Re: Socket Programming - HL7 Data to Win2k server - An UPDATE

G

Firewall configuration problem at their end maybe?

cheers
Colin.W
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Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Socket Programming - HL7 Data to Win2k server - An UPDATE


> To Scott Klement, Vern Hamburg, & Jeff Silverberg, and a few others.
>
> Just wanted to give you an update:
>
> As you may recall, I had some problems a few weeks ago with a MS Message
> Queue & Biztalk vender who couldn't really define what they wanted in
> terms of start block and end block characters and the problems it was
> causing in regards to my ILE RPG socket programs. (That issue has been
> settled.)
>
> Long story short - it's not me - it's them. The RPG sockets programs are
> sending the data. The vendor says they can see the connection but no data
> is getting through. An iSeries comm trace showed the data, and the IP
> addresses of the source & target systems and the data as well.
>
> I also managed to find a neat tool called 7Scan that is a pc based HL7
> parser that sends and receives HL7 data using sockets. I created a program
> to use my iSeries data with this product. We then used a network sniffer
> and they still had the same problems - they could see the connection but
> claimed the data wasn't getting through - zero packets. We showed them
> those logs too showing the source/target IP addresses and the data. The
> really funny thing was that their servers were sending acknowledgements
> for each message sent over the sockets.They could no longer blame the
> iSeries since the canned PC app worked the same way. They are stumped.
> They still cannot get past it.
>
> I'm not asking for any input or help here as the ball is purely in their
> court now. I just wanted to share.
>
> Scott - your tutorial was of great value - thanks so much. Also thanks to
> all who provided their input too.
>
> Have a wonderful holiday !
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerald Kern
> IBM Certified AS/400 RPG IV Developer & RPG IV Programmer
> MIS Project Leader, Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
> The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
> 4235 Secor Road
> Toledo, OH 43623-4299
> Phone 419-479-5535
> gkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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