6.90RC6: "Full speed" and "Enabled" buttons random behaviour

[Tyador Borlu]

This is about the "Full speed" and "Enabled" buttons in the status bar (bottom right).

When you click either with the mouse, they are turned ON (--> Limited speed & Paused) but after a random number of seconds they "automatically" turn OFF again without any user activity.

This is pretty irritating as the expected behaviour is: manual user action to turn those limiters ON, and staying ON until a subsequent user action (another click on them) happens.

Previous versions of Newsbin already had this issue as well, but then the 'timeout' (or whatever it is) seemed longer; now it's mere seconds before your choice is disabled again.

Scenario when this has been observed repeatedly:

- download some large NZBs
- click those words in the statusbar to have them light up and change status while a large(ish) RAR is being **unpacked**.
- observe Newsbin quickly turning those limiters back OFF.
- rinse & repeat while the downloads and unpack actions continue.

[itimpi]

Have you set the scheduled options? If set this can cause the behaviour you describe.

[Tyador Borlu]

(Checked just now...)

Scheduler settings are all-green and "Enabled" checkbox is ticked.

Hmmm...
IIRC I never used the Scheduler in NewsBin (since ~ 2012 AD). I always start it manually and let it rip until it's done; when I come home I check the machine and quit NewsBin manually when it's all done (or stuck somewhere, which happens rarely).

[Quade]

One of those boxes on the status bar can enable it.

[BZee]

This is about the "Full speed" and "Enabled" buttons in the status bar (bottom right).

When you click either with the mouse, they are turned ON (--> Limited speed & Paused) but after a random number of seconds they "automatically" turn OFF again without any user activity.

I had the same problem awhile ago. Check your settings under Newsbin Options - Network

[Quade]

Typically this is the scheduler overriding the manual settings.

[Tyador Borlu]

A-HA!

Found the culprit!

Next to the "Full Speed" button in the bottom status bar, there's (to the right) an "Enabled" button with tooltip "Switch between Scheduler Modes".

Clicking /THAT/ one to make it show the text "Disabled" solves the problem of the "Pause" and "Speed Limited" activations disappearing quickly: while there's no sane schedule (Options has the scheduler tab as all-green, 24/7) the scheduler was still activated, killing the manual overrides for running and download speed.

The cure is to make sure the right-most of the three buttons in the status bar is set to "Disabled".

Problem solved!

Thanks for all the feedback and solid advice; I had completely overlooked that one; I needed your tips to ensure I got everything checked.

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Why was that scheduler /enabled/ in the first place? I don't know. Must be me having clicked on it one day (long ago) while aiming for the download speed button next to it; I'm not always at my sharpest when I use NewsBin Pro - which is generally accessed just before bed-time: the gathered fruit is inspected in the days afterwards.

A case of fault between chair and keyboard, i.e. me.