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 more information about generic Netcool/OMNIbus properties and command line options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide.

Table 1. Properties and command line options
Property name	Command line option	Description
HeartbeatInterval `integer`	-heartbeatinterval `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) that the probe waits between sending successive heartbeats. The default is 180. Note: A value of 0 makes the probe wait indefinitely.
HeartbeatRetry `integer`	-heartbeatretry `integer`	Use this property to specify the number of times the probe sends a heartbeat request before disconnecting from the device. The default is 3.
HeartbeatTimeout `integer`	-heartbeattimeout `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) in which the probe expects to receive a response from the device. The default is 30. Note: A value of 0 makes the probe disable the heartbeating feature.
Host `string`	-host `string`	Use this property to specify the name of the host to which the probe connects. The default is localhost.
Port `integer`	-port `integer`	Use this property to specify the active port to which the probe listens for connections. The default is 0.
ReadTimeOut `integer`	-readtimeout `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) that the probe waits for data when reading from the port. The default is 1. Note: If you set this property to 0, the probe waits indefinitely.
StreamCapture `integer`	-streamcapture `integer`	Use this property to specify whether the stream capture feature is enabled for debugging purposes. The possible values are: 1: The probe uses the stream capture feature. 0: The probe does not use the stream capture feature. The default is 0.
StreamCapture Filename `string`	-streamcapturefilename `string`	Use this property to specify the file the probe uses to store the input data stream. The default is $OMNIHOME/var/nm2100.stream. Note: This property is required if you set the StreamCapture property to 1.