Install 3M PO Transfer Customers
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Install 3M EPO Transfer Customers


PLEASE DO THIS PROCEDURE IN THE ORDER GIVEN. Do not skip around.


ALSO, Do not give this procedure to the customer or anyone else outside the company since it has sensitive information on it.


  1. Email the customer the Electronic PO Transfer 3M doc and have them read it. The only new requirement is that they have AccuTerm or a 132-column terminal to display the new PO Status screen.


  1. Make an appointment with the customer to do the upgrade and load CURL on the server. CURL is setup differently then the other transfer programs. First, you need to remove what is currently in the CURL folder and download curl-x.x.x-win32-ssl.zip and OpenSSL.exe from our FTP site. Then unzip the new CURL file into TECH and double on the OpenSSl.exe and it will install certain files into Windows directory. Check the version of CURL with the following TCL command:


:!c:\TECH\CURL\CURL -V

curl 7.10.7 (win32) libcurl/7.10.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7b zlib/1.1.4

Protocols: ftp gopher telnet dict ldap http file https ftps

Features: SSL libz NTLM



  1. Log into PM and go to TCL and create the Q-Pointer for CURL:


U MD CURL

01 Q

02

03 C:\TECH\CURL


Then type SORT CURL at colon to test and see if the point can see the files.


  1. Setup the vendor using the 3M - Electronic PO Transfer doc. Before testing make sure to look over the settings, the Ship To Account # is usually the current 3M account. Make sure the customer understands the entire vendor entry setup.


IMPORTANT NOTE: The Vendor Name must read “3M Minn Mining & Mfr” for the transfer to work with MISG. This is a requirement of their system. This field is case sensitive so enter the data exactly as it appears here. Also, the Units of Measure table must be setup according to the table setup in the document. Fill all Blank Vendor Units with EA.


And you must run FILL.SRC.PART 3M 3M in order to fill the source part for all 3 and 4 digit part numbers with 5 digit parts. If the customer sells Duramix you must do the FILL.SRC.PART DUR 3M also.


Ex. 3M.988 source part will be 00988. 3M.1020 becomes 01020.


Usage at TCL: FILL.SRC.PART Mfr.Code Vendor.Code


Ex: FILL.SRC.PART 3M 3M


It is also important that you instruct the customer that any future part numbers that are added for 3M that are 3 or 4 digits have to have the 5 digit number entered manually in the source part number field in Inventory Costs and Prices Entry.


All the setups are Very Important so go through the entire setup document.


  1. Go into PO Entry and create PO and release it and bring back up and do <E> to send it and it should come back with “Mailboxing” (see the 3m doc for more details). Show the customer the <V> option to View PO Status but for 3M right now it will only show “Mailboxing” message for right now.


  1. To take the customer live, you must email Amy Williams at MISG (awilliams@misg.com).



If you have trouble with the transfer hanging when using a Multitech 560 router, see the following documents for details on Windows Registry Edits that need to be done on the server sending the PO’s.


PMTUD Black Hole Problem and Solution for PPPoE Router.htm

Cisco - Adjusting IP MTU, TCP MSS, and PMTUD on Windows and Sun Systems.htm