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and when sitting idle doing nothing else, it is sending constant idle reports back to Upstart.

What this means is that if you are running Upstart over the Internet, then the PIM is sending

constant traffic over the Internet to Upstart. This constant traffic can impact Upstart

performance, especially on slower broadband networks. In addition, some ISPs will not like

that, especially if you leave it running for an extended test or happen to be interrupted and

forget to disconnect Upstart. In fact, you might get a “nastygram” from your ISP reminding you

of your service terms that you are not supposed to be running a webserver over your service.

We have provided a way to deal with this situation if you are using a Web Mountain SPIM.

With a Web Mountain SPIM connected, go to |Tools | Options | Extra Features in Upstart and

enter in the code RUC in one of the lines. Upstart will recognize this and to the right will

automatically show the text “Enable Use of Web Mountain RUC”. Restart Upstart and now the

PIM will no longer be sending Idle Reports to Upstart.

Recognize that there are some Upstart tasks that require the use of Idle Reports in order to

function properly, including some noise testing. So, you might lose a little functionality of

Upstart by turning off Idle Reports, but you will gain performance improvement for many other

tasks.

More Tips on Running Upstart over a network or the Internet

Occasionally, on a congested network, Upstart will run sluggishly. In those cases, it can be

advantageous to change some of the default parameters within Upstart. Go to, Tools, Options

and you will see the following screen. Click on “Timeout and Retry” and try increasing the

Timeout when using a Serial PIM to 6000 or even 8000 ms. Also, make sure the retries are set

to 4 times. These settings could improve operation

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