Troubleshooting
This site contains solutions for common questions. Please read every point if you have problems to configure the software. Most problems can be solved quickly by checking out this guide.
CONTENT:
- Check the installed AmiBroker version
- Check the include path in AmiBroker preferences
- Activation – a window that appears when you start AmiBroker
- Prevent multiple alerts at the same bar
- Composite update: Relstrength symbol not found
- Possible error messages after updating the software
- No signals in the automatic analysis window when “Use sensitivity parameters from chart” parameter is On
- How to customize
- Error 44, sector ID is outside of
correct range (0.63), possibly sector industry assignments are incorrect - Error 29,
variable used without having been initialized. - No indicators visible after installation
1.) Check the installed AmiBroker version
To check if you have installed the necessary AmiBroker release click Help – About in AmiBroker. The required version can be found on our download page and on the dialogs in the PatternExplorer setup.
2.) Check the include path in AmiBroker preferences
By default AmiBroker already comes with the correct include path. However, older AmiBroker releases had another path defined. To check or change the paths open the preferences dialog in AmiBroker (Tools -> Preferences), select the tab “AFL” and enter the correct paths. Usually, the include path is “Formulas\Include” and the formula root path is “Formulas”.
3.) Activation
Our software has to be activated on your computer. To activate press the windows key and type Activator into the windows search to open the PatternExplorer activator. Press activate and wait for the activation confirmation. It enables all installations on your computer. Deinstallation and reinstallation of the PatternExplorer don’t require a reactivation.
4) Prevent multiple alerts at the same bar
Please adjust the AmiBroker preferences to prevent multiple alerts at the same bar.
5) Composite update: RelStrength symbol not found
The PatternExplorer allows defining the default market symbol which is used for composite updates. It can be changed through the parameter window in the automatic analysis window. Changing it in the template file PE – Customization is recommended, however, this changes only the default symbol. Therefore open the file composite update in the automatic analysis window, click parameters and then Reset all
6) Possible error messages after updating the software
While we are always trying to make the PatternExplorer as compatible as possible with previous AmiBroker & PatternExplorer versions, it can still happen that some tools, which are inserted as a copy and not Linked don’t work after installing a new release. In such cases just insert these tools again. Once you are familiar with AmiBroker and how to handle indicators, it is a good idea to use Insert Linked. This approach always inserts the original indicator which will then be updated automatically with the installation of new releases.
7) No signals in the automatic analysis window when “Use chart parameters” parameter is On
The reason for that behavior is that there is no inserted chart in AmiBroker to read the parameters. There are two ways to prevent this:
A. Insert the chart that you want to scan first.
B. Change the default behavior of the parameter through the template file. Just change the variable to: def_UseFromChart = 0;
The mentioned parameter is only available in automatic analysis parameter window.
8) How to customize
The two files PE – Configuration and PE – Extensions in the folder $ Customization can be used to customize the software. The file PE – Configuration includes default colors, styles, columns, filters, symbols and other default values. Most important variables can be changed in this file and additional columns, variables, etc.. can be added. They are available in every PatternExplorer tool. Some settings are default values. Press Reset all in the parameter window to get the effect of your modifications or insert your desired tool again.
It is highly recommended to check or change the default symbols for the composite indicators and the performance charts. Default symbols are defined for the Yahoo data source.
The file PE – Extensions is very similar to the file PE – Configuration, but doesn’t include any variables that are used by the PatternExplorer. Own indicators, filters, columns, and signals can be added into this file to be available in every tool.
Caution: The files PE – Configuration and PE – Extensions can’t be used as an indicator and wrong entries or modifications in one or both files can result in breaking all tools. In such cases, you can restore the files through the checkboxes in the setup. Your current template will be saved with the tilde ~bak and can be deleted if desired.
9) Error 44, sector ID is outside of correct range (0.63), possibly sector industry assignments are incorrect
This error message means that some symbols in your database aren’t categorized to any sector. The error appears very rarely because AmiBroker comes already with a default database which has the correct assignments. The workaround is to assign every industry to a sector.
A – Open the categories window in AmiBroker: Symbol -> Categories
B – Scroll through all the industries and assign every industry to a sector by selecting a sector through the drop-down box.
Most probably there is only one industry which isn’t defined by a sector.
10) Error 29, variable used without having been initialized.
This error appears mostly when AmiBroker hasn’t loaded the PatternExplorer.dll. The PatternExplorer.dll must be in your AmiBroker plugins folder and it must be in the 32-bit version if you use the 32-bit AmiBroker version and 64-bit if you use the 64-bit AmiBroker version. Open AmiBroker, select Tools – Plugins to check whether the PatternExplorer.dll has been loaded. Please reinstall the PatternExplorer and select your AmiBroker directory. The setup detects automatically the needed PatternExplorer.dll.
If the problem persists, please download the ConfigChecker from the link below, copy the listed text and send it to us:
https://patternexplorer.com/downloads/PatternExplorer%20ConfigChecker.exe
In rare situations, anti-virus programs moved the PatternExplorer.dll to the quarantine through detecting it as a false positive. This is usually a false alert if you’ve downloaded the setup from our website. During the start of the setup, our software displays our certificate.
11) No indicators visible after installation
Usually, this happens when the PatternExplorer has not been installed into the correct directory. Please, uninstall the PatternExplorer, start the setup, and read and follow the dialogs carefully.