FIX 5.0 SP2 Test Request (35=1)

Asks the counterparty to send a Heartbeat that echoes TestReqID (112). A side sends it when it has received nothing for longer than the heartbeat interval, before deciding the connection is lost.

MsgType (tag 35): 1
Name in FIX 5.0 SP2: TestRequest
Category: Session (administrative)
Required body fields: 1

Fields in FIX 5.0 SP2

Body fields in the order the FIX 5.0 SP2 definition lists them. A repeating group starts with its counter field (NoXxx), followed by the fields of each entry, indented. A field inside an optional component or group is required only when that component or group is present.

Tag	Field	Required
112	TestReqID	Required

Every message also carries the FIX 5.0 SP2 standard header (BeginString, BodyLength, MsgType, SenderCompID, TargetCompID, MsgSeqNum, SendingTime and others) and ends with CheckSum (10).

Also in other versions

Test Request across all FIX versions

Decode a Test Request message

Field and message data comes from the QuickFIX data dictionaries for FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2 and FIXT 1.1, used under the QuickFIX Software License. This product includes software developed by quickfixengine.org (http://www.quickfixengine.org/). Enumerated value names are converted to plain text for reading.