Physical Partner

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A physical partner describes general communication link parameters such as the OFTP User ID and OFTP Password, which are used to establish an OFTP session (OFTP command Start Session, SSID).

In addition to the general OFTP parameters, a Physical Partner describes communication-specific parameters:

Communication Mode	Description
CAPI	Uses ISDN telephone line. Specify the ISDN telephone number or address in addition to the ISDN-specific parameters.
IP	Uses TCP/IP network. Specify the IP address or the server name (hostname) and the IP port in addition to the IP-specific parameters.

Note: If you want to set up communication for both ISDN and IP, you have to create two different Physical Partner Profiles.

The Physical Partner describes communication parameters about you (Local Physical Partner) or your OFTP Partner (Remote Physical Partner). The Physical Partner Contract determines the role of the Physical Partners in a communication scenario.