Marcs Updater - Discussion

There have been some reports about issues with the Updater not updating anymore. Please try the latest beta version and switch to another IP Check provider instead of the previous default dnsomatic.com. For some reason they are rate-limiting the number of requests to their service. The new IP Check provider selection allows you to choose another provider in such cases. You can test the functionality with the new "Test" panel.

If you want to add a custom provider to the unstable testing version, store a JSON file like the following under %PROGRAMDATA%\Marcs Updater\ServiceProviders\dyndns.json:

{
    "name": "DynDNS.org (Test)",
    "endpoint": "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update",
    "method": "GET",
    "queryString": "hostname={HOSTNAME}&myip={MYIP}",
    "dataPayload": "",
    "defaults": {
        "username": "test",
        "password": "test",
        "hostname": "test1.customtest.dyndns.org"
    }
}

Supported query and payload tags are {USERNAME}, {PASSWORD}, {HOSTNAME} and {MYIP}. Restart the background service and foreground application to apply any changes.

Discussion created on Dec. 7, 2010

Posted on Dec. 7, 2010 2:57 p.m.

sg wrote:

Hello Marc,
Is it possible to configure the Updater once (it could be through registries), and then let it run as a service without showing it in the system tray)?

Please advice.
sg

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Posted on Dec. 7, 2010 3:02 p.m.

Marc wrote:

Hello sg, just disable the autostart by removing the entry from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. The service does automatically run in the background.

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