Re: P-t-P question

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I used to do something similar in another life, so this is ancient
recollection from the primordial soup, but all modems have a reset
command. You need to use that to set the modem to default values.
Exactly how you do that is left as an exercise, however I dimly recall
using an async line to pass commands to the modem. It's not necessary to
actually dial anything via the async line. I know, this is pretty vague,
but it's cheap too, so maybe it averages out...

Pete Hall
pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://pbhall.us


jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am still attempting to utilize a P-t-P connection from our AS/400/iSeries
(whatever the name is) to another company.  Still does not work.  Dials the
other system, but does not get a proper connection.

What it DOES do is confuse the modem.  I have several scheduled jobs that dial
out on this modem to other organizations to trasmnit data.  When these 
sessions
are run, ZMODEM is used.  After my P-t-P tests, I use ENDTCPPTP command, and 
the
line/controller/device are varied off.  But, somehow, the modem is left 
hanging,
requiring it to be turned off and back on.  Obviously, P-t-P over async modem 
is
not a good thing if it leaves the modem useless for other data transfer jobs. 
 I
am wondering if anybody has any suggestions as to how to get this 
configuration
to leave the modem is a proper state for the next use?

Also, I copied the modem script from QUSRSYS/QATOCPPSCR (member Dial400) to 
our
modifications library.  I edited it according to instructions in SF62386.  The
thing I found out was that I had initially placed the member into the 
incorrect
source physical file.  I copied it to the proper location with no problem.  
But,
when I tried to remove it from the wrong location, the remove failed.  There 
was
a lock held on the member, even after ENDTCPPTP and devices were varied off. 
The lock persisted until the next IPL.  Has anybody run into this, and, if so,
were you able to get the lock removed without an IPL?

We are on v5r4.  I have no idea what cum level, as that is handled by the 
system
administrator.  Potentially, this is an issue that has been addressed by a 
cum. 
If I knew that, I could relay to the system administrator.


Thanks for all assistance.

John McKee

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