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Session IntegrityHeartbeats provides (application-level) sense of client-server connectivity during a FIX session. The heartbeat message maintains the communication link when traffic messages are not received. Under normal conditions, the client and T4 FIX API server will interchange heartbeats at a pre-determined periodic interval (30 seconds). Heartbeats are acknowledged by the counterparty through the generation of a subsequent "echo" heartbeat.
When no message is received within the periodic interval, a heartbeat Time-Out condition is encountered. Thereafter, a heartbeat is sent to the non-responding party. Upon further unresponsiveness, a
Test Request message is sent. The non-responding party must respond to the Test Request message with a Heartbeat message containing the TestRequestID (Tag 112) sourced from the Test Request message. Failure to generate a heartbeat for such test request will result in a logout with the termination of the current FIX Session.
Please note that regardless of Time-Out conditions, Test Requests can be sent by either party at any time. Correspondingly, a heartbeat with a TestRequestID (Tag 122) must be responded to the initiating client.
Message Dictionary| Tag | Field Name | Req'd | Comments |
|---|
| Standard Header | Y | MsgType = 0 |
| 112 | TestReqID | N | Required when the heartbeat is the result of a Test Request message |
| | Standard Trailer | Y |
Sample Messages
Normal Heartbeat:
34=43|49=T4Test|56=test|50=T4FIX|52=20120905-17:54:49.359|
[FIXHEARTBEAT]
[MsgSeqNum] 34 = 43
[SenderCompID] 49 = T4Test
[TargetCompID] 56 = test
[SenderSubID] 50 = T4FIX
[SendingTime] 52 = 20120905-17:54:49.359
A Heartbeat as a response to a Test Request:
34=123|49=test|56=T4Test|50=TraderName|52=20120905-18:09:12.103|112=treqid.09.05.2012-13.09.12|
[FIXTESTREQUEST]
[MsgSeqNum] 34 = 123
[SenderCompID] 49 = test
[TargetCompID] 56 = T4Test
[SenderSubID] 50 = TraderName
[SendingTime] 52 = 20120905-18:09:12.103
[TestReqID] 112 = treqid.09.05.2012-13.09.12
34=72|49=T4Test|56=test|50=T4FIX|52=20120905-18:09:12.119|112=treqid.09.05.2012-13.09.12|
[FIXHEARTBEAT]
[MsgSeqNum] 34 = 72
[SenderCompID] 49 = T4Test
[TargetCompID] 56 = test
[SenderSubID] 50 = T4FIX
[SendingTime] 52 = 20120905-18:09:12.119
[TestReqID] 112 = treqid.09.05.2012-13.09.12