For everyone's information - Wal-Mart does allow FTP for sending and
receiving EDI.
This was discovered while working with a mid-west food manufacturer and
distributor that was communicating with Wal-Mart using 3780 bisync with
CleoB+.
It was a royal pain ... as you have all mentioned. Contact Wal-Mart for
more info.
-----Original Message-----
From: Electronic Data Interchange Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Catlin, Phil
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 2:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart EDI
Ron...
I don't do Wal-mart, but I do lots of Bisync on an AS/400...
Some probably obvious things to check since this is a new connection:
Do you need to dial a "9:" or "9," to get an outside line? (sounds silly,
but
many times the analog line is run through your company's switch... What do
your
other working connections use?)
Since this is probably a long distance call, as opposed to either local or
800
numbers for your VAN's does your phone switch expect call accounting digits
to
be keyed after the long distance number?
Have you configured the line description to use a V25bis dial string for
your
modem?
Check the remote answer timer on the line description. It should probably
be
set for about 60 seconds.
When all else fails, have you actually watched/listened the modem to see if
it
is dialing and Wal-mart is answering? If you dial the number from your
desk,
do
you get a modem tone?
If they are answering, see if you can run STRSST and then select a
communications trace for the line. That will show you "scope" information
for
the communications session. You will need *SERVICE special authority on
your
user profile to run the command, but if you are going to do much comm work
you'll be glad you got it... If you get to this point, I'd be happy to walk
you
through the comm trace screens to see if we can get you there...
Hope some of this helps!
Phil C
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron-Zimmerman
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:10 AM
To: "EDI-L"
Subject: Wal-Mart EDI
I am trying to connect to the Wal-Mart network and am having no success and
the contacts I have at Wal-Mart are less than helpful. I am running the
Harbinger (now Peregrine) Trustedlink software on an As/400 and am
successfully connecting to other VANs with no problem. However, when I try
dialing the Wal-Mart network I can never get a connection and I get the
message that there was no answer tone detected. Has anyone else had a
similar problem with Wal-Mart, and, If so, what was the solution. I think
the problem has to be something in the comm settings for the Bisync line,
but I don't have any way of checking them since my Wal-Mart contact can't
(or won't) give me the settings they are using on their end.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Ronald L. Zimmerman
Project Manager
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. www.swissvalley.com
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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