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1. rvs Version 2 04 00 01 Installation Manual Installation Manual The products listed in this manual are protected by copyright rvs Version 2 04 00 01 Installation Manual 2000 by gedas PascalstraBe 11 10587 Berlin This manual is protected by copyright All rights reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means including photocopies microfilm or any other means or stored in a database or retrieval system without obtaining prior permission from gedas Rights are also reserved as far as lectures radio and television is concerned We reserve the right to make changes to the content of this manual without giving prior notice gedas is not liable for technical or printing errors or defects in this manual Moreover gedas shall not be liable for damage which is directly or indirectly caused by delivery performance and use of this material Contents Contents CONTENTS a Dr Ree pe die u eed 3 1 Introduction si ay 444 onere tee G baa a k wa a tee E Ee d z 4 1 14 Short Description of the System 4 1 2 Target Gro p n ueoni nece ei Rep et TERRI da 8 1 3 Structure of the rvs Manuals eit rta ecran ette ka 8 1 4 X Representation means u 9 2 Installation on UNIX Systems sss eee 11 2 1 Prerequisites IVSX u a ek sk reet nada teu keka kk ye kera e2. 31 FTP 32 function keys 12 functional characteristics 6 Installation 19 installation procedure 13 18 interface ISDN 25 SNA 27 TCP IP 27 X 25 26 key characteristics 6 MasterTransmitter 32 Monitor 32 Monitor commands 6 17 33 physical network 4 5 11 15 20 33 Platforms 5 portable version 4 Index rvs Monitor start 30 rvs database 5 6 7 16 20 rvs environment 14 15 rvs path 14 15 rvs station table 16 rvs user profile 15 SID 33 SNA LU 6 2 7 8 Specify rvs Monitor 29 Startup Mode 29 Station table 17 stop rvs processes 18 SVC 7 11 user interface 6 user profile 15 user rights 30 What rvs is 4 What rvs is not 5 X 25 native communication 7 11 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 35 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs
3. If you press y this means that you use the network CAPI If you use another ISDN software press n and check the software to be quite sure it is running before rvs is started 15 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 10 This screen assists you in configuring your rvs installation in configuring your local station in the rvs station table and in initializing of the rvs database C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Configuration Do you want to start rvs every times your system starts y n n To break station configuration press qq instead of parameter value Please enter new SID for station LOC LOC Please enter value for parameter ST STATNAME local rvs station Please enter value for parameter NK PROTOCOL T Please enter value for parameter OP ODETTEID aaa Please enter value for parameter TC PORT 3305 Please enter value for parameter XP N 1 Please enter value for parameter XP LINK RCAPI1 Please enter value for parameter XP ISDNNO Do you want to change parameters in rdmini dat y ln n y To break station configuration press qq instead of parameter value Please enter value for parameter CNSMSGS BEIRWSOL Please enter value for parameter MAXSENDERS 1 Please enter value for parameter MAXXZSRCV 0 Please enter value for parameter TCPIPRCV 0 Please enter value for parameter OCREVAL 99 Pleas
4. be defined for each file to be transferred e A serialization facility allows the transfer of files in a sequence which you can define Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 1 2 Target Group This manual is intended as a reference for persons who are assigned to install and work with rvs It is intended to serve as general information for persons who want to understand the basic functionality and to get background knowledge of rvs rvs is basically designed to run without operator control However there are always some duties left requiring hand work There is for example the very important task of maintaining the database This requires regular cleanups and backups The following skills are required to be able to use rvs e good knowledge of the current operating system e knowledge of the communications technics in use SNALU 6 2 PU 2 1 X25 native communications and or ISDN native communications TCP IP e understanding of the basic functions of rvs knowledge of the current rvs configuration Before starting to work it is advisable to have read this book 1 3 Structure of the rvs Manuals rvs consists of the following manuals e Installation Manual The Installation Manual describes the installation of the rvs software on different platforms The new installation procedure and the update installation procedure will
