Starting or Stopping the Monitor Engine Using the Command Line

Use a command line utility to start and stop the monitor engine.

To start the monitor engine:

Type the following command:

bt59daemon -p <configuration file name>

Monitor Engine Parameters

Parameter Required/Optional Description

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
-p	Required	Specifies the configuration file. The filename is optional. The engine defaults to the `nnsyreg.dat` file located in the same directory as the monitor engine.

-p

Required

Specifies the configuration file. The filename is optional.

The engine defaults to the nnsyreg.dat file located in the same directory as the monitor engine.

To shut down the monitor engine:

Choose from the following:

Press Ctrl-C to stop the engine.
Send a shutdown message to the Monitor transport. Run the following command:
NNPutmsg -t <monitor transport> -d

Note

If the engine is configured to start up the monitor server automatically, the shutdown message will execute the Monitor engine shutdown, but the Monitor server remains running. To shut down the Monitor server process, use your operating system's process management.