Ok, let's discuss hardware!

[danjuma]

My main reason for using BA is because I am not always at my PC and can therefore automate most of my strategies. Leaving BA to run on its own and interact with Betfair while one is not in front of the PC does raise some risks:

1. A power failure.
2. Lost internet connection.
2. Betfair site down.

Number 1 can be mitigated against to some extent by purchasing and installing a UPS to your PC and broadband internet router.

However, an affordable UPS will only supply power for a short lenght of time. So the aim in this scenario is to power the PC and internet for enough time for all open positions to closed. My question is that is there a software that can do this, or is it possible to achieve this with BA through some VBA code?

Number 3 you can not really do anything about.

Now to number 2, is there a software that can monitor your internet connection, detect when it's lost, and automatically reconnect. I am talking of broadband connection here, not dial-up. And yes, you do lose broadband connection.

Cheers
Dan

PS. I know there is the VPS solution, but in case one does not want to go down that route for various reasons.