| PublicationDate: 12/19/96 Summary: DELETED PELL PAYMENT BATCHES (PREQ97IN) Author: CPS - Central Processing System (CPS) TO: DESTINATION POINTS USING THE WINDOWS PELL PAYMENT SOFTWARE FROM: CPS CUSTOMER SERVICE RE: DELETED PELL PAYMENT BATCHES (PREQ97IN) DATE: 12/19/96 RECENTLY, IT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF CPS CUSTOMER SERVICE, THAT SOME PREQ97IN FILES ARE NOT READABLE AND CONTAINED INVALID DATA. THIS IS RANDOMLY OCCURRING WHEN THE SOFTWARE HAS ALREADY CREATED A PREQ97IN.DAT FILE AND THEN IT ATTEMPTS TO OVERWRITE THIS FILE FOR THE NEXT BATCH. AS A RESULT, CPS IS NOTIFYING THESE DESTINATION POINTS VIA FAX WHEN PAYMENT BATCHES ARE RECEIVED WITH INVALID DATA. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE DESTINATION POINTS, YOU CAN DO THE FOLLOWING: 1) FIRST, DELETE THE PREQ97IN FILE FROM THE DATA DIRECTORY. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY YOUR DATA DIRECTORY IS C: TO DELETE THE PREQ97IN FILE, GO TO A C:PROMPT. TYPE CDAND THEN PRESS ENTER. THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU C: AT THIS PROMPT, TYPE DEL PREQ97IN.* THIS COMMAND WILL DELETE THE PREQ97IN FILE(S). 2) NEXT, REGENERATE THE BATCH. TO DO THIS, YOU MUST OPEN THE PELL PAYMENT FOR WINDOWS SOFTWARE. GO TO THE FILE MENU AND SELECT REGENERATE. YOU MUST ENTER THE BATCH SEQUENCE NUMBER IN THE BOX ON THE SCREEN. CLICK OK. THE BATCH WILL BE REGENERATED AND THE PREQ97IN FILE WILL BE RE-CREATED. 3) THE LAST STEP IS FORMATTING THE PREQ97IN FILE IN EDCONNECT AND TRANSMITTING. TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE RENAME YOUR PREQ97IN.DAT FILE AFTER IT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED VIA TITLE IV WAN. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE TO RENAME IT TO PREQ97IN.001, 002 ETC. SEVERAL PERMANENT RESOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM ARE BEING EVALUATED. WHEN A DECISION IS MADE ON THE PERMANENT RESOLUTION THIS INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY. SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL CPS CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-330-5947. OPTION 8, SELECTION 1. IF YOUR INSTITUTION IS STILL UNABLE TO TRANSMIT A BATCH AND HAS PELL AUTHORIZATION CONCERNS, PLEASE FAX A BRIEF STATEMENT ALONG WITH YOUR PELL INSTITUTION NUMBER, NAME, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO DWAYNE RUMBER, IFMD, AT FAX NUMBER 202-401-0387. |