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Subject: VMS Ethernet help wanted
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Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 20:57:21 EST
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     I'm seeking help with a DEUNA - XEDRIVER problem.  
Basically, our lab is trying to interface a VAX running VMS with 
some instruments running a third-party application level Ethernet 
protocol.  I can get VMS to start an XE device for me with the 
appropriate buffer size, but when I issue a $QIO for a READLBLOCK 
function, it queues but never completes.  I have tried setting 
promiscuous mode to ensure that I haven't misread the third-party 
protocol type specification, and it doesn't help.  In fact, when 
I do this even from a non-privileged account, I don't get a 
no-privilege error, leading me to believe that I'm not really 
starting the device correctly.  If anyone can mail me pointers, 
advice, or suggestions, I would appreciate it.
     
     BTW, I will gladly accept "RTFM" as useful advice, but only 
if it is accompanied by the title of the appropriate manual.  I 
have not yet found a useful one in our VMS set.
     
     Stephen Kelley
     Flow Cytometry Lab
     Department of Pathology
     University of Michigan Medical Center.
     
     Stephen_Kelley@um.cc.umich.edu
     smk@zippy.eecs.umich.UUCP