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Random House Electronic Ordering Fast Response System Specifications

The Random House Fast Response system is designed to allow customers to send BISAC Fixed or X12 format orders via Dial-up or FTP to the Random House Order Fulfillment system. An order response (POA) is generated and returned to the customer within a few minutes (in most cases) in the same format and via the same communication method as the order was delivered. This document provides the specifications for utilizing our Fast Response system mainly as it pertains to FTP.

If you need more details on FTP or dial-up Fast Response with Random House contact information appears at the bottom of this document.

Order Formats Supported

BISAC Fixed format (Specifications supplied on request)
X12 004010 format (Specifications supplied on request)
X12 003060 Pubnet Format

How to Send Production Orders to the Random House Fast Response system

Orders can be sent to Random House either using ftp or via a dial-up modem. To send via FTP you need to request an FTP account setup for your SAN. (See the contact information below)

FTP Server Address

ftp.randomhouse.com

800 Phone number for dial-up orders

800-669-1536 or 800-258-4233 (These are production numbers orders sent here will ship)

Procedure for Sending an Order via FTP

Connect to our FTP server using the customer SAN number as the login and the password that we will supply.
Put the order file in the root directory, no change directory command is required.
The file can be named anything and there is no length limit, but we encourage unique file names. We sweep for filenames every 60 seconds, if you place a file with the same name in the directory before the sweep has completed the new file will replace the previous file.
Each SAN has its own directory for dropping off files, so you do not need to be concerned about the uniqueness compared to other SAN numbers files.
The order should be processed and the POA returned in about 4 minutes. Orders larger than 100 lines may take longer.

Procedure for Picking up the Order Response (POA) via FTP

Connect to our FTP server using the customer SAN number as the login and the password that we will supply.
Change directory to the "pickup" directory (cd pickup)
Get the Order Response File
The files will be named with a date and time stamp (11 digits, MMDDHHMMSSs) and an extension of either .CXA for X12 format POA's and .CFA for Bisac Fixed format POA's.
You can do an mget *.CXA or mget *.CFA to pull the files.
Rename the POA files to .EXA or .EFA after you have pulled it successfully.
We will delete all extracted .E## files at some interval.

Testing with the Random House Fast Response System

Test FTP Login

In order to test FTP access, send a test order and receive a test order response- FTP the order file to the root directory of the server described below and pickup the order response in the pickup directory.

Server: ftp.randomhouse.com
Login: 2013975
Password: 3rd3y3

Test Dial-up number

765-362-1258

X12 Order Testing

Use the SAN numbers specified below.

BISAC Fixed Testing

You can send test orders for any valid ship-to SAN number or contact Lou Yateem for a test SAN number.

Testing procedure depending on Format (BisacFixed or X12), Version (3060 or 4010) and Communication Method (FTP or Dialup).

Example: (X12-4010-FTP) = X12 format in 4010 version sent via FTP

X12-4010-FTP

Use ISA + GS sender and N1-ST Ship-to of FTP4010 and with a receiver of 2013975
Drop file off on the FTP site named above
Pickup POA on the FTP site named above in the pickup directory

Example:

ISA|00| |00| |ZZ|FTP4010 |ZZ|2013975 |060206|142 8|U|00401|900000147|0|P|> GS|PO|FTP4010|2013975|20060206|1428|147|X|004010 ST|850|000000001 BEG|00|NE|545||20060206|| CSH|O DTM|001|20060206 N1|ST||15|FTP4010

X12-3060-FTP