MONMSG for PING or FTP

[Guest.Visitor]

Here's a code snippet: PING RMTSYS(&BLIPADDR) MSGMODE(*QUIET *ESCAPE) + PKTLEN(32) NBRPKT(4) MONMSG MSGID(TCP3210) EXEC(DO) /* Ping failed */ ENDDO

[ATSInc]

That works in my test program. Any idea why this works works using the MSGMODE? Thanks, Tom

[Guest.Visitor]

No.

[Guest.Visitor]

Try some of the messages in QTCPMSG. For example, one that I use when monitoring PING is TCP3202.

[ATSInc]

After looking at the the command in a prompted mode and using help, it seems as if the second half (Summary, if response errors) of the MSGMODE actually generates a message that can be monitored for while using *ESCAPE. The default (*COMP) does not! Here is the help verbage: COMP This is the default value. If the PING request is successful, the summary message returned is a completion message. *ESCAPE A monitorable escape message is returned. This is useful if you have written a program to issue the PING request and wish to monitor the PING request for errors. See the error message section of the PING (VFYTCPCNN) command help for a list of possible escape messages. Thanks again, Tom

[Guest.Visitor]

See if using this utility helps: http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200605/msg00044.html

[B.Bardini]

I created a CHKSVR command (Check Server). It's doing a PING. I put all the code below, if anyone is interested. So far, it's working for me just fine. Bruce <hr width=50 align=left>Code ('http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc/showcode@@.6b3a0893/6')

[ATSInc]

I want to be able to ftp a file to a server. If the server isn't active for some reason, my ftp hangs, and there is no ftp output because the ftp never started. So I thought I'd first see if it's active using a PING and do a MONMSG. I can't seem to get this to work. Any ideas and/or help is appreciated. TIA, Tom