5. 6 or above rvs on Linux systems supports the protocols OFTP ISDN and OFTP TCP IP Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual Note The rvs data sheets contain the actual version numbers of the supported operating system Initially you need at least 15 MBytes free space on your hard disk Depending on the amount of usage the retention period for old entries and the time between database cleanups the space requirement may be considerably larger By default rvs is distributed on CD ROM or data tape so your system must be able to read those Please contact your distributor if you have different requirements In order to work with the rvs Dialog Interface you need a keyboard with function keys F1 F8 Sometimes the keys F1 lt F5 gt have a special meaning so you must use the keys lt PF1 gt lt PF4 gt instead of F1 F4 and F6 F9 instead of F5 F8 On vt100 terminal emulations you can use the numeric keypad keys 1 9 If no function keys are available The key 2 works as F1 help amp works as F2 add I works as F3 exit 96 works as F5 delete refresh lt works as F7 up works as F8 down Installation on UNIX Systems 2 2 New Installation rvsX Before you may install rvsX it is necessary to define the user rvs and the home d
6. DI message types and files of any format or content You can get only data files which have been provided explicitly by rvs This means that rvs does not provide an unauthorized access to remote data files The system was originally developed by Volkswagen AG and has been used in the German and European automobile industries for a number of years rvs uses the OFTP protocol The Volkswagen AG has been developed an extansion to the standard OFTP SNA LU6 2 rvs has become one of the most successful protagonists of EDI This portable version of rvs has been developed in order to complement the classical rvs product line which is based on MVS and VSE mainframes for use on midrange mini systems and personal computing Though the design and make of this product line differs considerably from the mainframe versions the functional spectrum is almost exactly the same as that of rvs MVS Introduction This version of rvs is written in the language C and has been developed under the principles of modern design and the use of CASE tools What rvs is not rvs is not an online system It neither supports direct terminal like access to other sites nor does it provide a communication pipe from application to application on a data record level to the end user You cannot directly execute transfers in your own application you rather can place send orders in the rvs database which will be handled asynchronously rvs is not a job s
7. SINIX CMX describes the interface to the user application in our case rvs Communication Module The communication modul of the rvs rvscom system connects to another station and sends or receives files D Dialog Interface The Dialog Interface of rvs provides rvsdia interactiv user functionality E EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Transport EERP End to End Response ODETTE expression ETSI European Telecommunications Standardization Institute F FSS Forwarding Support Service G 31 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual MasterTransmitter rvsxmt Monitor rvsmon O ODETTE The MasterTransmitter of the rvs system coordinates send and receive processes to ensure the optimal use of the net capacity The monitor is the main task of a rvs system It controls transmissions sent and received and initiates automatic follow up jobs if necessary Organization for Data Exchange by Tele Transmission in Europe Get the complete description of OFTP from http www odette org odg4 4oftp htm 32 OFTP Operator Console rvscns OSI P PDF Protocol PVC Q R rvsmon S Send Entry SID Station SVC Glossary ODETTE File Transfer Protocol The ODETTE File Transfer Protocol is the definition of a file transfer protocol
8. bH 1998 rvs Installation Choose installation update path Installation can create all pathes automatically Do you want installation routine to do this yln y Installation on UNIX Systems 8 After you have entered the rvs path definitions or have them created by the installation routine the next screen shows the results that will be written in the rvs environment file C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation write new rvsenv dat SYSTEM DB INIT TEMP USRDAT home umr rvs system home umr rvs db home umr rvs init home umr rvs temp home umr rvs usrdat SAMPLES home umr rvs samples IARCDIR home umr rvs arcdir IDBLOG NT LANGUAGE pt DFTAUT 660 MODE nt PORT 2956 SERVER rvsaix2 Update profile yln y You may have the rvs user profile e g SRVSPATH profile modified by the installation routine press y If you decide to modify the profile yourself please set the environment variable RVSENV pointing to the rvs environment file and add the rvs SYSTEM path to the PATH variable 9 The next screen informs about copying files and queries wether CAPI ISDN software is installed C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Copy rvs files chmod No such file or directory Copying files done Do you use network CAPI e g BinTec BRICK for ISDN X 25 communication if NO Make sure ISDN software e g Diehl driver is installed yln n
