Syslog command

Hi All,

I am new to smarts but doing some implemenation on syslog adapter.

I want to send a manual syslog message just like we send for traps to verify my code.

Could you please help me by sending the command or code as how to send a message and parse it.

Few more things which i would like to ask experts :

1). How can I populate a user defined field for example from a file where i want to read the info and populate in udf1 and udf2.

How can we define in dxa-sample-hook.asl to get the required attributes from a file.

eventObj->UserDefined1 = 

eventObj->UserDefined2 =

2). Which file contains tooltip infomation.

     I have checked the guide but it is very confusing for me. Looking for straight answer as how I can rename or change info in tooltip. Map mouseover information as its shwoing IOS details and I want to show location.

Many thanks in advance .....