IBrokers Problem

sessionInfo()

Does it work for you in the demo TWS version as well?

For me, `reqCurrentTime` works fine in the demo TWS version, like all
the other examples in the vignette, except for `twsFuture`.

reqCurrentTime(tws)

TWS Message: 2 -1 2104 Market data farm connection is OK:ibdemo
TWS Message: 2 -1 2106 HMDS data farm connection is OK:demohmds
[1] "2013-12-10 07:14:29 HKT"

Interestingly, when I run the following code, I get some feedback from
the Unix shell that runs TWS.

tws <- twsConnect()
reqContractDetails(tws, twsEquity("QQQ")) # R hangs here.

^C

twsDisconnect(tws)

So when I run `twsDisconnect` (only after running `reqContractDetails`)
in the example above, I get the following output in the Unix shell from
Java:

07:23:13:870 JTS-EServerSocket-157: [1:47:67:1:0:0:0:ERR] Message type
1.  Attempted read beyond end of socket stream -
07:23:13:870 JTS-EServerSocket-157: Anticipated error
jextend.c: Attempted read beyond end of socket stream -
        at jextend.tb.b(tb.java:307)
        at jextend.hf.eb(hf.java:1316)
        at jextend.hf.run(hf.java:1251)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: java.io.EOFException
        at jextend.tb.c(tb.java:541)
        at jextend.tb.r(tb.java:183)
        at jextend.wd.a(wd.java:188)
        at jextend.tb.d(tb.java:613)
        at jextend.uc.a(uc.java:177)
        at jextend.tb.b(tb.java:304)
        ... 3 more
07:23:13:871 JTS-EServerSocket-157: [1:47:67:1:0:0:0:SYS] Client{1}
terminated conversation.
07:23:13:871 JTS-EServerSocketNotifier-156: Terminating


Thanks,
Michael



On 12/09/2013 11:06 PM, G See wrote:

I don't know; it works for me.  Does reqCurrentTime(tws) return the
current time?

Garrett

tws <- ibgConnect()
reqCurrentTime(tws)

[1] "2013-12-09 09:04:37 CST"

reqContractDetails(tws, twsEquity("QQQ"))

[[1]]
List of 18
 $ version       : chr "6"
 $ contract      :List of 16
  ..$ conId          : chr "43661924"
  ..$ symbol         : chr "QQQ"
  ..$ sectype        : chr "STK"
  ..$ exch           : chr "SMART"
  ..$ primary        : chr "NASDAQ"
  ..$ expiry         : chr ""
  ..$ strike         : chr "0"
  ..$ currency       : chr "USD"
  ..$ right          : chr ""
  ..$ local          : chr "QQQ"
  ..$ multiplier     : chr ""
  ..$ combo_legs_desc: chr ""
  ..$ comboleg       : chr ""
  ..$ include_expired: chr "0"
  ..$ secIdType      : chr ""
  ..$ secId          : chr ""
  ..- attr(*, "class")= chr "twsContract"
 $ marketName    : chr "NMS"
 $ tradingClass  : chr "NMS"
 $ conId         : chr "43661924"
 $ minTick       : chr "0.01"
 $ orderTypes    : chr [1:49] "ACTIVETIM" "ADJUST" "ALERT" "ALGO" ...
 $ validExchanges: chr [1:17] "SMART" "ISE" "CHX" "ARCA" ...
 $ priceMagnifier: chr "1"
 $ underConId    : chr "0"
 $ longName      : chr "POWERSHARES QQQ NASDAQ 100"
 $ contractMonth : chr ""
 $ industry      : chr "Funds"
 $ category      : chr "Equity Fund"
 $ subcategory   : chr "Sector Fund-Technology"
 $ timeZoneId    : chr "EST"
 $ tradingHours  : chr "20131209:0400-2000;20131210:0400-2000"
 $ liquidHours   : chr "20131209:0930-1600;20131210:0930-1600"

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Michael Smith <my.r.help at gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply, but R still hangs after running this command
with the new ticker.

Best,
Michael


On 12/09/2013 09:29 PM, G See wrote:

The ticker for that ETF changed to QQQ on March 23, 2011

Try reqContractDetails(tws, twsEquity("QQQ"))

Best,
Garrett

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Michael Smith <my.r.help at gmail.com> wrote:

All,

I'm trying to better understand how to use the IBrokers package by going
through the `IBrokers.pdf` vignette. I'm using the demo version of TWS
(login `edemo`). TWS seems to be running fine. However, I get stuck at
the following command from the vignette:

reqContractDetails(tws, twsEquity("QQQQ"))

R just seems to hang and I don't get any further response. My
sessionInfo is below. I'm using the most current IBrokers from Google Code.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this not supposed to work with the TWS
demo version?

Thanks,
Michael

sessionInfo()

R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8       LC_NUMERIC=C
LC_TIME=en_US.utf8
 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8     LC_MONETARY=en_US.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8       LC_NAME=C                 LC_ADDRESS=C

[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C            LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] IBrokers_0.9-11 xts_0.9-7       zoo_1.7-10      colorout_1.0-1

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] grid_3.0.2      lattice_0.20-24 tools_3.0.2