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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: problems w/ c-kermit file transfer
Date: 17 May 1997 14:15:17 GMT
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In article <MPG.de623a660d0360c989697@news.accessone.com>,
<poetryman@writeme.com> wrote:
: I use ckermit to do file transfers between a creaky old VAX and several
: VAXes and ALPHAs around North America. I've always been able to tweak the
: configurations of each to where my file transfers were successful,
:
: However, there is one site to which attemped transfers simply won't work
: when using ckermit. I can acheive the same transfer between the same 2
: computers using an older version of kermit and using WRQ's Reflection
: protocol.
:
: My employer has directed me to make it work at this one site, rather than
: to use the alternate file transfer methods that do work.
:
: Any ideas on how to make this succeed? Since my outbound e-mail is
: unreliable, I'd prefer to keep the discussion of this problem here in the
: newsgroup.
:
: Which VMS versions in use?
: On the remote computer (mine) VMS 6.2
: On the host computer (to which I'm sending files) VMS 5.5-2
: this is a very common VMS version for my clients, and all of the other
: sites work ok with ckermit transfers from my VAX.
:
: Which version of C-Kermit?
: 5A(188) on each; the hosts use a copy of mine.
:
The current version is 6.0:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60.html
: What kind of file is it?
: binary
:
So it probably contains 8-bit data.
: Symptoms?
: S%T%T%T%...T%
: "?Too Many Retries"
: [at that point it times out & returns me to the prompt on the station
: from which I am sending)
:
: (remember: I can accomplish this transmittal using the same
: computers/phone lines/modem, but different software, or the same
: lines/modem and a pc-vax connection with different software)
:
: Text of PACKET.LOG?
: s-00-00-_0 S~4 @-#Y3~N*%DS
: r-224-03-<crunched:seq>
:
This indicates that an invalid sequence number, 224, was received (63 is
the maximum possible sequence number). You evidently have a very basic
communication problem; something is seriously corrupting the packets coming
from the file receiver. I would be tempted to say, try "set parity space",
but I think the problem is more serious than that. The first packet should
have a sequence number of 0, but 224 is nowhere near 0+parity. You either
have an EXTREMELY noisy connection, a massive failure of flow control, or
both, and possibly also the addition of parity and maybe also an echo back
from the modem.
Try the transfer again, but this time with "log debug". Then send the
debug.log file to kermit-support@columbia.edu.
- Frank