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description: "Below you can see the list of the header fields with their meanings actor Client name. Given by TOWeRS at the agreements subscription. user User's identifier. Given by TOWeRS at the agreements subscription. password User's password. Combined to user. Given TOWeRS at the agreements subscription. …"
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# Header

[](#)  [ Channel Manager ](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager)     [ Basic Rules ](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules)      Header    

Below you can see the list of the header fields with their meanings

**actor**

- Client name. Given by TOWeRS at the agreements subscription. **user**
- User's identifier. Given by TOWeRS at the agreements subscription.

**password**

- User's password. Combined to user. Given TOWeRS at the agreements subscription.

**version**

- Protocol version. Different protocol versions may have different behaviours so it's important to use the correct one provided by TOWeRS IT department.

**timestamp**

- It's built when the message has been created. The timestamp is a numerical value given by **YYYYMMGGhhmmss** where:
- **YYYY** is the full year
- **MM** is the full month (two digits)
- **GG** is the full day (two digits)
- **hh** is the hour, (two digits) in 24h format
- **mm** is the minute (two digits)
- **ss** is the seconds (two digits)

This way is possible to recover the order in which the messages have been sent.

**transaction**

- It indicates the transaction number. It is used to identify answers unambiguously (max 10 char).

 [ ](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules) [](https://documentation.netstorming.net/channel-manager/basic-rules/requests-and-responses)

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## Navigation

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