Re: TCP/IP to AS/400

[Carl Galgano <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, OK I conceed, there are LOTS of good reasons to control device naming
conventions.  We do have a client who is running BPCS and I do recall the
work file name thing.  (we do mostly EDI projects for them) Thanks to all
for setting me straight!
Carl

At 12:52 AM 5/23/97 -0400, PaulMmn wrote:
>At 06:44 PM 5/21/97 -0400, CVWD@aol.com wrote:
>>In a message dated 97-05-21 15:13:19 EDT, cgalgano@ediconsulting.com (Carl
>>Galgano) writes:
>>
>>>  Maybe I am ignorant or braindead, but what is the
>>>  big deal anyway, why do some of you guys out there need a correlation
>>>  between device and device name???
>>
>>Vendor-supplied programs that use workstation-name-based files.
>
>
>We have over 50 remote locations.  Our line/controller/device names are set
>up so that we can tell at a glance where the device is supposed to be:
>
>Device Name:
>
>        ALA1W002        
>        --|||---
>        | ||||
>        | |||+-----device address (yes, 3 characters for 0-7 is overkill)
>        | ||+------W=Workstation, P=Printer, C=PC
>        | |+-------Port
>        | +--------Controller 
>        +----------Location Code ALabama...
>
>
>Controller Name:
>
>        ALA     1st controller in ALabama
>        ALB     2nd controller...
>
>Line Name:
>
>        ALABAMA (Ideally, the first 2 letters match the prefix for CTLR/DEV,
>but we've been known to cheat.
>
>
>At our headquarters the name was supposed to correlate to the room the
>device was in (as taken from the blueprints).  However... since it's a lot
>easier to rewire the patch panel when a device is moved, the name only
>indicates the place the device was in when it was created...  *sigh*
>
>--Paul E Musselman
>PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
>
>
>
>
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Carl J. Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.   
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Suite C19
Marietta, GA 30064
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