Re: Alternatives to Bi-Sync dial-up for EDI?

We are currently utilizing the standard FTP on the i to communicate with
Sterling Commerce. We had to write our own scripts to bring in the files
and transfer in and out of our old bisync data files. If you van requires
FTP/s or another connectivity method you may require the use of Cleo's
Lexicom. It is a great product that works on the i and there support is
good. Depending on your OS version on your i, you might be able to use the
built in FTP/s, but never tried.

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Bill <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/08/11 1:32 PM, Ron Adams wrote:

We are using a dial-up bi-sync modem to transmit and receive transactions
from our VAN and are looking for a low cost solution to replace this

method

and reduce our monthly dial up cost and comm fees with our VAN.
We use Sterling Gentran for iSeries to process the EDI transactions, and

as

I understand, they have a solution to plug-in to the software that will

do

this, and I am waiting on a quote for their package.
However, I wanted to also look at other options that might be more
palatable for our budget.

Ron,

We're using Extol for EDI, but that's not necessarily germane to the
discussion. I use FTP to both transmit and receive data from our
trading partners. The scripting necessary for the activity is built
into the product.

Bill
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