Timers Dialog Box
This dialog box allows you to override the values of the default network timers when connecting to this remote node. Most users never need to override the defaults unless the communication to this remote node requires special timing considerations.
CAUTION: Modifying network resources can seriously affect the performance of a node. You should not use this dialog box unless you have a thorough understanding of iFIX networking concepts. See the Understanding iFIX Session Timers and Determining Session Timer Values sections in the Setting up the Environment electronic book for more information on network timers.
The Timers dialog box displays the following items:
Use FIX Network Timers
Allows you to enable the use of network timers on the remote node.
Keep Alive
Allows you to specify the amount of time that, if no activity has occurred over an established connection, the node waits before sending a heartbeat message. The default value for this field is 20 seconds.
Send
Allows you to specify the amount of time that the node waits for a request to the SCADA server to be acknowledged. If this timer expires, the session ends. The default value for this field is 30 seconds.
Receive
Allows you to specify the amount of time that the node waits for a reply from the SCADA server. When running iFIX over TCP/IP, the effective session timeout values is either the Send timer or the Receive timer, whichever is greater. If this timer expires, the session ends. The default value for this field is 60 seconds.
Inactivity
Allows you to specify the amount of time that, if no data activity has occurred over an established connection, the node waits before removing the dynamic connection from the list of outgoing connections. If this timer expires, the session ends. The default value for this field is 300 seconds.
Reset to Defaults
Allows you to reset the remote node network timers to their default values.
