CSMS Message: 92-000550

MULTIPLE REMOTES FOR THE SAME FILER IN THE SAME PORT

IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM FILERS TO
COMMUNICATE WITH ACS FROM MORE THAN ONE OFFICE IN THE SAME PORT, WE
HAVE MODIFIED ABI PROGRAMS TO ALLOW FILERS TO IDENTIFY AUTHORIZED
OFFICES AND CONTROL THE FLOW OF DATA TO THOSE OFFICES. ABI WILL
MAINTAIN A CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE USED TO VALIDATE INPUT AND OUTPUT
AUTHORITY BETWEEN REMOTE LOCATIONS.

THE USE OF MULTIPLE REMOTES MAY APPEAL TO SELECT FILERS WITH
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND CURRENT PROCEDURES WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR
THE BULK OF ABI FILERS. HOWEVER, FILERS WHO CHOOSE TO UTILIZE
MULTIPLE REMOTE CAPABILITIES, HAVE BEEN GIVEN MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY
AND WILL, THEREFORE, NECESSITATE THE FILER'S UTMOST CARE.

FORMERLY, THE ABI SENDER OR COMPUTER SITE WAS IDENTIFIED BY A
TRANSMISSION DISTRICT-PORT AND FILER NUMBER IN THE "A" AND "Z"
RECORDS. EACH SUCH COMBINATION WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE, AND ONLY
ONE, CUSTOMS REMOTE NUMBER. THE PROCESSING DISTRICT-PORT AND
FILER, SENT IN THE "B" AND "Y" RECORDS, WERE REQUIRED TO MATCH ONE,
AND ONLY ONE, "A" RECORD COMPUTER SITE.

ABI WILL NOW ALLOW MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER SITE TO BE ASSIGNED
TO A PARTICULAR DISTRICT-PORT/FILER COMBINATION, DIFFERENTIATING
THE VARIOUS COMPUTER SITES BY THE USE OF AN OFFICE CODE. FILERS
WHO CHOOSE TO USE THE MULTIPLE REMOTE CAPABILITIES WILL CONTROL THE
INPUT AND OUTPUT OF THEIR ABI DATA BY SENDING AN OFFICE CODE IN THE
"A" AND "Z" RECORDS AND/OR IN THE "B" RECORD. THIS WILL ALLOW A
PARTICULAR PROCESSING DISTRICT-PORT/FILER TO SEND DATA TO ABI FROM
MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER SITE LOCATION.

FOR INSTANCE, A FILER WITH A SEPARATE COMPUTER SITE AT AN
AIRPORT OFFICE AND A HARBOR OFFICE CAN ALLOW THE AIRPORT OFFICE TO
SEND ENTRIES FOR PROCESSING AT THE HARBOR AND VICE-VERSA. IN
ADDITION, MOST ABI OUTPUT CAN ALSO BE CONTROLLED BY THE FILER AS TO
WHETHER ABI WILL ROUTE IT TO THE AIRPORT OR THE HARBOR OFFICE.
WHEN A FILER CHOOSES TO USE MULTIPLE REMOTE FEATURES, HE MAY USE AN
OFFICE CODE TO DESIGNATE THAT THE ABI OUTPUT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
A COMPUTER SITE OTHER THAN THE SENDER. BOTH THE RECEIVER DISTRICT-
PORT/FILER/OFFICE CODE (AND PASSWORD) AND THE SENDER DISTRICT-
PORT/FILER/OFFICE CODE (AND PASSWORD) ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE FILER'S
"A" RECORD. IF THE SENDER FIELDS IDENTIFIED IN THE CATAIR IN THE
"A" RECORD ARE USED IN THE TRANSMISSION, THEN THE RECEIVER FIELDS
MUST ALSO BE FILLED IN. IF THE SENDER FIELDS IN THE "A" RECORD ARE
LEFT BLANK, THEN ABI WILL OPERATE ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE
RECEIVER OF THE ABI TRANSMISSION IS ALSO THE SENDER.

SINCE THE RECEIVER DISTRICT-PORT/FILER/OFFICE CODE AND
PASSWORD FIELDS OCCUPY THE TRADITIONAL "A" RECORD POSITIONS FOR
SUCH COMPUTER SITE DATA, FILERS WHO DO NOT NEED TO USE THE MULTIPLE
REMOTE FEATURES OF ABI WILL NOT HAVE TO ALTER THEIR CURRENT
PROGRAMMING. THE DEFAULT COMPUTER SITE RECORD FOR ALL FILER'S
PROCESSING OFFICES WILL HAVE AN OFFICE CODE OF SPACE-FILLED DIGITS.
DIRECT ABI PROCESSING OUTPUT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE COMPUTER SITE
SHOWN AS RECEIVER IN THE "A" RECORD. IN ADDITION, CARGO RELEASE
AND BILL OF LADING PROCESSING RESULTS WILL BE RETURNED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE "A" RECORD DESIGNATION. CERTAIN CUSTOMS
GENERATED OUTPUT, INCLUDING COURTESY NOTICES OF LIQUIDATION,
EXTENSION/SUSPENSION NOTICES, TIB NOTICES, AND PRELIMINARY AND
FINAL STATEMENTS WILL ALWAYS BE SENT TO THE DEFAULT COMPUTER SITE
FOR ALL FILERS' PROCESSING LOCATIONS.

PLEASE REFER TO CURRENT CATAIR PAGES REGARDING APPLICATION
CONTROL FOR NECESSARY SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING CHANGES. ANY USE OF THE
ABI MULTIPLE REMOTE FEATURES WILL REQUIRE CHANGES BY AND
COORDINATION WITH THE FILER'S CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.