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Frequent Connecting Issues; Not Allowing Second Instance when No Second Instance is Open

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[2026-07-23 14:47:02]
User753526 - Posts: 84
Hi,

Over the past week or two I am getting frequent issues connecting with the message box that pops up reporting that a Second Instance is not being allowed but I am only using one Instance of Sierra Chart.

Some times it attempts to reconnect 2 or 3 times and works, today it has just been failing for 10 minutes and just connected as I am typing now.

I have updated to the latest software earlier this week incase that was the issue. I am running Ver. 2930

This is a copy of the message log when its failing to reconnect. Perhaps worth nothing that all other Internet connections are fine, only Sierra Chart is effected.

2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Software version: 2930 64-bit
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Primary Thread ID: 53564
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Usage end date: 2026-07-29
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for: Advanced Features 2.
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for: Sierra Chart Historical Data Service.
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for: Denali Real-Time Exchange Data Feed.
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for: Delayed Denali Exchange Data Feed.
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for exchange2: CME
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for exchange2: COMEX
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for exchange2: NASDAQ TotalView US stock data
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Enabled for exchange2: CBOE Global Indexes Main
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Allow Support for Sierra Chart Data Feeds is enabled.
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Current selected Data/Trading service: Teton CME Routing
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Custom symbol settings values: enabled
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Chart Update Interval: 500
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Intraday Data Storage Time Unit: 0
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Time Zone: -04:00:00 (EST-05EDT+01,M3.2.0/02:00,M11.1.0/02:00)
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | 2026-07-23 14:41:32 Local computer time in UTC
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | 2026-07-23 10:41:32 Local computer time in SC Time Zone
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | 2026-07-23 01:30:51 Server time in UTC
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Local computer UTC time and Server UTC time difference: 2 seconds.
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Program path: C:\SierraChart - EdgeClear\
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Data Files path: C:\SierraChart - EdgeClear\Data\
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | OS Version Number: 10.0
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Locale Setting: C
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 | Crash reporter started: true
2026-07-23 10:41:32.870 |
2026-07-23 10:41:37.903 | File >> Reconnect selected.
2026-07-23 10:41:37.903 | DTC Client socket (1) | CloseSocket call.
2026-07-23 10:41:37.903 | Teton CME Routing | Disconnected.
2026-07-23 10:41:37.903 | Will reconnect to the server in 2.0 seconds. Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:41:37.903 | DTC Client socket (1) | Closed.
2026-07-23 10:41:39.907 |
2026-07-23 10:41:39.908 | Teton CME Routing | Firm: IronBeam
2026-07-23 10:41:39.908 | Teton CME Routing | Connecting to the server futurestrading18.sierracharts.com. Port 11084
2026-07-23 10:41:39.908 | DTC Client socket (1) | Creating socket. Using TLS 1.2.
2026-07-23 10:41:39.908 | DTC Client socket (1) | New receive buffer size: 0
2026-07-23 10:41:39.908 | DTC Client socket (1) | Connecting to IP: 4.8.170.26.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.944 | DTC Client socket (1) | Connect event error. Windows error code 10060: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.944 | DTC Client socket (1) | CloseSocket call.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.944 | Teton CME Routing | Failed connections: 17
2026-07-23 10:42:00.944 | Error connecting to Data or Trading service. For help with this issue, press the 'Send For Analysis' button on this window.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.944 | Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.944 | DTC Client socket (1) | Closed.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.959 | DTC Client socket (0) | CloseSocket call.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.959 | Teton CME Routing | Disconnected.
2026-07-23 10:42:00.959 | Will reconnect to the server in 2.0 seconds. Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:42:02.959 |
2026-07-23 10:42:02.960 | Teton CME Routing | Firm: IronBeam
2026-07-23 10:42:02.960 | Teton CME Routing | Connecting to the server futurestrading10.sierracharts.com. Port 11085
2026-07-23 10:42:02.960 | DTC Client socket (1) | Creating socket. Using TLS 1.2.
2026-07-23 10:42:02.960 | DTC Client socket (1) | New receive buffer size: 0
2026-07-23 10:42:02.960 | DTC Client socket (1) | Connecting to IP: 216.200.108.154.
