User`s guide

PC*MILER-AS/400 MVS User’s Guide 4
Version 20 Changes – Spring 2006:
On 06/10/2005 the number of Route Information segments per response packet
(HR Returns) was increased from three sets to nine sets to improve performance.
See section 8.2.5 for more information. ALK will provide backward compatible
“Three HR Set” mileage server executables upon request. If your mileage server
executable (as400.exe) is dated 01/07/2005 or older you will have to modify any
third-party software packages before upgrading the as400.exe. You can add
Version 20 to a Three HR Set version of as400.exe but you will not have access to
the new Borders and Use Ferry options.
Version 20 offers the ability to change the Borders and Use Ferry Distance
settings on a trip-by-trip basis. For packages that include the optional
PC*MILER|HazMat routing add-on module, two new routing types have been
added: Caustic and Flammable.
These new options are available to users of the Interactive PC*MILER and
PC*MILER|Tolls programs. Third-party or in-house software packages will need
to be modified to take advantage of this new functionality. See Chapter 8, Using
MVS with Other Transportation Software, for more information.
Important Changes for Version 17 and Higher:
For Version 17 and higher, PC*MILER and PC*MILER|Tolls now offer two
basic route types, Practical and Shortest, that may be combined with one or
more of the other three route types that PC*MILER users are familiar with (Toll
Discouraged and National Network or 53’/102” Trailer Routing). Users of the
PC*MILER or PC*MILER|Tolls interactive program who want to obtain Toll
Discouraged, National Network, or 53’ Trailer routing will have to specify either
the Practical or Shortest route type. (Previous to Version 17, all Toll Discouraged,
National Network, or 53’ Trailer routes were based on the Practical route type.)
This new functionality gives you the option to run 12 different route types:
 Practical
 Shortest
 Practical/Toll Discouraged
 Shortest/Toll Discouraged
 Practical//National Network
 Shortest /National Network
 Practical /53 Foot Trailer
 Shortest /53 Foot Trailer
 Practical/Toll Discouraged/National Network
 Shortest/Toll Discouraged/National Network
 Practical/Toll Discouraged/53’ Trailer