diff --git a/mtce/src/common/nodeClass.cpp b/mtce/src/common/nodeClass.cpp
index 38719825..2069cdc2 100755
--- a/mtce/src/common/nodeClass.cpp
+++ b/mtce/src/common/nodeClass.cpp
@@ -8299,7 +8299,7 @@ int nodeLinkClass::lost_pulses ( iface_enum iface, bool & storage_0_responding )
                                                      pulse_ptr->b2b_misses_count[iface],
                                                      0xfff);
                     }
-                    /* Once the misses exceed 25 then throttle the logging to avoid flooding */
+                    /* Once the misses exceed 4095 then throttle the logging to avoid flooding */
                     if ( (pulse_ptr->b2b_misses_count[iface] & 0xfff) == 0 )
                     {
                         ilog ("%s %s Pulse Miss (%d)\n", pulse_ptr->hostname.c_str(),
@@ -8309,13 +8309,7 @@ int nodeLinkClass::lost_pulses ( iface_enum iface, bool & storage_0_responding )
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    if ( pulse_ptr->b2b_misses_count[iface] > hbs_failure_threshold )
-                    {
-                        ilog ("%s %s Pulse Miss (%3d) (in failure)\n", pulse_ptr->hostname.c_str(),
-                                                                    get_iface_name_str(iface),
-                                                                    pulse_ptr->b2b_misses_count[iface] );
-                    }
-                    else if ( pulse_ptr->b2b_misses_count[iface] > hbs_degrade_threshold )
+                    if ( pulse_ptr->b2b_misses_count[iface] > hbs_degrade_threshold )
                     {
                         ilog ("%s %s Pulse Miss (%3d) (max:%3d) (in degrade)\n", pulse_ptr->hostname.c_str(),
                                                                     get_iface_name_str(iface),
diff --git a/mtce/src/heartbeat/hbsAgent.cpp b/mtce/src/heartbeat/hbsAgent.cpp
index 950c6e2c..b5c3b82a 100644
--- a/mtce/src/heartbeat/hbsAgent.cpp
+++ b/mtce/src/heartbeat/hbsAgent.cpp
@@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ int daemon_configure ( void )
 
     if ( hbsInv.hbs_degrade_threshold >= hbsInv.hbs_failure_threshold )
     {
-        wlog ("Degrade threshold should be larger than Failure threshold\n");
+        wlog ("Degrade threshold should be smaller than Failure threshold\n");
         wlog ("Heartbeat 'degrade' state disabled ; see %s\n", MTCE_CONF_FILE);
     }
     for ( ;; )
     {
         get_ip_addresses ( hbsInv.my_hostname, hbsInv.my_local_ip , hbsInv.my_float_ip );
-        if ( hbsInv.my_float_ip.empty() || hbsInv.my_float_ip.empty() )
+        if ( hbsInv.my_local_ip.empty() || hbsInv.my_float_ip.empty() )
         {
             if ( waiting_msg == false )
             {
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ int _pulse_receive ( iface_enum iface , unsigned int seq_num )
                         // mlog ("%s", &str[0]);
                         mem_log (str);
 #endif
-                        if ( extra.empty())
+                        if ( !extra.compare("Rsp"))
                         {
                             detected_pulses++ ;
                         }