User's Manual

Customizing the DecisioNet System D-35
Parameter (Keyword) Description
(Refer to the “Status Tag Manager”
introduction section for details.)
FILENAME The name of the application’s Status file.
Each application must specify its own
Status file filename in the status.cfg file.
FILENAME is case sensitive in UNIX . If
FILENAME is not specified, a default file,
STATMOD.XXX (where XXX = status file
name), must be used to update the status
tag. If you do not want to change the
status tag’s contents, do not specify a
FILENAME.
EPLID The EPLID keyword identifies the
SmarTalkers that the Status Tag Manager
uses to display status information for the
specified System name or alias. These
SmarTalkers must not be referenced in
the EPL Table. If no EPL IDs are specified
in the status.cfg file, the Status Tag
Manager does nothing.
DEFAULT_MSG If you want a status tag to always
displays the same information regardless
of the target system’s status, use the
DEFAULT_MSG keyword to identify the
default message text. If the
DEFAULT_MSG keyword is used, the
DEFAULT_UPMSG and
DEFAULT_DOWNMSG keywords are
ignored for that System name or alias.
DEFAULT_DOWNMSG A Status file normally contains status
information to display on the status tags.
However, if the Status file is present but
empty, or if it contains invalid message
data, a default message is displayed. The