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Eric, You might want to consider changing to FTP for your communications interface. Just as Bisynch is fading away, Asynch is too. Patrick At 08:58 AM 5/15/2000 -0700, Eric Kempter wrote: >Patrick, > We are going direct with a trading partner. > >On Saturday, May 13, 2000 12:06 PM, Patrick Townsend >[SMTP:townsend@patownsend.com] wrote: >| Eric, >| >| There are some differences in how Bisynch and Asynch operate with ICF >| files, but not a whole lot. If you have the Harbinger (formerly Premenos) >| package you can probably write your own communications module and plug it >| in. Or just receive to a file and use file processing to import the file. >| >| One important point: many Asynch EDI interfaces use Xmodem, Ymodem or >| Zmodem to transfer files. You would need a third party package to support >| this on the AS/400. A better choice would be to use FTP. And you don't need >| to install expensive frame relay connections to use FTP. Are you >| communicating with a value added network like Advantis, or going direct >| with a trading partner? >| >| Patrick >| >| At 04:03 PM 5/12/2000 -0700, Eric Kempter wrote: >| >Is there a great deal of difference in the programming of Bisynchronous >| >communications vs Asynchronous communications. We purchased an EDI package >| >that uses Bisynch comms. We asked the vendor for a quote on how much it >| >would cost to modify his package to support asynch comms. He said it would >| >take him weeks to come up with a quote and then it would probably take >| >months to program. Does this sound realistic. TIA >| >+--- >| >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to >MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com >| >+--- >| >| --- >| IBM AS/400 communications, FTP automation, and network security >| software and consulting services. >| >| http://www.patownsend.com >| +--- >| | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com >| +--- >+--- >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com >+--- --- IBM AS/400 communications, FTP automation, and network security software and consulting services. http://www.patownsend.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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