Re: Recommendations on 550 to 520 communications

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can second that. MQ Series is great stuff. It's a separate product
and costs extra (not part of the OS), but it's not too expensive.

On 1/17/07, pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx <pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have you looked into MQ Series?
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> Hello,
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> I have been asked to do some preliminary research on the best methods
> to communicate between two iSeries machines.  The situation is as follows:
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> The 550 is a large zero interactive machine running Lawson M3 ERP
> software (was Intentia) written in Java with Websphere running in a
> separate partition.  The other machine is a 520 Express green screen
> machine running EDI and the Varsity Shipping package (RPGLE), it will
> also be used for development.   The EDI package will be communicating
> both ways to the ERP package through possibly a Lawson interface of
> some sort (we don't know the details yet) or just mapping to some
> specific file layouts on the 550.  The Varsity shipping package will
> be doing all the shipping calculations for customer orders, but will
> also need to work both ways with the ERP package.  Both machines are
> in the same equipment rack.
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> What do you recommend for communications and why?
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> DDM files over IP?
> Java calling RPGLE programs?  How would we do this between machines?
> RPGLE calling Java programs?  Again, how would we do this between
> machines?
> How do the systems know about each other?
> Is there some magic red book or other manual that would be helpful?
> What works and what doesn't?
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> We also plan to talk to the Lawson people, but would like some
> independent ideas too.
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> Thanks for your suggestions.
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> Dave Murvin
> DRM Enterprises, Inc.
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