9. be explained step by step The available manual is the Installation Manual e User Manual The User Manual describes how to transfer files to partners and vice versa The three basic interface methods interactive batch and API are described e Operator Manual The Operator Manual describes how you can work with rvs using the console It contains tips how to maintain your data and a description of the utilities as well as how to configure rvs after the installation Furthermore this manual contains information on the technical background of rvs Introduction e Messages und Return Codes Manual This manual describes all messages and error codes which will be displayed on the rvs Monitor and in the log file The Installation Manual the User Manual and the Operator Manual are available as printed and as electronic documents The electronic document is available in Portable Document Format PDF The Messages and Return Codes Manual is only available as electronic document We have planned to create tutorials for the operator and the user These manuals will contain all important steps how to work with rvs An explanation will be given step by step and in the correct order That will help you to optimize your work with rvs 1 4 Representation means This chapter contains the description of the indications which are used in this manual and the explanation of the expressions which are marked Indications Gode comma
10. by the ODETTE Group IV for OSI Layers 4 to 7 International Protocol used in many business fields Industry Commerce Finance The operator console Provides the administrator with rvs functions to control the rvs system Open System Interconnection Portable Document Format To connect two different computers they have to follow the same protocol This protocol defines actions and reactions as well as the language spoken Permanent Virtual Circuit See Monitor Order to rvs which file has to be sent to which station This entry is saved in the database rvs expression for the station ID A station is a node that can be addressed within a rvs network Each station is identified by a unique station ID SID Switched Virtual Circuit Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 33 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual T TNS Transfer Component TSP VDA VDSN Transport Name Service Control program and line driver for a special access method Transport Service Provider Verband der Deutschen Automobilhersteller Adress Verband der Automobilindustrie e V VDA Abt Logistik Postfach 17 05 63 60079 Frankfurt Tel 069 7570 0 Virtual Data set Name ODETTE expression for the file name of a file which has been transfered via OFTP 34 Index Basic Functional Characteristics 6 Configuration rvs 16 21 data conversion 7 EDI 4
11. cheduling system rvs does not care about the contents of the data sets it is transporting It only acts as a transparent transport medium and performs no semantical interpretation of the data it carries rvs is not a EDI converter But additional components for converting between specific message formats e g VDA ODETTE EDIFACT can be purchased via gedas deutschland GmbH rvs is not a network control or monitoring tool Supported Platforms The following versions of portable rvs are currently available rvsX for SINIX using LU 6 2 X 25 ISDN and TCP IP rvsX for AIX using LU 6 2 X 25 ISDN and TCP IP rvsX for HP 9000 using LU 6 2 X 25 ISDN and TCP IP rvsX for IRIX using ISDN and TCP IP rvsX for Linux using ISDN and TCP IP rvsX for SCO using ISDN and TCP IP rvsX for Solaris using ISDN and TCP IP rvs400 for IBM AS 400 systems using LU 6 2 X 25 ISDN and TCP IP e rvsNT for MS Windows NT using LU 6 2 X 25 ISDN and TCP IP Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual Basic Functional Characteristics The main function of rvs is the reliable transfer of files rvs is suitable both for the transfer of large files and for the transfer of many small files rvs supports many networks with many stations which are based on different platforms Various data formats are supported thereby The key characteristics of rvs are The Mon
12. dify the Monitors initial commands to suit your environment see Operator Manual in chapter Monitor Initialization File for UNIX An example is given in the file rdmini dat 14 Customize your communications environment see Operator Manual in chapter Configuration of UNIX Systems 15 Choose and define privileges according to your requirements see Operator Manual in chapter Choosing Privileges for rvsX This completes the installation 17 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 2 3 Update Installation rvsX Log in as user rvs Change to rvs user s home directory Copy and uncompress the installation file from CD ROM or tape respectively to the rvs user home directory e g SRVSPATH please refer to the readme file for the name of the installation file see chapter Representation means for the detailed description of SRVSPATH Run installation procedure by entering the name of the installation file and pressing Enter The first screen welcomes you d d gagag eeee ddd d aaaa ssss g g e e d dd a s g g eeeeee d d aaaaa ssss gaga e d d a a s g eeee ddddd aaaaa ssss gggg GmbH rvs Installation Welcome to the installation of rvsX You are not user rvs Installation should be done by user rvs To abort installation type CNTL C or press q at any question Press Enter to continue If rvs is runnin
