You open the TCP/IP collection agent configuration dialog from a workflow configuration: you can right-click the agent icon and select Configuration..., or double-click the agent icon.
TCP/IP Tab
TCP/IP collection agent configuration dialog - TCP/IP tab
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Host | The IP address or hostname to which the TCP collector will bind. If the host is bound the port must also be bound. If left empty TCP collector binds to all IP addresses available on the system.
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Port | The port number from which the data is received. Make sure the port is not used by other applications.
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Allow Multiple Connections | If enabled, several TCP/IP connections are allowed simultaneously. If disabled, only one at a time is allowed. | |||||
Number of Connections Allowed | If Allow Multiple Connections is enabled, the maximum number of simultaneous connections is specified as a number between 2 and 65000. | |||||
Send Response | If enabled, the collector will be able to send a response back to the source. If Allow Multiple Connections is enabled, the collector expects a UDR extended with the default TCPIPUDR as reply. If disabled, it expects a bytearray.
For a description of the differences between a single- and a multiple connection setup, see A TCP/IP Example . | |||||
| Send TCPIPStateUDR | If enabled, you can track the connection state of the client. When this option is selected the collection agent sends a udr indicating the status of the client connection each time it changes state. See TCPIPStateUDR in |
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Decoder Tab
TCP/IP collection agent configuration dialog - Decoder tab
| Setting | Description |
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Decoder | List holding available decoders introduced via the Ultra Format Editor. The decoders are named according to the following syntax:
The option MZ Format Tagged UDRs indicate that the expected UDRs are stored in one of the built-in formats. If the compressed format is used, the decoder will automatically detect this. Select this option to make the Tagged UDR Type list accessible for configuration. If this option is selected, the Tagged UDR Type list will be enabled. |
Tagged UDR Type | List of available internal UDR formats stored in the Ultra and Code servers. The formats are named according to the following syntax:
If the decoder is to reprocess UDRs of an internal format, the Decoder MZ format tagged UDRs has to be selected to enable this list. Once enabled, the internal format may be selected. |
Full Decode | If enabled, the UDR will be fully decoded before inserted into the workflow. This may have a negative impact on performance since all fields may not be accessed in the workflow, making decoding of all fields unnecessary. If disabled (default), the amount of work needed for decoding is minimized, using a "lazy" method decoding sub fields. This means the actual decoding work may not be done until later in the workflow, when the field values are accessed for the first time. Corrupt data (that is, data for which decoding fails) may not be detected during the decoding stage and could cause the UDR to be discarded at a later processing stage. |
Extra System Properties
This section describes the extra system properties that you can use to configure the TCP IP Collection Agent.
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mz.tcpip.logginginterval_ms | This property allows you to limit the number of exceptions from the TCP Collection Agent to one exception per specified interval (in milliseconds).
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