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Not sure if it was mentioned earlier, but here are some cool utilities for you guys tracking multiple machines on the same network:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fahstats/

http://www.bluetentacle.co.uk/dcmonitor/

http://home.comcast.net/~wxdude1/emsite/download.html

I've still been having a problem on my main PC where the FAH core runs but I have no tray icon. I now use the FAHStats program to view the progress instead - unless anybody else has ideas on how to get the tray icon back.

Thanks for making this thread sticky! ^

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Originally Posted by birdstrike

Thanks for making this thread sticky! ^

No problem, should have done it ages ago.

How long before finished WU's are visable in the team stats? I'm pretty sure one of my machines has finished but I can't see the results online....

I'm not sure, but I do know it isn't immediate. I've had to wait for the results to post before. I can't imagine them taking longer than 2 hours.

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Originally Posted by ScottC

How long before finished WU's are visable in the team stats? I'm pretty sure one of my machines has finished but I can't see the results online....

I've seen delays averaging about an hour and a half on my WU's. Now granted, my sample size is 6...

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Originally Posted by nerd

I've seen delays averaging about an hour and a half on my WU's. Now granted, my sample size is 6...

no idea what my sample size is, the box I was running it on downloaded what looked like a 25Mb package...

Not really liking the clients at all...

I've got 2 Linux boxes, both finished their first WU's last night, and nothing shows up in the stats, my Windows box has been running it for 3 days and is only half way through (3.2GHz machine with HT). Strange....

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Originally Posted by ScottC

Hey Scott. Different WU's take vastly different amounts of time to process. On the same PC, could vary from a few hours to a few days depending on the number of elements.

The Folding reporting servers seem to update about every 2 hours or so. Right now, my FT_User is showing it was last updated at 16:33 PST, and it is 15:05 PST as I type. The team page seems to reflect the summary of the individual member's pages.

Obviously more than 2 hours has passed since your machines finished a WU. Double check the team-ID is 39124. Could also be a f/w (personal FW or corporate FW) blocking the transmision of the WU data. Have a look in the FAKlog.txt file in the Folding@Home program directory for clues. Here is an excerpt from my log file showing the end of a WU and successful transmission:

Code:

[13:27:38] - Ask before connecting: No

[13:27:38] - Use IE connection settings: Yes

[13:27:38] - User name: FT_User (Team 39124)

[13:27:38] - User ID: 5DB30A6E64F02930

[13:27:38] - Machine ID: 1

[13:27:38] 

[13:27:38] Loaded queue successfully.

[13:27:38] Initialization complete

[13:27:38] + Benchmarking ...

[13:27:41] - Preparing to get new work unit...

[13:27:41] + Attempting to get work packet





[13:27:41] + Attempting to send results

[13:27:43] - Connecting to assignment server

[13:27:51] - Successful: assigned to (171.65.103.156).

[13:27:51] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home

[13:27:51] Loaded queue successfully.

[13:30:23] + Closed connections

[13:30:23] 

[13:30:23] + Processing work unit

[13:30:23] Core required: FahCore_78.exe

[13:30:23] Core found.

[13:30:23] Working on Unit 03 [January 11 13:30:23]

[13:30:23] + Working ...

[13:30:24] 

[13:30:24] *------------------------------*

[13:30:24] Folding@Home Gromacs Core

[13:30:24] Version 1.70 (October 24, 2004)

[13:30:24] 

[13:30:24] Preparing to commence simulation

[13:30:24] - Looking at optimizations...

[13:30:24] - Created dyn

[13:30:24] - Files status OK

[13:30:31] - Expanded 2964328 -> 16166533 (decompressed 545.3 percent)

[13:30:32] - Starting from initial work packet

[13:30:32] 

[13:30:32] Project: 1134 (Run 105, Clone 4, Gen 3)

[13:30:32] 

[13:30:32] Assembly optimizations on if available.

[13:30:32] Entering M.D.

[13:30:42] Protein: p1134_RIBO_FSpeptide_EXT

[13:30:42] 

[13:30:42] Writing local files

[13:30:43] + Results successfully sent

[13:30:43] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.

[13:30:43] + Number of Units Completed: 82

I checked for this error online (0x0), but couldn't find any decent solution for it...

Shame, as the machine is now working on it's third WU (one on each CPU) and I suspect those will fail too...

Code:

[01:13:16] Writing local files

[01:13:16] Completed 121250 out of 125000 steps  (97%)

[01:27:28] Writing local files

[01:27:29] Completed 122500 out of 125000 steps  (98%)

[01:42:53] Writing local files

[01:42:53] Completed 123750 out of 125000 steps  (99%)

[01:56:58] Writing local files

[01:56:58] Completed 125000 out of 125000 steps  (100%)

[01:56:58] Writing final coordinates.

[01:56:59] Past main M.D. loop

[01:57:59] 

[01:57:59] Finished Work Unit:

[01:57:59] - Reading up to 1146048 from "work/wudata_01.arc": Read 1146048

[01:57:59] - Reading up to 29616 from "work/wudata_01.xtc": Read 29616

[01:57:59] goefile size: 0

[01:57:59] logfile size: 18154

[01:57:59] Leaving Run

[01:58:00] - Writing 1201150 bytes of core data to disk...

[01:58:00]   ... Done.

[01:58:11] - Shutting down core

[01:58:11] 

[01:58:11] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FINISHED_UNIT

[02:22:52] CoreStatus = 0 (0)

[02:22:52] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x0

[02:22:52] Deleting current work unit & continuing...

[02:22:52] - Preparing to get new work unit...

[02:22:52] + Attempting to get work packet

[02:22:52] - Connecting to assignment server

[02:22:56] - Successful: assigned to (171.65.103.156).

[02:22:56] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home

Scott, perhaps an MTU issue with you PC or router? have a look here:

http://forum.folding-community.org/v...r=asc&start=30

Otherwise could be due to this problem at their servers:

http://forum.folding-community.org/v...ic.php?t=10921

I did not read all the replies in this thread so what I say could be repetitious.

It is not a good idea to download other people's programs and run them.

It is not a good idea to agree to allow let alone actually allow a service (such as a browser or internet provider) to download programs that run in your computer in exchange for your use of other features of the service free or at a discount.

The programs could include viruses, could damage your computer, or could conduct illegal activity such as send spam or bootleg music, and you would be liable for damages.

Travel tips:
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Wow, and thanks for the sticky!

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Originally Posted by ScottC

No problem, should have done it ages ago.

Gotta say thanks in a big way! I never ever even thought of asking anyone to make this sticky, and seeing (I think?) that it happened on its own is even better! In earlier posts I had gone on about how to take this to a new level, and my conclusion was IT professionals setting this up on a good sized network (so far, no apparent takers), and then later adopting percussionking's idea of hotel computers. This is just great - it'll be one of the first thing the FT community sees in this forum. So, let's see how this quantifies out in new members & such.

After the less than overwhelming start (see page 1), this is really taking off. We've doubled in under 60 days. Ok, I viewed the 2 websites posted earlier, and dont' have time to review in depth. Short version: will this provide us a seperate link to graphically view our team's progress? If so, can I assume the group would find merit in this? Let me know. And the talk of Randy being aware.....?? Wouldn't that be just the greatest?! ^ ^

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Originally Posted by AllanJ

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about.

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Originally Posted by AllanJ

Alan,

If you visit the Folding@Home site, you will see that it is, in fact, a very reputable operation with a very valid scientific mission. I agree with you that downloading and installing random unknown things is not a good idea, howver this application does not fall into that category.