ok, changed that line back to
iWaitInMinutes = 1
iAlertFreq = 1
sAnalysisInstance = "server\instance"
sAnalysisDB = "dbName"
and the other line is now....
sConnString = "Server=" & sAnalysisInstance & ";Database=" & sAnalysisDB & ";UID=SCOMADMIN;PWD=mysupercomplexpassword"
But...