| Title: | ABI PROBLEMS AFTER DISCONTINUANCE OF FWS INTERFACE |
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| Date: | 2000-07-07 |
| To: | abi |
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ON 7/5/00, CUSTOMS ABI DISCONTINUED THE SUPPORT OF THE FWS INTERFACE.
ALTHOUGH THE FWS INTERFACE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF, WE HAVE DISCOVERED SOME
PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ARISEN WHEN TRANSMITTING DATA FOR CARGO RELEASE.
IF FWS DATA IS SENT WITH THE CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTION, ABI EDITS THAT
DATA BEFORE THE PROGRAM CHECKS TO SEE IF THE FWS INTERFACE INTERFACE IS IN
OPERATION. IF THE FWS DATA IS ERROR FREE, THE ABI SYSTEM THEN CHECKS THE
FWS INTERFACE SWITCH, RECOGNIZES THAT THIS SWITCH IS SET TO 'NO' AND
CONTINUES TO PROCESS THE DATA.
THE PROBLEM ARISES WHEN THE DATA IS NOT ERROR-FREE. IN THIS CASE, ABI
STOPS PROCESSING AND RETURNS A REJECT MESSAGE TO THE FILER BASED ON THE
ERROR(S) FOUND IN THE FWS DATA.
ABI IS IN THE PROCESSING OF CORRECTING THIS SO THAT THE SEQUENCE OF
PROCESSING WILL FIRST CHECK THE FWS INTERFACE SWITCH, RECOGNIZE THAT THE
FWS INTERFACE SWITCH IS SET TO 'NO' AND RESUME PROCESSING, IGNORING ALL
FWS INTERFACE DATA.
THIS CORRECTION TO THE ABI SYSTEM WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE
NEXT MONTH. IN THE MEANTIME, TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM, THE FILER SHOULD
STOP SENDING FWS DATA WITH THEIR ABI TRANSACTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE, PLEASE
CONTACT YOUR ABI CLIENT REP.