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
ChatinString `string`	-chatinstring `string`	Use this property to specify a chatin string for connecting to the host system. The default is "".
ChatoutString `string`	-chatoutstring `string`	Use this property to specify a chatout string for disconnecting from the host system. The default is "".
Host `string`	-host `string`	Use this property to specify the name of the host to which the probe connects. The default is localhost.
MessageSize `integer`	-messagesize `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum number of characters per message output from the EMS session. The default is 2048.
Port `integer`	-port `integer`	Use this property to specify the port to which the probe connects. The default is 2048.
StreamCapture `integer`	-streamcapture `integer`	Use this property to specify whether the probe captures all raw data sent from the device to a log file. This property takes the following values: 0: Stream capture is disabled. 1: Stream capture is enabled. The default is 0.
StreamCaptureFilename `string`	-streamcapturefilename `string`	Use this property to specify the file that the probes uses to store the raw data from the target device. The default is /opt/Omnibus/var/tandem.stream.
TerminationCharacter `string`	-terminationcharacter `string`	Use this property to specify the character that terminates each line of output from an EMS session. The default is 10.
Timeout `integer`	-timeout `integer`	Use this property to specify the time period (in seconds) that the probe waits for the next alarm before disconnecting. The default is 15.
TokenSize `integer`	-tokensize `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum number of characters allowed in any token. The default is 80.
WhiteSpaces `string`	-whitespaces `string`	Use this property to specify the whitespace character that the probe uses when parsing messages. The default is \t (tab).
Y2K `string`	-Y2K `string`	Set this property to true if the data stream from the EMS session starts with a four digit date. Otherwise, a 2 digit date is assumed. The default is false.