When connected to IB, there are new menu items available:
The first item, Add a stock, brings up a message box where you enter the stock name. Enter as many as you like, one stock at a time. The default exchange is SMART. If it is an index, specify index.
The data that is downloaded from IB is stored on the hard disk as san files. If you wish to collect data on many stocks, press Data from IB.
If you want data on a single stock, and then to view the updated chart, press One data from IB, or, if DblClk updates chart is checked, simply double click on the stock.
If you want to collect a small amount of data, Recent data must be checked. Otherwise, it will collect one year's worth of daily data or 6 days worth of one minute data.
When viewing the chart, if you wish it to get updated in real time, then Real Time must be checked. Finally, when you wish to go back to the IB window, press Go to the IB window
For further details of what information is stored for each stock, see Contracts Table