diff --git a/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd b/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
index 8a43517d7cd4ffe02444e78da0dc4363284fd516..d0c8b6a51de388d3b4594e92489a9056a831b46b 100644
--- a/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
+++ b/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ dbLoadRecords("$(STD)/stdApp/Db/misc.db","P=xxx:")
 #dbLoadRecords("$(STD)/stdApp/Db/VXstats.db","P=xxx:")
 dbLoadRecords("$(DEVIOCSTATS)/db/ioc.db","IOCNAME=xxx, TODFORMAT=%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
 
+### Load database record for alive heartbeating support.
+# RHOST specifies the IP address that receives the heartbeats.
+#dbLoadRecords("$(ALIVE)/aliveApp/Db/alive.db", "P=xxx:,RHOST=X.X.X.X")
 
 ###############################################################################
 iocInit
diff --git a/iocBoot/iocvxWorks/st.cmd b/iocBoot/iocvxWorks/st.cmd
index e39755c188c3182fc898f858a1fba2863ea1a0c2..aecce04d414d45982e464b8c18ee0d7fb3bf57a0 100644
--- a/iocBoot/iocvxWorks/st.cmd
+++ b/iocBoot/iocvxWorks/st.cmd
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ dbLoadTemplate "filter.substitutions"
 #dbLoadRecords("$(MOTOR)/motorApp/Db/trajectoryScan.db","P=xxx:,R=traj1:,NAXES=2,NELM=300,NPULSE=300")
 #doAfterIocInit("seq &MAX_trajectoryScan, 'P=xxx:,R=traj1:,M1=m1,M2=m2,M3=m3,M4=m4,M5=m5,M6=m6,M7=m7,M8=m8,PORT=none'")
 
+### Load database record for alive heartbeating support.
+# RHOST specifies the IP address that receives the heartbeats.
+#dbLoadRecords("$(ALIVE)/aliveApp/Db/alive.db", "P=xxx:,RHOST=X.X.X.X")
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Set shell prompt
 shellPromptSet "iocvxWorks> "