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Old January 4th, 2014   #10
ericthegeek
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Originally Posted by kenypp View Post
Always respond to all status requests including status none with at least a standard ack response with no data. Only respond with data if there is a status advisory, warning or error requested and there is something to report. Am I correct?
Yes, you are correct.

Also, make sure you handle STATUS_GET_LAST_MESSAGE properly. GET_LAST is used to re-transmit Status Messages (and Queued Messages) when the data gets lost or corrupted in-transit. It's crucial that responders support GET_LAST otherwise messages can be permanently lost.
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