Format of the PING response

The PING response is sent to IMS Connect clients after you send PING IMS_CONNECT, a ping request, to IMS Connect.

The following table shows the format of the PING response data built by the user message exit HWSJAVA0. The table includes the field name, field length, and field meaning.

Table 1. PING response output data format
Field Length Meaning
PNG_LEN 2 bytes Length of PING response data
PNG_FLG1 1 byte Flag byte:
X'02'
IMS Connect supports network security credentials in the security section of the OTMA header that is sent by IMS Transaction Message Resource Adapter (IMS TM resource adapter).
X'01'
Support for IMS extensions present (Requires IRM_ARCH=5)
PNG_FLG2 1 byte Reserved
PNG_RESP 15 bytes Might contain '*PING RESPONSE*'
  • ORG
 PNG_RESP Remapping of PNG_RESP
PNG_RESP1 25 bytes Might contain 'HWSC0030I *PING RESPONSE*'