Before you can load the Handy Hardware or Orgill catalog data tape or receive catalog updates, the control stream must be set up in Function MTC. The control stream may already be set up for you.
To set up the control stream
From Network Access at the Function prompt, type MTC and press Enter.
At Control Stream Name, type TRICAT and press Display.
Verify that your Epicor customer number and password are entered on the fourth line. If they are not entered, continue with step 4.
Check the phone number on the second line. You may need to edit the number if you are in the 925 area code or you need to enter a dialing prefix (for example, you need to dial "9" before making a call). Move your cursor to the second line and after DPA type the correct phone number. Then go to step 10.
If the customer number, password, and phone number are correct, press End. Go to the next topic Loading the Catalog Data CD or Tape.
Press enter four times to move your cursor to the following line:
OUT TRIAD CUSTOMER SKIING\13\10
Press the Right Arrow key to move your cursor over the letter "S" in the word CUSTOMER.
Over the letters STOMER, type your Epicor customer number.
Press the Right Arrow key to move your cursor over the letter "S" in the word SKIING.
Over the letters SKIING, type the password you were assigned by the Information Services department of Epicor Software Corporation™ For example, if you customer number is 000111 and the password assigned to you is 123456, then the line would look like this:
OUT TRIAD CU000111 123456\13\10
If you are in the 925 area code or you need to enter a dialing prefix (for example, you need to dial "9" before making a call), press Back Tab to move your cursor to the following line:
DPA19254435644
Type DPA and the phone number (if applicable, place the dialing prefix after DPA and before the phone number, i.e. DPA919254435644).
Press Change.
Press End.