13. e Insert the data carrier labelled rvSNT in a drive e Execute the Windows NT menu command Start Run e Enter D setup exe to run the installation program if your CD ROM drive is drive D e Confirm the entry by pressing the button OK The installation program now starts and guides you through the installation of rvsNT e Follow the installation program instructions You can confirm the installation directory c Nrvs or select another e You may choose between German or English as user languages e We recommend LOC as the station ID for the local station However you may choose a different ID e By default 2956 is set as the TCP IP port for the Active Panel The Active Panel gives information as to the status and progress of transmissions at the line level The installation program creates the rvs file in the Programs menu file along with the required links icons to rvsNT applications We recommend to read the file ReadMe txt before starting the rvsNT Administrator After your acknowledgement the rvsNT Administrator generates the rvs database This database is required to operate rvsNT The program Init Database initializes this database in the database directory c rvs db Important The Windows NT user currently logged on and who initialized the database is automatically entered in the rvs database as an rvs user with the rights of an rvs administrator At the end of the installation rvsNT offers you th
14. e enter value for parameter OEXBUF 2000 Please enter value for parameter LITRACELVL 0 Please enter value for parameter CMDDELETE 1 Please enter value for parameter RLOGMAXSIZE 1000000 Please enter value for parameter RLCOMAXSIZE 1000000 Create database now y ln y y Creating database done Continue 11 The last screen finishes the installation and informs you about the next required steps in order to complete the rvs configuration C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation End rvsX AIX RZ 02 01 00 c gedas 1999 All rights reserved starting rvs monitor please wait monitor rvsmon process id 19908 monitor rvsmon process id 28108 hw k4 dk 4 dk kd4 4 4 44 44 4 44 4 4 44444444444444 44 4 dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk db di dk db dk db dk db dk db dk db dk db dk db dk db dk dk H now type rvscns to start rvs operator console oRhkhkb amp hkdhbhkdkAdkhkkdkbAkhkAhkAbARRARRRR ARRRRRRRRRRARRR ARRRRR RRRRRRERRBARA now continue with the following steps see details in the INSTALLATION MANUAL m check your licence key 2 customize the station table start the monitor O rvsaix3 home umr 16 Installation on UNIX Systems 12 Customize station tables as described in the Operator Manual chapter Customizing Station Table and Related Tables for UNIX and AS 400 An example is given in the file rdstat dat 13 Mo
15. e opportunity of immediately setting up stations Please see Operator Manual chapter Configuration of Windows NT systems You may however set up stations at a later time 28 Installation on Windows NT systems Specify rvs Monitor Startup Mode The rvs Monitor provides the applications with information on the current data exchange processes After the installation completed the rvs Monitor s startup mode is manua1 This means that you have to start the service new after each start of the system To automatically start the rvs Monitor whenever the system is started e Open the Windows NT Control Panel with the menu command Start Settings Control Pane1 Startthe Services program Search the list of services for rvs Monitor and select the service by clicking the appropriate line Services Service Status Startup Close Network DDE DSDM Manual NT LM Security Support Provider Manual Start N Alert Manual Plug and Play Started Automatic stop Remote Procedure Call RPC Locator Manual cae Remote Procedure Call RPC Service Started Automatic auis rvs Monitor Manual Continue Manual Server Started Automatic Startup SnaBase Started Automatic v HW Profiles Startup Parameters didi NEM Help e Click the Startup Mode button The Service dialog window opens e SelectAutomatic as the startup mode and confirm it with OK The rvs Monitor startup mode changes t
