Step 4: Create the Receive Port for Accepting ADT^A03 Messages from ADT Systems Using the MLLP Adapter

You use the receive port to specify the receive location for incoming messages. Use the following procedure to create the receive port for accepting ADT^A03 messages from the ADT System using the MLLP adapter.

Create the receive port

  1. Open BizTalk Server Administration, expand BizTalk Server Administration, expand BizTalk Group, expand Applications, and then expand BizTalk Application 1.

    Note

    The BizTalk Server Administration Console can also be opened from within Visual Studio by clicking BizTalk Server Administration in the Tools menu.

  2. Right-click Receive Ports, select New, and then select One-way Receive Port.

  3. For the Name, enter Tutorial_1WayReceive.

  4. Select Apply to bind the port, and then select Receive Locations.

  5. Select New.

  6. For the Name, enter Tutorial_MLLPReceive.

  7. In the Transport section, select Type, and then select MLLP from the drop-down list.

  8. Select Configure. In MLLP Transport Properties, configure the following, and then select OK.

    Use this To do this
    Connect retry time (sec) New starting with BizTalk Server 2016.

    The upper limit of time to wait before attempting to reconnect a dropped or closed connection. Applicable when Connection Initiated by is set to Local.

    Default is 20 seconds.
    Connection initiated by New starting with BizTalk Server 2016.

    Enter Local for the MLLP receive location to initiate the connection to a remote LOB server. This is the new option.

    Enter Remote for the MLLP receive location to continue to listen for a connection from the remote LOB server. This is the backwards-compatible default option.

    Default is Remote.
    Connection Name Enter 1Way.
    Host name Specific to BizTalk Server 2013 R2 and older versions.

    Enter localhost.
    Local Host name New starting with BizTalk Server 2016.

    Enter the DNS name or IP address of the local BizTalk Server. You can also enter localhost.
    Port Specific to BizTalk Server 2013 R2 and older versions.

    Default is 11000.
    Local Port New starting with BizTalk Server 2016.

    Enter the TCP port number for the LocalHost connection. Applicable only when Connection Initiated by is Remote.

    Default is 11000.
    Remote Host New starting with BizTalk Server 2016.

    Enter the DNS name or IP address of the remote LOB server. Applicable when Connection Initiated by is set to Local.
    Remote Port New starting with BizTalk Server 2016.

    Enter the TCP port number for the remote host connection. Applicable when Connection Initiated by is set to Local.
  9. Set the Receive Handler to BizTalkServerApplication.

  10. Set the Receive Pipeline to BTAHL72XPipelines.BTAHL72XReceivePipeline.

  11. Select OK to save your changes.

  12. Enable the receive location you just created by right-clicking it, and then select Enable.

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Step 5: Create a Send Port to Deliver Acknowledgments to the ADT System Using the File Adapter