Addressing FTAM partners with AET in Object Identifier Form

If a called AET is to differ from the "Nil Application Entity Title" then it must be specified in the partner list on instance identification.

The specification has the following syntax:

n1.n2[.n3] [.n10][..m]

n1.n2[.n3] [.n10]

	specifies the application process title, between two and ten decimal numbers separated by a period (.). The range and the meaning of the numbers are explained below.
[..m]	specifies the application entity qualifier, range of m see below. The two periods are mandatory if a AEQ is specified.

Example

A FTAM partner on computer daisy2 with APT=1.0.56.881.4 and AEQ=785 is to be entered in the partner list under the name daisyftm. To do this, enter the following command:

Unix systems and Windows systems:

ftaddptn daisyftm -pa=ftam://daisy2 -id=1.0.56.881.4..785

BS2000 systems:

ADD-FT-PARTNER PARTNER-NAME=DAISYFTM, -
               PARTNER-ADDRESS=FTAM://DAISY2, -
               IDENTIFICATION=1.0.56.881.4..785

Application Process Title (APT)

The APT used to identify the application. The APT should be unique worldwide in accordance with the OSI Standard. For this reason, it should be issued and registered by a Standardization Committee).

An APT in Object Identifier Form is consists of up to 10 components:

(component1,component2,...,component10)

The values for component1 to component10 are partially standardized. In this context, a symbolic name was assigned to several numbers. The range of values for component2 depends on the value of component1. The following table shows the symbolic names and the value ranges of the functions supported by FTAM:

component1	component2	component3 to component10
0: CCITT	0: RECOMMENDATION 1: QUESTION 2: ADMINISTRATION 3: NETWORK-OPERATOR (permissible values: 0 - 39)	Permissible values: 0 - 67 108 863
1: ISO	0: STANDARD 1: REGISTRATION-AUTHORITY 2: MEMBER-BODY 3: IDENTIFIED-ORGANIZATION (permissible values: 0 - 39)	Permissible values: 0 - 67 108 863
2:JOINT-ISO-CCITT	Permissible values: 0 - 67 108 863	Permissible values: 0 - 67 108 863

The APT which you specify need not be stipulated by a standardization committee, i.e. you may stipulate your own APT. It must satisfy the following two conditions:

• it must be unique throughout the network

• it must be made up of values that are permissible according to the table above

A remote partner that requests AETs must know this APT in order to set up a connection.

Application Entity Qualifier (AEQ)

The AEQ identifies an access point within an application. You can assign AEQs to the access points of an application only if you have assigned an APT to that application. It is assigned by the operator of the application.

The AEQ is a positive whole number between 0 and 67108863.

You must not use the same AEQ more than once within an application, i.e there must never be two access points with the same AEQ in one application. However, you do not have to assign all the access points in an application to an AEQ.