16. f earlier versions of rvsNT and those who use rvs on other platforms You can find more information in the rvs Operator Manual c rvs system rvscns exe Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs 23 Installation Manual Dialog rvs Dialog Control Panel for creating and receiving send orders It is replaced by rvsNT For users of earlier versions of rvsNT and those who use rvs on other platforms You can find information in the rvs User Manual c rvs system rvsdia exe Stop rvs Monitor Stops the rvs Monitor c rvs system rvsstop exe 3 2 Prerequisites rvsNT You need the following equipment in order to operate rvsNT e PC i386 platform at least 32 Mbytes working memory and 20 Mbytes of free memory on the hard disk e Operating system Microsoft Windows NT version 4 0 e Communications line based on ISDN TCP IP X 25 or SNA LU6 2 e Hard disk storage for data transmission Recommended value at least 2 x size of the files to be transmitted e Internal communication based on TCP IP therefore an installed TCP IP protocol is required Instead of a network adapter the MS Loopback Adapter can be used 24 Installation on Windows NT systems 3 3 Connection type Installation rvsNT ISDN interface If you want to use rvsNT to exchange data via the ISDN network you need the following equipme
17. g installation will stop all rvs processes C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Stop rvs Try to stop all rvs processes It takes 10 seconds R rvsX AIX RZ 02 01 00 c gedas 1999 All rights reserved data base home umr rvs db I 8TOP DONE gt Command to stop Monitor at 1999 09 29 10 21 07 stored in 18 Installation on UNIX Systems 7 The installation asks for updating existing rvs If yOU choose not to update you will install rvs like a new version see also chapter New Installation rvsX The following screens show an update C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Update Installation Installed version rvsX e strongly recommend to backup your rvs installation before installing a new version Update existing rvs yln yl y Do you want to use old settings tor installation pathes y n tyl 8 Installation creates a backup and dumps the current database It asks for automatically or custom creation of paths C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Backup old rvs Creating backup gt DB tar MONWAKE sem could not be archived tar rvsamt msgq could not be archived rvsudb gt dumping rvs database gt dump moved to home umr rvs backup db990929102013 dump rvsudb ended successful there is a complete log in rvsudb dump log Delete this file y n n gt INIT gt SYSTEM kewr TEMP gt SAMPLES done Continue Tnstallation can create all pathes a
18. irectory RVSPATH see chapter Representation means for the detailed description of RVSPATH 1 Login as root and create an UNIX user rvs recommended user name with home directory RVSPATH recommended directory 2 Login as user rvs 3 Copy and uncompress the installation file from CD ROM or tape respectively to the rvs user home directory e g SRVSPATH please refer to the readme file for the name of the installation file 4 Run installation procedure by entering the name of the installation file and pressing Enter 5 The first screen welcomes you d d ggggg eeee ddd d aaaa ssss g g e e d dd a s g g eeeeee d d aaaaa ssss gggg e d dia a s g eeee ddddd aaaaa ssss GmbH rvs Installation Welcome to the installation of rvsX You are not user rvs Installation should be done by user rvs To abort installation type CNTL C or press q at any question Press Enter to continue 13 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 6 The next two screens assist you in configuring the rvs environment Enter path and name of rvs environment file The default value rvsenv dat is shown C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Create rvsenv dat file Please enter filename for new rvsenv dat home umr rvsenv dat 7 You may decide if you wish an automatic or custom selection of rvs path C gedas Gm
19. itor the central component of rvs controls as a kind of local agent all work to be done rvs 9 works asynchronously i e its processing is not under your direct control You just places a send order in the rvs database by means of a menu controlled user interface or out of a batch file or program rvs processes the send orders as soon as possible The advantage is that you or your application program does not need to wait for completion of a file transfer The connection to the communication partner is automatically established when necessary The automatic submission of jobs after reception of a data set is supported by means of resident receive entries Wildcarding of data set names user IDs and station IDs is supported The file transfer is possible for the following record formats U Unstructured T Text file F Fixed V Variable ende security and authorization checking is performed rvs automatically repeats the transmission after an unsuccessful connection attempt or disruption of a connection In the event of disruption rvs only transmits the parts of a file which have not yet been transmitted Therefore it is suited particularly to transmit large quantities of data even under difficult conditions The compression of data during transfer increases transmission line throughput It is possible to create alternative routes e g for backup purposes The user interface is a menu controlled interface Besides a menue co
