RE: X.25 ?

[Mark Allen <allenmark@xxxxxxxx>]

Buck, what about Siemens switches.  The outside project engineer did
mention BX.25 but gave me the "impression" that they had connected to
400's before???

Mark Allen
I.S. Manager
Wilkes Telephone & Electric
A Dycom Company
Phone: (706) 678-9565
Email: allenmark@nu-z.net
http://www.nu-z.net




:-----Original Message-----
:From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
:[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
:Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:47 PM
:To: midrange-l@midrange.com
:Subject: Re: X.25 ?
:
:
:Mark Allen wrote:
:>
:> We are putting in a new Siemens telephone switch,
:> go live date in June. Talking with the project
:> manager today we will be able to "poll" the
:> switch for billing and carrier data (current
:> system is a manual tape dump).
:>
:> Software wise he said we would need an X.25
:> polling package?  Do any of you "wise and
:> esteemed" members know of any such animal?
:
:http://www.udsinc.com/ has a package called Pollmaster that
:might fit the bill.  It uses a PC BUT you can map an IFS
:folder to the PC and essentially poll to the iSeries.
:
:If the switch really uses X.25 you can also roll your own.
:Configuration is the worst part.  The Lucent switches use a
:very chopped up version of X.25 called BX.25.  The iSeries
:does NOT speak BX.25, but Pollmaster does.
:
:Good luck!
:  --buck
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