How do I verify the OmniServer is connected using unsolicited messages?

I am using RSSQL to connect to the OmniServer via OPC. The OmniServer is set up to receive unsolicited messages from a bar code reader and I want to be able to have RSSQL check to make sure the Server is up when I don't get any messages after a period of time. When I try to have RSSQL connect to the server at timed intervals I get a message that the OmniServer already has an instance running. This doesn't happen every time, but it does happen regularly.

You can read the status of your unsolicited message point with RSSQL instead of trying to connect. As long as this returns a 1 or good the server should be up and running. You could setup for a re-link only under the conditions of 0 or false and this would restart or reconnect the server.