RE: Utilizing 2771-V.24 port for EDI.

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob/Pat:
Non of this makes sense.
A 208 A/B is a half duplex Bell protocol modem.  It will operate at a
rate of 4800.  The corresponding modem for half duplex at 2400 was a 201
modem.  The Bell standard modems are NOT compatible with new full duplex
modem protocols such as v.32 (9600).  Even though these modems will go
down to 4800, it will not connect to a 208 Bell modem, no matter what
you you do.  Even finding a Bell 208 modem is very difficult these days.
I'm not sure where you got the info that you can no configure a 2771
v.24 port to use with this modem.  That does not make sense to me.  The
one parameter you need to be sure you have set is the duplex parm (to
half), otherwise it should config fine. I assume you are doing BSC.
>From your post it looks as though you use this line to do EDI to GEIS?
If that is the case, why not use a 9600 v.32 compliant modem.  You will
need to change the phone number, but that should be it.  You also
mention that GEIS may charge you more money to do async or PPP.  I am
not sure about that.  I would stay away from doing dial up async, but
dial up PPP would be pretty easy to implement and then do FTP to GEIS.
(We have done this before), or you can attempt to do FTP over the
internet to GEIS.  GEIS has a VPN client you need to use to do FTP over
the internet.  I am pretty sure they do not have one that supports the
iSeries, but you could pretty easily load the VPN client on a PC and
write some code to have the PC with the VPN client FTP the file.
cjg

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Pat Barber
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:28 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Utilizing 2771-V.24 port for EDI.




rob@dekko.com wrote:

>
> While you can still use the old UDS 208 B/D, you can no longer
> configure a line for it.

What sort of "line" are you referring to ??? As I recall, 208 was just a
regular vanilla RS-232 sdlc line description.

The computer doesn't know or care what speed the modem is...


> We tried the IBM fax/data modem but evidently that will not go down to
> 4800.   (Which model are you referring to ???)

The IBM 7852-400 will step down to 300bps which is "rock bottom".

>
> We are trying an AT&T Paradyne but are having problems.


> Our current EDI coordinator has been led to believe that if we move
> from sync to async, or PPP, then we will need to pay GEIS an extra
> monthly fee for an additional trading partnership or some such thing.
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