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PO502 - EDI Translation,Communication

**Form Purpose
Run EDI Translation,Communication (PO502) to invoke an Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) UNIX shell script to perform outbound or inbound EDI
processing.

For more information, see the EDI Procedures and and Technical Guide.

**More Information
The root directory in which the EDI software is installed must be provided in
the first parameter field. The EDI UNIX shell script to be invoked must be
provided in the second parameter. Script l1out is provided for outbound
processing and script l1in is provided for inbound processing. These scripts
must reside in the bin subdirectory under the EDI root directory. The third
parameter indicates the type of processing - outbound or inbound.

For outbound processing, two parameters may be provided:

- the directory and file name of the outbound EDI file (required), and

- the tty port to be used (if other than the default tty port).

For inbound processing, three parameters may be provided:

- the UNIX communications script to be invoked (required). A separate script
is required for each trading partner.

- the directory in which inbound EDI files are placed by the communication
software prior to translation (required). This directory must be a valid
subdirectory under the EDI root directory.

- the tty port to be used (if other than the default tty port).




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