User's Manual

D-34 Customizing the DecisioNet System
Status Tag Configuration File Parameters
The Status Tag Manager configuration file, status.cfg, is in the
following directories on a default system. Refer to Appendix C for a
listing of the default status.cfg file.
Windows NT \epl\data\
NCR UNIX and SCO UNIX /appl/epl/data/
This file identifies which SmarTalkers are used to display system
status information, identifies the filenames of the status files, mode of
operation, and defines default system status messages and timeout
periods. The configuration file format is as follows:
[System name or alias]
MODE, “I|S|A”
FILENAME, “fully qualified pathname”
EPLID, "eplid1 eplid2 …"
DEFAULT_MSG, "message"
DEFAULT_UPMSG, "message"
DEFAULT_DOWNMSG, "message"
IDLETIME, interval time in minutes
[System name or alias]
…
The following table defines each parameter or keyword in the status
configuration file:
Parameter (Keyword) Description
System name or alias This must be a unique string of characters
to identify the system that the Status Tag
Manager is representing. “EPL SYSTEM”
must be used to identify the EPL system
status tags. EPL system status tags always
operate in mode A, and are automatically
updated to reflect the status of the EPL
system.
MODE I - immediate mode
S - scheduled mode
A - auto mode