Re: fuel meter data to pc to as400 -- MIDRANGE-L

If it's ftp you want there is a product called WebDrive that you install on the
PC.  It creates a drive letter(you tell it what you want) and you write any 
files
you like to the dirve.  It will automatically ftp the files to what every you
have in the setup.  In your case it would be the AS/400.  Of course you would
need a connection to the AS/400.  I'm using it over the internet so it's a local
call.  If you like you can set it up with SSL, SSH, and Digest Authentication.
You can set it to start up with the PC. It can run on Windows 95, 98, ME,
NT v4.0 (Workstation or Server), Windows 2000, Windows XP.
If you can't direct the files into a different drive letter let me know and I 
will
explain an other product I use to keep more that one directory up-to-date
either on the same PC or over a lan real time.  I use it for synchronizing web
pages over the internet.

You can find WebDrive at:
http://www.webdrive.com/products/webdrive/index.html
It's very easy to use and setup.

Enjoy,

Gary Kuznitz

PS:  I do not work for the company.  I am only a happy user.

On 5 May 2002 at 9:58, Jim Franz wrote:

> > Simply FTP from the PC to the AS/400.
> It's the automation on the pc side that's got me. Fuel meter to
> wireless to a pc "server". No one operates that pc, except for
> management reports. I have as400 based retail app that has to
> immediately invoice the fuel and other services. Is there an automated
> pc program to watch a file and ftp to 400 when it gets a record? like
> we think of data queues? This is a pc "package" and we want to not
> customize it, just get it's data. I could "get" the data from the 400
> if I add an ftp server to each pc like like WS-FTP on every pc, start
> it at boot up (hope it never crashes). Looking for best but reasonable
> method. Must be reliable. This is 24x7 airport fueling like Dulles
> Airport in Washington, with no technician on site. Retail clerk has
> less training than Burger King, and fueler only sees his RF unit. jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Larkin" <blarkin@wt.net>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 11:03 PM
> Subject: Re: fuel meter data to pc to as400
>
>
> > Simply FTP from the PC to the AS/400. You might consider using an
> > FTP Exit Program t on the iSeries o kick off processing of the
> > received data. Bob
> >
> > Jim Franz wrote:
> >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > > --
> > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > Looking for ideas or products to keep pc ascii text data real-time
> > > automated updated to as400. We are looking at AVTRAC fuel meters
> > > doing wireless update to pc with their software. We want to do
> > > unattended update to as400 so counter sales can immediate invoice.
> > > This at over 20 locations wide area network. Any other Aircraft
> > > Fuel Meters? I can see ftp but pc would need server software
> > > (maybe in W2K?). Am familiar async/bysync but not pc side. jim
> > > franz
> > >
> > > --
> > >
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