20. ll rvs on e AIX you need a RS 6000 computer system running AIX 4 or higher e Solaris you need an SUN Sparc computer system running Solaris 2 5 or higher rvs on SUN systems supports the protocols OFTP ISDN and OFTP TCP IP e IRIX you need an SGI computer system running IRIX 6 2 or above rvsX IRIX supports the protocols OFTP ISDN and OFTP TCP IP e SINIX you need an an MX computer system models 300 or 500 or an RM computer system models 400 or 600 running SINIX 5 42 or above For connections via leased or dialup lines or packet switched network a loadable network processor with appropriate network connection is required For connections via Tokenring a Token Ring Controller is required If you decide to use X 25 native communication rvs requires an X 25 multichannel with AT LEAST 2 virtual channels SVCs with incoming and outgoing capabilities Since one SVC can carry only one transmission at a time a larger number of SVCs might be required for more parallel transmissions depending on expected data traffic e HP UX you need a HP 9000 computer system running HP UX 10 20 For LU6 2 Connections you must have installed SNAplus APPC 9 7 or above For X 25 Connections you must have installed X25 9000 e SCO Unix you need an INTEL based computer system running SCO Unix 3 2 4 or SCO ODT 5 0 or above rvs on SCO systems supports the protocols OFTP ISDN and OFTP TCP IP e Linux you need an PC system running Linux 2 0 3
21. nds menu commands file names path names programs examples scripts qualifiers data sets fields options modes window names dialog boxes and statuses BOLD and IN parameters environment variables CAPITAL LETTERS variables links to other manuals sections and quotation mark E chapters literature bold important names of operating systems proper names buttons function keys Expressions rvsX is the synonym of rvs for UNIX systems rvsNT is the synonym of rvs for Windows NT systems rvs400 is the synonym of rvs for AS 400 systems Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual Directories As user directories are found on different locations for the different operating systems we use the variable RVSPATH in this manual Default values are home rvs for AIX Solaris IRIX Linux and SCO users rvs for HP UX defpath rvs for SINIX c rvs for Windows NT Substitute the variable with your correct path Generally the file names on OS 400 systems are always written in capital letters Installation on UNIX Systems 2 Installation on UNIX Systems rvs allows installation of a new rvs version or update of an existing rvs installation rvs version 2 0 or later To install rvs please follow the instructions for a new installation or an update respectively in the specified order 2 1 Prerequisites rvsX To insta
22. nt e ISDN type telephone connection with s0 connection having at least two data channels B channel and one control channel D channel e ISDN adapter e CAPI 2 0 driver software for operation of the ISDN card under Windows NT This is how you install the ISDN interface e Install the ISDN card into your computer and attach the ISDN card to the ISDN connection e Make sure that the ISDN card works properly Note Many card manufacturers supply suitable software for a self test such as a call from one data channel to another Restart your computer after installation and the test in order to make the CAPI 2 0 driver available for other applications If you use an external ISDN router e g BinTec Brick you do not need an internal ISDN card In this connection several applications can share the same Brick router The Brick router supports the Remote CAPI interface This means that every computer in your LAN uses the Brick router as if it were a local ISDN card in the computer 25 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual Note gedas deutschland GmbH has successfully tested the following ISDN devices for use with rvsNT Device Manufacturer Remarks EICON DIVA Server Eicon http www eicon de BRI 2M EICON DIVA Pro 2 0 Eicon http www eicon de EICON DIVA 2 0 Eicon http www eicon de AVM B1 AVM http www a
23. ntation provided by your hardware supplier Install the MS SNA server software on your Windows NT Server and configure the server for LU6 2 communication Install the MS SNA Client Software for connection with the SNA server on each of the client computers on which you want to use rvsNT TCP IP interface The TCP IP protocol is required for exchanging data using rvsNT and also for internal rvs communication For the data exchange you have to do the following Install the network hardware with which you want to connect your computer to the network For more detailed information consult the documentation provided by your hardware supplier Start the Network program in the Windows NT control panel Select the index card Protocol The index card shows the network protocols that are already installed If the TCP IP protocol is not contained in the list shown then click the Add button Select the TCP IP protocol in the window displayed and confirm your selection with OK Click the Properties button and set the IP addresses for your environment Note The network administrator will provide you with the IP addresses Confirm the entries by pressing the OK button and close the Network window by pressing OK 27 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 3 4 New Installation rvsNT e Start Windows NT and log in as a NT user with administrator rights
