Re: BPCS AS/400 Configuration Guide -- BPCS-L

Genyphyr,

Isn't NEWI specific to FULL GUI or CS?  I just finished testing 6101 full
gui and loaded MM last night, took 8hrs, testing starts today.

Oludare

----- Original Message -----
From: "Genyphyr Novak" <novakg@ssax.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: BPCS AS/400 Configuration Guide


> Hello,
>
> If you are on 6004, you can obtain the latest version of Newi via BMRs. We
> have kept the runtime client/server communications layer separate from the
> BPCS software. However, earliest releases did have some client/server
> dependencies with the Newi code on the PC.
>
> For 6002, the last version of Newi is 2.2.65.
> For 6004 April Cume, Newi was delivered as 2.4.1. Version 2.4.2 was
> delivered in the July BMR Bundle. This version can be upgraded to 2.4.3
> (current). You must have the 2.4.1 level before starting to apply any BMRs
> over versions of Newi shipped with 6004 BPCS.
>
> For 6100, the version of Newi was delivered as 2.4.1_9 and can be updated
to
> 2.4.3 (current) by getting the 6101 cumulative.
>
> Use of the later Newi versions on 6002 will likely fail because of
> incompatible changes with the BPCS Client software. Since the April 98
> cumulative on 6004, the Newi server and Newi client software handle
running
> with mis-matched BMRs (ie, if the server is newer than the client, you may
> not get the enhancement, but it will not break the communications with
> BPCS).
>
> The CONFIG file settings are used when BPCS initializes through Newi, and
> contains the environment choices the user is presented with when starting
> BPCS. If only 1 entry is in the file, the user will not get a list of
> environment choices, and will go straight into the environment.
>
> The library listed in the CONFIG file is where the BPCSMENU program will
be
> called. Therefore, the listed USO library should also contain a correct
> INLIBL data area describing the BPCS library list (providing that BPCSMENU
> also lists the same library name for variable used for the name of the
user
> library).
>
> Thanks
>
> Genyphyr Novak
> SSA GT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RampaL@aimtec.cz>
> To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:23 AM
> Subject: Re: BPCS AS/400 Configuration Guide
>
>
> > Hello Genyphyr,
> > just to be clear - is it like there is one NEWI, which is used for all
> > BPCS
> > versions (if it makes sense), so when I get latest BMRs for NEWI I will
> > have the same NEWI as in latest version of BPCS? Or there are different
> > versions of NEWI for different versions of BPCS and I have to get latest
> > BMRs
> > for NEWI for BPCS 6.0.04?
> >
> > The original problem is solved now (SSA Helpline helped :-) ),
> > but I'm still interested in the meaning of items contained
> > in CONFIG file...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Lukas Rampa
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Aimtec a.s.                                        Tel.: +420197225215
> > http://www.aimtec.cz                                Fax: +420197221732
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> > 301 22 Plzen                                            Czech Republic
> >
>
>
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