2026-07-23 10:42:09.462 | NTP Client | Sending packet to 0.pool.ntp.org:123
2026-07-23 10:42:09.462 | NTP Client | Sending packet to 1.pool.ntp.org:123
2026-07-23 10:42:09.462 | NTP Client | Sending packet to 2.pool.ntp.org:123
2026-07-23 10:42:09.462 | NTP Client | Sending packet to 3.pool.ntp.org:123
2026-07-23 10:42:09.474 | NTP Client | Received Packet | RoundTripDelay=0.011782646179199219S, SystemClockOffset=1.487441062927246S
2026-07-23 10:42:09.474 | NTP Client | Received Packet | RoundTripDelay=0.01190042495727539S, SystemClockOffset=1.4881980419158936S
2026-07-23 10:42:09.474 | NTP Client | Received Packet | RoundTripDelay=0.0118560791015625S, SystemClockOffset=1.491121768951416S
2026-07-23 10:42:09.475 | NTP Client | Received Packet | RoundTripDelay=0.012974262237548828S, SystemClockOffset=1.48691725730896S
2026-07-23 10:42:10.467 | NTP Client | Set System Time failed: Windows error code 1314: A required privilege is not held by the client.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.002 | DTC Client socket (1) | Connect event error. Windows error code 10060: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.002 | DTC Client socket (1) | CloseSocket call.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.002 | Teton CME Routing | Failed connections: 18
2026-07-23 10:42:24.002 | Error connecting to Data or Trading service. For help with this issue, press the 'Send For Analysis' button on this window.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.002 | Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.002 | DTC Client socket (1) | Closed.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.018 | DTC Client socket (0) | CloseSocket call.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.018 | Teton CME Routing | Disconnected.
2026-07-23 10:42:24.018 | Will reconnect to the server in 2.0 seconds. Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:42:26.020 |
2026-07-23 10:42:26.021 | Teton CME Routing | Firm: IronBeam
2026-07-23 10:42:26.021 | Teton CME Routing | Connecting to the server futurestrading11.sierracharts.com. Port 11085
2026-07-23 10:42:26.021 | DTC Client socket (1) | Creating socket. Using TLS 1.2.
2026-07-23 10:42:26.021 | DTC Client socket (1) | New receive buffer size: 0
2026-07-23 10:42:26.021 | DTC Client socket (1) | Connecting to IP: 4.8.170.26.
2026-07-23 10:42:26.366 | Teton CME Routing | Network connection to server complete.
2026-07-23 10:42:26.366 | Teton CME Routing | Starting socket receive thread.
2026-07-23 10:42:26.366 | Teton CME Routing | Sending encoding request to server: Binary VLS. Compression: none
2026-07-23 10:42:27.075 | Teton CME Routing | Setting DTC encoding to Binary VLS
2026-07-23 10:42:27.075 | Teton CME Routing | Sending logon request message.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Teton CME Routing | Received logon response.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Teton CME Routing | Server Name: SC DTC Server.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Teton CME Routing | Server protocol version: 8. Client protocol version: 8
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Teton CME Routing | Logon error received from server: Secondary instance is not allowing connections to this server
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Teton CME Routing | Failed connections: 19
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Error connecting to Data or Trading service. For help with this issue, press the 'Send For Analysis' button on this window.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.362 | Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.380 | Teton CME Routing | Waiting for socket receive thread to end
2026-07-23 10:42:27.380 | DTC Client socket (1) | CloseSocket call.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.380 | DTC Client socket (1) | Shutdown started. Waiting for graceful close.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.380 | Teton CME Routing | Disconnected.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.380 | Will reconnect to the server in 2.0 seconds. Select 'File >> Disconnect' to prevent further connection attempts.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.615 | DTC Client socket (1) | Socket gracefully closed by remote side.
2026-07-23 10:42:27.615 | DTC Client socket (1) | Closed.
2026-07-23 10:42:29.393 |
2026-07-23 10:42:29.394 | Teton CME Routing | Firm: IronBeam
2026-07-23 10:42:29.394 | Teton CME Routing | Connecting to the server futurestrading12.sierracharts.com. Port 11084
2026-07-23 10:42:29.394 | DTC Client socket (1) | Creating socket. Using TLS 1.2.
2026-07-23 10:42:29.394 | DTC Client socket (1) | New receive buffer size: 0
2026-07-23 10:42:29.394 | DTC Client socket (1) | Connecting to IP: 4.8.170.26.
[2026-07-23 15:39:42]
John - SC Support - Posts: 47314
You are getting the following in your log:
DTC Client socket (1) | Connect event error. Windows error code 10060: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Refer to the following:
Data/Trading Service Connection and Symbol Issues: 1.2. Network Communication or Server Problem


There is nothing in the log about other instances trying to connect. If you get a message about this, then please get us that part of the log that shows this so we can see what you are referring to.
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