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Types of export destinations and settings

Find the types of export destinations and settings available in Connexion client.

When you click Create in the Options Export tab, you select the destination type and then enter settings appropriate to the type you selected, as shown in the following table.

If you select this export destination type... In this window, enter these settings...
File In the Export Filename window, select a file or type of file name (e.g., export.dat) in the File Name box.

 Note: By default the destination name contains the path name X:\Program Files\OCLC\Connexion\Program\, where X is the letter of your hard drive. You are not required to have the path name as part of the file name.
LPT Port In the Export LPT Settings window:
  1. Select the LPT (parallel) port you want to use.
    • LPT1
    • LPT2
    • LPT3
  2. Select the type of translation your local system vendor requires. For most sessions, this value is None.
    Value Transfers Does not transfer Translates Does not translate
    None All data   Nothing All
    OCLC M105 All data   Special characters Diacritics
    7 Bit Only 7-bit data Diacritics



    Special characters
    Start-of-message indicator

    End-of-message indicator

    Subfield delimiter
     
    8 Bit All data   Start-of-message indicator

    End-of-message indicator

    Subfield delimiter
    Diacritics



    Special characters
  3. Click OK.
Connection
(Serial, network, or TCP/IP communications connection)
  1. In the Export Connection Settings window, select the type of translation your local system vendor requires. For most sessions, this value is None.
    Value Transfers Does not transfer Translates Does not translate
    None All data   Nothing All
    OCLC M105 All data   Special characters Diacritics
    7 Bit Only 7-bit data Diacritics



    Special characters
    Start-of-message indicator

    End-of-message indicator

    Subfield delimiter
     
    8 Bit All data   Start-of-message indicator

    End-of-message indicator

    Subfield delimiter
    Diacritics



    Special characters
  2. Click Create.
  3. In the New Communication Connection window, select Asynchronous or TCP/IP.
    • In the Asynchronous Settings window, accept the default or change settings for port, baud rate, parity, data bits, stop bits, and flow control.
    • In the TCP/IP Settings window, enter the name of the host system to which you export. Change other options if needed.

When you create a TCP/IP Connection for the first time, you may not be able to complete the process. After you enter your TCP/IP settings and click OK, the client adds the destination name to the list in the Export Connection Settings window. If the OK button is unavailable (grayed out), to complete adding your destination:

  1. Double-click the name of your destination in the Export Connection Settings window. The Export Destination Name window opens showing your destination name prefixed by Connection:.
  2. Click OK. The client adds the destination to the list in the Options Export tab.
OCLC Gateway Export In the OCLC Gateway Export - Local System Settings window, enter or select the settings required for your local system:
  • Enter host name and port
  • Select local options for exporting
  • Enter timeout (minutes), number of retries, and delay (minutes)
  • Select the type of local system authorization:
    • Local system logon (logon ID and password)
      And/Or
    • User ID