[net.unix] Advice on a unix to VMS communication package

bfoss@desteng.UUCP (Brad Foss) (08/01/85)

We are trying to get VMS mail to talk to Unix mail over an RS232
cable. We have an 11/780 running V3.7 of VMS, talking to an
11/750 running 4.2 Bsd from Mt Xinu, in Berkeley. I have been
trying to get a package called uvcp, from Microtel to work, but I
am having some problems with it.

Going from the unix side, running uucico in the debug mode (-x9),
it does log into the VMS system, but we get the following
sequence;

% uucico -r1 -x9 -sVMS
uucp desteng (7/29-13:38-29217) DEBUG (ENABLED)
finds called
getto called
call: no. tty05 for sys VMS
uucp VMS (7/29-13:38-29217) getto: using DIR
login called
wanted "" got that
send \r\d\d
RETURN
DELAY
DELAY
wanted name: \012\015\012\015Username:got that
send uvcp\d
DELAY
wanted word:  \015\012\015Username: UVCP\015\012Password:got that
send user
uucp VMS (7/29-13:39-29217) SUCCEEDED (call to VMS )
imsg > \015\012Previous logical name assignment replaced\015\020<
Shere\000imsg >\020<
ROK\000msg-ROK
 Rmtname VMS, Role MASTER,  Ifn - 6, Loginuser - uucp
rmesg - 'P' imsg >\020<
Pg\000got Pg
wmesg 'U'g
send 73
rec h->cntl 73
send 61
state - 1
rec h->cntl 61
send 53
state - 3
rec h->cntl 53
state - 10
Proto started g
protocol g
uucp VMS (7/29-13:39-29217) OK (startup)
*** TOP ***  -  role=1, bfoss VMS (7/29-13:39-29217) REQUEST (S
D.destengB04t2 D.destengB04t2 bfoss)
expfile type - 0wrktype - S
 wmesg 'S' D.destengB04t2 D.desteng
send 37777777610
rmesg - 'S' alarm 1
send 37777777610
alarm 2
send 37777777610
alarm 3
send 37777777610
alarm 4
send 37777777610
alarm 5
send 37777777610
tries = 5
got FAIL
bfoss VMS (7/29-13:42-29217) BAD READ (expected 'S' got FAIL)
send 40
send 10
send 10
cntrl - -1
bfoss VMS (7/29-13:42-29217) FAILED (conversation complete)
send OO -1,imsg
>8\000\033\035=\012\000\000\033H\035\035=\030\031,\015\000\000~\0
00^o\017>\036\015\000O\000Obfoss VMS (7/29-13:43-29217) TIMEOUT
(VMS)
exit code 0


It looks like the initial handshaking takes place, but then it
just hangs.

After enabling the unix port, the results from the vms to unix
link is;

$ uucico -r1 -x9 -sunix
gdial called
finds called
getto called
call: no. txa0 for sys unix
$

and thats it, it just quits.

If anyone has any suggestions, or is familiar with the uvcp
package, I would sure appreciate any advice. Thank you in
advance.

Brad Foss

3comvax!desteng!bfoss