Scripted Keepalive Problem

I've run into an issue with a new scripted keepalive. I've created the script and copied it to a CSS11000. I can run the script manually and it works as expected, however when I add it to a service, it is not run. After the service is activated, the service shows down, and the following information is shown for the script:
Script Error: None (suspended)
Script Run Time: Did not finish
I know I've run into similar issues when upgrading the CSS code. After restoring archived scripts within the new version, I'd have to reboot the CSS before I could use them in keepalives.
I'd prefer not to have to reboot my production switches if there is another way to get this to work.

Thanks Gilles,
I am quite backlevel on this particular pair of CSS's. I loaded the newest code on a CSS in the lab and did not have this problem.
Looks like I need to schedule an upgrade for the production boxes.
-Dominic

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I have a question about how does DNS Scripted Keepalive (ap-kal-dns) work on CSS 11503.
According to the "Using the CSS Scripting Language",
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One of application which using my CSS has problem to work with my CSS11506 after the application upgrade.
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Caught exception - attempting to continue]]></log4j:message>
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<log4j:message><![CDATA[CLASS: com.webct.platform.tools.chatwb.server.ChatWBServer METHOD: run
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at org.beepcore.beep.transport.tcp.TCPSessionCreator.listen(TCPSessionCreator.java:214)
at com.webct.platform.tools.chatwb.server.ChatWBServer.run(ChatWBServer.java:770)
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1. Is it CSS's problem?
2. How can I configure keepalive for port 2304 to fix the error message? or how the application should configure to match with CSS11506?
Any comments will be appreciated
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I have found what the application do is:
When you connect to port 2304 on the application server, if functional, the SocketServer service sends a banner:
RPY 0 0 . 0 246
Content-Type: application/beep+xml
http://xxxxx/xxxx/Profile' />http://xxx/xxx/TLS
' />http://xxxxxxx/xxxxProfile' />END
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send Send a string of data to a remote host
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1. To receive a banner, should I use keepalive tcp?
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