On 2013-02-19 01:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2013-02-18 19:28, Ian McLaughlin wrote: On 2013-02-18, at 10:19 AM, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote: $ PIPE MCR NCP < FIX.CMD When I do this, I get a bunch of errors like: %NCP-W-INVPVA, Invalid parameter value , Name Remote node = 32.5 (YELLOW) Am I doing something wrong? Nope. (This on a VMS box with a rather outdated nodename database): $ mcr ncp NCP>sho nod yellow Node Volatile Summary as of 19-FEB-2013 01:26:09 Node State Active Delay Circuit Next node Links 32.5 (YELLOW) ISA-0 1.13 (MIM) NCP>tell mim sho nod yellow Node Volatile Summary as of 19-FEB-2013 01:26:16 Node State Active Delay Circuit Next node Links 13.5 (YELLOW) Notice that the node YELLOW already exists, but with another number. That cause an error when you try and set it. You need to clear nodes where you see that error. By the way, I could do a generic clear in the VMS command procedure, before starting the defines. Would people prefer that? Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol