Properties and command line options

You use properties to specify how the probe interacts with the device. You can override the default values by using the properties file or the command line options.

The following table describes the properties and command line options specific to this probe. For information about default properties and command line options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide, (SC23-6373).

Table 1. Properties and command line options
Property name	Command line option	Description
ChatinString `string`	-chatinstring `string`	Use this property to specify the chat in script for connection to the host system. The default is "".
ChatoutString `string`	-chatoutstring `string`	Use this property to specify the chat out script for disconnection from the host system. The default is "".
ExpectTimeout `integer`	-expecttimeout `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe allows for a response to the expect part of the chat in/out script. The default is 20.
FlushTime `integer`	-flushtime `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits before flushing the event to the ObjectServer. The default is 5.
Host `string`	-host `string`	Use this property to specify the name of the host to which the probe connects. The default is localhost.
HostsFile `string`	-hostsfile `string`	Use this property to specify the file that the probe uses to connect to multiple hosts. The default is "" (hosts file not used).
Inactivity `integer`	-inactivity `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe allows a port to be inactive before disconnecting. The default is 0 (probe does not disconnect if the host becomes inactive).
MaxEvents `integer`	-maxevents `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum number of events the probe attempts to read simultaneously from a given source. The default is 1. Note: You can increase this number to increase the event throughput when a large number of events are generated.
Port `integer`	-port `integer`	Use this property to specify the port to which the probe connects. The default is 23.
ReadTimeout `integer`	-readtimeout `integer`	Use this property to specify that it allows you to adjust the granularity of the timeouts on the reads/writes to and from the device(s) to which the probe is connected. Enter a value in milliseconds. The default is 100.
ReconnectionAttempts `integer`	-reconnectionattempts `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum number of times that the probe attempts to reconnect to the socket. The default is 0 (probe makes unlimited attempts to reconnect to the socket).
ReconnectionInterval `integer`	-reconnectioninterval `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) between successive reconnection attempts. The default is 0 (probe uses standard backoff strategy).
StreamCaptureFile `string`	-streamcapturefile `string`	Use this property to specify the file the probes use to store the input stream log. The default is " ". Note: Leaving this property blank disables the stream capture function. When you no longer require data for debugging, you should disable the stream capture function.
SyntaxFile `string`	-syntaxfile `string`	Use this property to specifie the syntax file for the probe to use. The default is "".