Create an *OFTP sender profile

Host Details:

Name/IP:

Enter the IP number or the DNS hostname of the partner's server.

TCP/IP port:

Enter the port number of the partner's server. The default port for the OFTP protocol is 3305, but it may differ. This parameter is to be re-quested from the partner.

OFTP Client:

Maximum Send Retries

Determine the maximum number of attempts to retry to connect after connection failure.

Send Retry Pause

Determine the pause in seconds before the next attempt to connect is started.

Connection Timeout

Determine the timeout in seconds for connection establishment.

Read Timeout

Determine the timeout in seconds for reading data on an open data connection.

Internal Timeout

This parameter determines the OFTP client's internal connection timeout. The OFTP client waits the set time, for example in the case of processing bottlenecks, to try to process user defined tasks (prepare / send OFTP data)

SFID Destination Address

Determine the recipient's Odette ID. Usually it is identical to the partner's Odette ID. It may differ if data is transmitted via an OFTP gateway.

SSID User Data

Generally, this parameter is only required in the case of bilateral agreement between the partners.

SFID User Data

Generally, this parameter is only required in the case of bilateral agreement between the partners.

Buffer Size

Determine the maximum buffer size used in data transmission. A common value for TCP/IP connections is 2048 or 4096, for X.25 via ISDN connections it is 256 to 512.

Window Size / Credit

This parameter determines the number of buffers that can be transmitted until the partner is requested to refill the credit. This parameter is comparable to the TCP common term "Window Size". A common value is 7.

Compression

This parameter determines if a simple compression for *TEXT files (see "Fix, Variable, Unstruct, Text") is to be used. This must be supported by the remote side.

Restart

If transmission was interrupted in a previous data transmission, this parameter determines if data transmission will be continued at the point of interruption. This must be supported by the remote side.

Strict Protocol

This parameter determines if data transmission is done without de-

viating from the standard protocol. Setting this parameter to *NO might be necessary if the partner uses an ODEX system, or if protocol errors occur regularly on the remote side.

Fix, Variable, Unstruct, Text

In *OFTP data transmission, data can be sent/received in one of 4 different types of transmission: *FIX, *VARIABLE, *TEXT and *UNSTRUCT (explanation below):

OFTP Other:

TCP/IP to X.25 Gateway

This parameter determines if the OFTP connection is to be established via a TCP/X.25 gateway, or a native TCP/IP connection is to be used. In the first case, a X.25 compatible router is connected with the local network via TCP/IP and forwards the OFTP transmission request to a native X.25 or ISDN network (X.25 via ISDN B-channel).

Possible options:

Description

 A brief description of the sending profile can be created here. Indicating the IP/hostname port combination or X.25 addresses that is used to connect with the partner, e.g. OFTP.MENTEN.DE:3305, is recommended.