Download Cart - broken?

[HiBaller]

In my search for a method of getting content from the DLS I turned to my Download Cart. Earlier this morning, I managed to get 12 items into the cart in just under three hours. Quite an accomplishment considering I couldn't get ANY in it yesterday.

Once all the items were in the cart, I pressed the "Download All" button. This, in turn, asked me which version of Content Manger I wanted to use. There were four entries labeled simply 'content manager' in the dialog box that popped up. This was strange because I only have ONE version on my W7 computer - 2010. I chose the bottom one hoping it was the newest one.

Now, the way I remember the Download Cart working was that CMP started and the various CDP files were downloaded and installed. In this case, CM2 started (v3.2) and just sat there looking back at me.

Nothing entered the download window; no activity showing on the LED's of my switch on the wall; and definitely 0% allocated to the executable for the CPU. This, to me, meant that there was nothing going on.

So, my question is, what happened? Why didn't the downloads start? Is my concept of how the Download Cart works faulty?

OR

Is the DLS still messed up? I've tried all the jumping through flaming hoops that everyone mentions as a way of jump-starting the DLS but none of them work for me. Even FTP access using the Download Station fails by either giving me a 'connection reset while accessing' or simply the 'waiting for www.auran.com' down in the status bar going on forever.

EDIT: Even the forum site is very slow to load pages.

Bill

 

[Dermmy]

Everything Auran is slow atm

I use the cart from the 04 DLS for all downloads, I find it quicker than any other option. The trick is to open CMP or CM2 for whatever version you intend to be the destination and allow it to sign in and update before hitting 'Download All' on the cart window. The CMP taskbar will then indicate 'Initiating a connection with DLS' and the cart list will appear in the Downloads window. Then 'Start' from CMP.

The only frustration I have is that you can't download to say 06, then 09 since the cart clears after the first download...

Andy

Andy

 

[HiBaller]

That's what I thought too Andy. Each time I click the "Download All" button I get a new instance of CMP. The one that is open simply does nothing and I get yet another copy of CMP. I think it all hinges on having a list of 4 'CMPs' in the popup dialog box to choose from. There should only be one as I only have TRS2010 on that computer.

Last night, for a period of about 90 minutes, the DLS worked perfectly. Every item I put into the download panel was immediately identified, downloaded, and installed within seconds. Twice in that time frame I was told "You've reached 100Mb for today and I'm going to quit" despite me having a FCT and getting 350Kb/s download speed. So, clearly, CMP is still messed up and not getting the right information from Planet Auran.

Thanks for the input.

Bill

 

[EdrickV]

Haven't tried the cart lately, but yesterday the DLS website's regular download helper links weren't working for me and I either had to do FTP download or find the item via CMP and download from there, today they are working. Maybe the program on the Auran side that handles the Trainz:// links crashed and has since been rebooted.