The offline tester can take the place of the MCF in exchanging messages with an MHP. This allows the user to test the MHP without an MCF. This facility is called the MCF simulator.

An offline tester command is used to start the MHP application. Before executing the command, the user must first create an MCF receive message file with the messages to be passed to the MHP.

Figure 10-3 outlines the MCF simulator.

Figure 10-3 Simulating an MCF