24. ntrolled interface a single command line interface is provided That means that you can call rvs within batch or command files Introduction A program call interface allows you to call rvs services out of a user application program e The ODETTE File Transfer Protocol OFTP is used e The X 25 native communication interfacing directly to ISO OSI protocol Level 3 is the communication protocol for open communication rvs is designed to operate on the basis of Switched Virtual Circuits SVCs e The ISDN communication is supported via internal or external ISDN adapter e The SNA LU 6 2 communication VW modification of OFTP is supported This allows the use of the following physical SNA networks X25 SDLC Token Ring e The TCP IP communication According RFC 2204 is supported rvs is designed to run parallel transmissions on parallel TCP IP connections A forward recovery of rvs database can be carried out from last database backup using the database LOG file e Message LOG files are provided for revision purposes e Tracing capabilities are provided on line I O and or OFTP level rvs supports multiple languages in messages operator console and user interfaces presently English and German e The data conversion if wanted can be carried out Text files are automatically converted to the code EBCDIC or ASCII used on the target partner system e The earliest date time of a transmission can
25. o automatic 29 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual Equip rvs Monitor with special user rights As standard the rvs Monitor service runs under the system user of the local machine It has no authorizations to be able to access network directories If it is necessary for the rvs Monitor or the processes it controls e g a batch job from a resident receive entry to access network directories the rvs Monitor service must work under a user authorized to do so In the Service dialog window you can make this possible carrying out the following steps e Activate in the Log on as field the This account key and then the button to select an appropriate user After selecting a user enter the password twice and acknowledge with OK The service will now be assigned to this user Starting the rvs Monitor for the first time e Press the Start button in the Services dialog window Windows NT will now try to start the service If the attempt is successful the rvs Monitor status will change to started The entry is IRSE Started Automatic 30 Glossary Glossary A Access Method The access method describes the way by which two stations are connected B Batch Interface The batch interface of rvs offers user rvsbat functionality for automatic background use C CCP Communications Control Program CMX Communication Method UNIX
26. rts 11 2 2 New Installation rvsX u atap nennen 13 2 3 Update Installation VS As aeiia kila kk emen 18 3 Installation on Windows NT systems esee 22 3 1 The rvsNT program environment eene 22 3 2 Prerequisites rvsNT Say i eee ko yake xek Kek kak ek s le nnns 24 3 3 Connection type Installation rvsNT 25 3 4 New Installation rvsNT TT iki kk nln a 28 Glossa atn ade elei ayau ha aaa S asya kay e ttn dd eue 31 io ET 35 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 1 Introduction This chapter contains a short description of the rvs system an overview of the target group and the structure of the rvs manuals as well as the explaination of the representation means which are used in this manual 1 1 Short Description of the System What rvs is The abbreviation rvs stands for the German word Rechner Verbund System The rvs computer communication system is a well established base service for electronic data interchange EDI Task of the system is to guarantee transmisssion of electronic data between heterogenious computer platforms using different network protocols To do so rvs realizes a universal network model which can be configured by you within each network node It provides an efficient and reliable transport service for both standardized E
