Heartbeat Entries

Heartbeat entries are only required on Heartbeat Gateway systems. A Heartbeat entry specifies the name of a Heartbeat application.

At the Entry type  prompt, enter 8  for ‘Heartbeat’. You will see the following prompts:

1. Enter HeartBeat System Name [q] :

   The system name of a Heartbeat entry must be a Heartbeat application name (refer to the SeriesX Heartbeat Reference Manual for details). This must contain at least one character (it cannot be the single letter ‘q’) and must not be greater than 49 characters in length.

2. Comment:

   The comment line may be up to 78 characters of alphanumeric text, describing the ROUTE-FILE entry.

3. Finally, the complete entry is displayed, as in the example below.

   System name        : HB
   Entry type         : HeartBeat 
   Comment            : Primary Heartbeat system
   commit entry [y,(n),q] :

   • Enter y  to confirm the entry.

   • Enter n  or press RETURN to leave the ROUTE-FILE unchanged.