 3 | Downloading Intraday chart data for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT to the file BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT.scid. Service: deribit.data | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.340
HD Request # 3 | Download start date-time: 2022-03-19 00:09:06.000000. File last date-time: 2022-03-19 00:09:06.000000 | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.341
HD Request # 3 | Using server: ds12.sierracharts.com port 10150 | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.341
Socket (3) | Creating socket. | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.341
Socket (3) | New receive buffer size: 5242880 | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.342
Socket (3) | Connecting to IP: 204.15.197.14. | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.342
HD Request # 3 | Setting DTC encoding to Binary VLS | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.680
HD Request # 3 | Sending historical data logon request message. | 2022-03-19 00:09:25.680
HD Request # 3 | Requesting Intraday data. Start date-time: 2022-03-19 00:09:06. Record interval: 1. Symbol: BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.360
HD Request # 3 | Decompressing data. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.518
HD Request # 3 | Receiving Intraday data for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT starting at 2022-03-19 00:09:06.924000 | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.519
Socket (3) | CloseSocket call. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.519
Socket (3) | Shutdown started. Waiting for graceful close. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.519
Historical data download thread signaled to stop. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.519
HD Request # 3 | Timestamp of first Intraday data file record written: 2022-03-19 00:09:06.924000 | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.519
HD Request # 3 | Received 1 Intraday data record from 2022-03-19 00:09:06.924000 to 2022-03-19 00:09:06.924000 (0.0 seconds) and wrote 1 record for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.519
HD Request # 3 | Add time&sales data | Remembered last file record date-time: 2022-03-18 21:09:06.924000 | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
HD Request # 3 | Completion time: 1s | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
HD Request # 3 | Intraday data download complete for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT. Unique request ID: 3 | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
Removing historical data download ID 3. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
Real-time Intraday chart data file updates started for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
Opened cached Intraday file: C:\SierraChart\Data\BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT.scid. Thread ID: 15236 | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
Intraday chart data file opened for BTC-PERPETUAL-DBIT | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
HD Request # 3 | Enabling Intraday chart updating for symbol. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521

Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
No download requests in the queue to start downloads for. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.521
Socket (3) | Socket gracefully closed by remote side. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.703
Socket (3) | Closed. | 2022-03-19 00:09:26.703
DTC Client socket (1) | Timed out waiting for shutdown. Performing an immediate socket close. | 2022-03-19 00:11:37.562
DTC Client socket (1) | Closed. | 2022-03-19 00:11:37.562
DTC Client socket (1) | Deleting network socket now after delay. | 2022-03-19 00:12:07.572
The Chartbook file is not a valid Chartbook. File: C:\SierraChart\Data\ExampleChartbook.cht | 2022-03-19 00:13:51.989 *
The Chartbook file is not a valid Chartbook. File: C:\SierraChart\Data\ChartbookExample.cht | 2022-03-19 00:13:58.842 *
The Chartbook file is not a valid Chartbook. File: C:\SierraChart\Data\G7FXFOUNDATIONDOMCHARTBOOK-200330-085855.Cht | 2022-03-19 00:14:04.657 *
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-03-18 21:15:35