27. the associated link at the control panel after Start Input Instruction or by using the command Start Run Program Function Link control panel Information command or Start Run Init Database Initializes the c rvs system rvsidb exe LOC rvs database LOC is the standard station ID for your own local workstation Get Machine Reads a three c rvs system rvsgmid exe ID or four character machine identification number and displays it on the screen rvsNT Graphical c rvs system rvsmgr exe Administrator configuration administration and operating program for the rvsNT administrator rvsNT Graphical user c rvs system rvsdiant exe interface for the rvsNT user The tool for daily data exchange 22 Installation on Windows NT systems Batch Program for processing batch jobs when anticipated data arrive c rvs system rvsbat exe Delete Database Deletes the rvs database c rvs system RVSDBDNT exe Monitor Parameters Opens the file with initialization commands notepad exe c rvs init rdmini dat Readme File Opens the readme file with the newest information that is not included in this manual notepad exe c rvs system README TXT rvs Console MS DOS window for displaying messages and entering operator commands It is replaced by the window Monitor Log in the rvSNT administrator For users o
28. to complete the rvs configuration C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation End rvsX AIX RZ 02 01 00 c gedas 1999 All rights reserved starting rvs monitor please wait monitor rvsmon process id 19908 monitor rvsmon process id 28108 kizik 4 kk kd kk 4 kk kk kk kd kk dk dk kk dk dk kd dk dk dk kk dk dk dk dk dk dk kd dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk d dk dk dk d dk dk dk dk kd dk dk d dk kk now type rvscns to start rvs operator console bkdkbhkdkAhkAdhkAkkdbAkkRhkkdkhRARRRRARRRRARARRRRRRRR ARRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRAA now continue with the following steps see details in the INSTALLATION MANUAL 1 check your licence key 2 customize the station table 3 start the monitor rvsaix3 home umr 21 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 3 Installation on Windows NT systems This chapter describes the rvsNT program environment and the required prerequisites to install rvs Furthermore the connection type installation for ISDN X 25 TCP IP and SNA is described as well as the new and update installation of rvs 3 1 The rvsNT program environment The rvsNT installation program creates a folder with all links required for the rvsNT program environment The following table shows the program functions and the link instruction with the respective parameters You can start the program by invoking
29. utomatically Do you want installation routine to do this yln y 19 Installation Manual rvs Rev 01 04 2000 gedas deutschland GmbH Competence Center EDI rvs Installation Manual 9 The next screen informs about copying files and queries wether CAPI ISDN software is installed C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Copy rvs files chmod No such file or directory Copying files done Do you use network CAPI e g BinTec BRICK for ISDN X 25 communication if NO Make sure ISDN software e g Diehl driver is installed yln n If you press y showing you use network CAPI the needed software is installed automatically If you use another ISDN software press n and check the software to be quite sure it is running before rvs is started 10 The old database is deleted a new one is created and the dump of rvs database is written to the new database C gedas GmbH 1998 rvs Installation Configuration Old rvsX New rvsX AIX RZ 02 01 00 c gedas DB can be converted any time with rvsupd Convert DB now yin y gt deleting old rvs database gt generating new rvs database gt writing dump to new database rvsudb ended successful there is a complete log in rvsudb write log Delete this file y n n 20 Installation on UNIX Systems 11 The last screen finishes the installation and informs you about the next required steps in order
30. vm de AVM Fritz Card AVM http www avm de only Classic and PCI BIANCA BRICK XS BinTec http www bintec de with remote CAPI rvs Support will provide you with the current list of tested devices phone 0049 30 3997 1777 fax 0049 30 3997 1994 email address rvs service gedas de X 25 interface If you want to use rvsNT to exchange data via an X 25 type network you need the following equipment e X25 network connection e Interface hardware for interfacing the X 25 network in your computer e Driver software for operation of the X 25 card under Windows NT If you already have this equipment then you install the X 25 interface as follows e Install the X 25 card in your computer and attach it to the X 25 network connection e Make sure that the X 25 connection works properly To do so use the X 25 network testing or operating software provided by the card manufacturer Note gedas deutschland GmbH has successfully tested the following X 25 cards for use with rvsNT EiconCard EICON Technology Corporation cards manufactured by TECCOM Ltda Rua da Assembleia 10Gr Centro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil Connectionto 26 Installation on Windows NT systems SNA interface If you want to use rvsNT to exchange data via an SNA LU6 2 network you need to do the following Install the network hardware with which you want to connect your computer to the network For more detailed information consult the docume
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