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NetIPC 3000/XL Programmer's Reference Manual: HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems > Chapter 1 NetIPC Fundamentals

NetIPC Between MPE-XL and MPE-V Systems

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NetIPC applications can be written to communicate between MPE-V and MPE XL-based HP 3000s with the following considerations:

In addition to the X.25 features supported on MPE-V, NetIPC on MPE XL systems supports the following:
- Fast select facility
- Ability to append, generate and examine the facility field in call packets
- Directly specifying the remote host X.25 address or PVC number.

There are additional differences between the MPE-V and MPE XL X.25 implementations that can affect NetIPC programming:
- On MPE XL, IPCCONTROL request 12, reason for error or event only returns 10 (clear), 11 (reset), or 12 (interrupt). On MPE-V, in addition to returning 10, 11, 12, IPCCONTROL returns 14 (network shutdown), 15 (restart sent by local network), 16 (level 2 failure), 17(restart sent by local protocol module), and 18 (restart packet received).
- On MPE XL, IPCSHUTDOWN completes immediately, while on MPE-V it does not complete until a clear confirmation arrives.
- On MPE XL, PAD calls are sent to the catch-all socket while on MPE-V PAD calls are sent to socket #2563.
- On MPE XL a reset is not sent to initialize or clear a PVC, while on MPE-V a reset is sent.
- MPE-V has a timeout for interrupt collisions, MPE XL does not.
- On MPE XL, the IPCCREATE parameter network name must be padded with blanks while on MPE-V, the network name is padded with nulls.

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