Fwd: aqbanking, OFX, Chase

[David Reiser]

Hmm. Earthlink bounced my first attempt to copy the list...

Begin forwarded message:
>
> On Jan 20, 2009, at 8:00 AM, brad haack wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to download credit card transactions from my Chase  
>> acct.  The "Get Accounts" button didn't give me anything,  except  
>> this in the window:
>> Status for signon request: General error (Code 2000, severity  
>> "ERROR") Error other than those specified by the remaining error  
>> codes. (Note: Servers should provide a more specific error whenever  
>> possible. Error code 2000 should be reserved for cases in which a  
>> more specific code is not available.)
>> and this in the log file:
>> < 
>> OFX 
>> > 
>> < 
>> SIGNONMSGSRSV1 
>> ><SONRS><STATUS><CODE>2000<SEVERITY>ERROR<MESSAGE>Unable to  
>> communicate with host. </ 
>> STATUS><DTSERVER>20090119112927<LANGUAGE>ENG<FI><ORG>B1<FID>10898</ 
>> FI></SONRS></SIGNONMSGSRSV1></OFX>
>>
>> Then, when I manually set up the account, I get a similar message  
>> in the log (Unable to communicate with host).
>>
>> Comparing ofx.log from gnucash with the quicken ofx log, I see that  
>> in quicken it says CREDIT CARD or CC where is says BANK in the  
>> gnucash ofx.log.  I don't see where to specify this except in the  
>> configuration/Accounts/'Account Name' where I typed in credit card.
>>
>> I'm using gnucash 2.2.6 on unbuntu 8.10.
>>
>> Any help out there?
>
>
> Get Accounts works for me. The times I've gotten the "unable to  
> communicate with host" error have all been times when the server  
> wasn't responding. If I tried logging into the web site via a  
> browser immediately after that error, I couldn't get account data  
> there, either. So I concluded that the bank's account data server  
> was down.
>
> The Credit Card vs Bank setting is a "Type" popup in the Account  
> Configuration window of the aqbanking setup wizard, at least for  
> aqbanking 3.8.0.
>
> I also don't see any mention or either Bank or Credit Card in the  
> data sent for a Get Accounts query. The Credit Card designation  
> comes back from Get Accounts and is recorded in the aqbanking  
> account info.
> --
> David Reiser
> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>
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David Reiser
dbreiser at earthlink.net