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by **jonn** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:28 pm

hi, i am trialling Bet Assistant and running the place_bets excel spreadsheet.

Everything is going fine the racess are loading from the quck pick list and i have set up the selections making sure to match the horse name exactly and even leaving min odds at 2 and max 20 just to get matched.

The problem is it loads as it should 2 mins before the off and Trigger bet? turns from N to Y as it should 60 seconds to place the bet but it doesn't place?

I'm sure its simple but i cannot figure it?

by **Norwegian Would** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:44 pm

Jonn - I have had this issue a few times when I have placed bets under the BetUnfair minimum, close to the off. Maybe .....

by **Captain Sensible** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:10 pm

Have you made sure trigger betting is enabled ? It's off by default so just needs to be ticked

by **jonn** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:20 pm

Hi Norwegian,

Do you mean under the minimum stake or odds?

I have it set at 2 for £2 stake and odds of 2

by **jonn** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:24 pm

Hi,

yes, the trigger enabled is definately on

by **Norwegian Would** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:49 pm

@Jonn - Minimum Stake - looks like you are OK there.

I'll keep me nose outta this as there are probably lotsa possibilities....

by **Captain Sensible** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:49 pm

BACK or LAY in uppercase ? stakes and odds columns filled in ? Is anything being displayed in the bet ref column ? PENDING anything like that ?

Have you tried tried firing a bet from just a simple sheet i.e. just stick £2 in the stake column and odds 1.01 use LAY just to make sure it's actually linking and firing bets

by **jonn** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:45 pm

It goes through all the motions in the Excel sheet but no bef reference comes up. Triggers 60 seconds before as it should do but no bets placed.

Have been using the sample sheet too. All columns filled in as they should be too?

Haven't tried it on UK markets yet only U.S and RSA but i am adding these to the quick pick list

by **Captain Sensible** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:55 pm

And the excel screen is like ?

by **jonn** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:41 pm

yes, just the same.

by **dgs2001** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:01 pm

John

Are you selecting any cells on the worksheet, as if to edit a value or formula, BA cannot update the worksheet if excel is busy waiting for input from the user.

Also silly question I know but is there enough money in your Betfair account to place the bets. IE if laying there must be enough money available to pay out the bet if you lose.

Duncan

by **jonn** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:06 pm

Hi Duncan,

Did you mean as if the the data was in the cell but still selected?

by **dgs2001** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:18 pm

Yes if data is selected within an excel cell then excel cannot be written to by external applications as it reports itself as busy.

Duncan

by **jonn** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:20 pm

hmmm, that sounds a possibilty..

I will have a check and let you know, cheers

by **jonn** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:52 pm

Just checked, no data was selected.

Still not working, maybe its my computer playing up?

All out of ideas

newbie question - not triggering?

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