OFX download problems

[BPG]

Geeez.....this is getting scary- I actually have 2 credit card accounts
setup that I can download into.

Man, I've gotta be doing something right for once.




On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM, BPG <bigskypa at gmail.com> wrote:

> I figured it out....sort of.
>
> I wasn't letting Aqbanking Get Accounts properly.
>
> It's still a mess.....but I've stopped "thinking" and just acted stupid
> when filling the stuff out and it worked ok (this time) for getting another
> discover card account.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:10 AM, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:01 AM, BPG wrote:
>>
>> I have no idea what version of Aqbanking I'm using.  I don't know where to
>> find it.
>>
>>
>> On windows, neither do I, but the packaging files in the source suggest
>> that gnucash 2.2.9 is using aqbanking 2.3.3 (which is ancient). You'll have
>> to try the suggestion at the bottom of the wiki page referenced below.
>>
>>
>> I did what you said below concerning the Appid and appver and they aren't
>> there.
>>
>>
>> I'll try the "get accounts" stuff you mentioned below.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:46 AM, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 9:06 AM, BPG wrote:
>>>
>>> I have no APPID or APPVER options in the aqbanking wizard- anywhere.
>>> Maybe there's something wrong with my Aqbanking file?
>>>
>>>
>>> What version of aqbanking? The APPVER and APPID are in at least the 3.8
>>> series. You have to open the wizard, select the Users tab, select a
>>> particular User, click Edit, then go to the OFX tab there to see the fields.
>>>
>>>
>>> I finally got one of my computers to download Discover card
>>> transactions.  But when entering the same information for Discover card in
>>> Aqbanking to setup the other computer the transactions don't get
>>> downloaded.  Here's the error message I get;
>>>
>>> Resolving hostname "ofx.discovercard.com" ...
>>> IP address is XXX.xxx (I deleted this)
>>> Creating HTTPS connection
>>> Connecting...
>>> Sending request...
>>> Waiting for response...
>>> Parsing response...
>>> Disconnecting...
>>> Parsing response
>>> OFX: Success (The server successfully processed the request.)
>>> OFX: Account not found (The specified account number does not correspond
>>> to one of the user's accounts.)
>>>
>>>
>>> This suggests you didn't set up the account by letting the aqbanking
>>> wizard "Get Accounts" after you defined your user information. Many banks
>>> and credit cards do weird things with your account number. One thing they do
>>> is only use the last four digits of the account number (since you've already
>>> authenticated at that point, not including the whole number offers some
>>> slight security). If you let aqbanking request all your accounts for a
>>> particular login (even if there is only one), then you'll be sure to have
>>> the aqbanking Account match what the bank uses for directconnect sessions.
>>>
>>> see
>>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Setting_up_OFXDirectConnect_in_GnuCash_2
>>>
>>>
>>> Processing response
>>> Job gettransactions had an error: The specified account number does not
>>> correspond to one of the user's accounts.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using Gnu- 2.2.9  and Windows XP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:22 AM, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 11:13 PM, BPG wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > How do I fix this one-
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Resolving hostname "ofx.bankofamerica.com" ...
>>>> > IP address is 171.159.193.167
>>>> > Creating HTTPS connection
>>>> > Connecting...
>>>> > Sending request...
>>>> > Waiting for response...
>>>> > Parsing response...
>>>> > Disconnecting...
>>>> > Parsing response
>>>> > OFX: General error (Online Banking does not support the version of
>>>> software
>>>> > that you are attempting to use. Please contact Bank of America at
>>>> > 800-792-0808 or visit bankofamerica.com for more information.)
>>>> > OFX: General error (Online Banking does not support the version of
>>>> software
>>>> > that you are attempting to use. Please contact Bank of America at
>>>> > 800-792-0808 or visit bankofamerica.com for more information.)
>>>> > Job gettransactions had an error: Online Banking does not support the
>>>> > version of software that you are attempting to use. Please contact
>>>> Bank of
>>>> > America at 800-792-0808 or visit bankofamerica.com for more
>>>> information.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm using Gnu 2.2.9 and Windows XP
>>>> >
>>>> You can try messing with the aqbanking setup data. In the OFX tab of
>>>> User Configuration in the  the aqbanking wizard in gnucash, set APPID to
>>>> "QWIN" and APPVER to "1700" or "1800" (no quotes for either). I'd recommend
>>>> starting with 1700 to see if you still get the same error message. If so,
>>>> change to 1800, but be ready for a different error message that indicates
>>>> you're out of luck with respect to directconnect connections.
>>>>
>>>> If you do succeed, please let the list know. There have been several
>>>> requests regarding BofA in the past months. I don't remember seeing any
>>>> reports of success recently.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>> --
>>>> David Reiser
>>>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>> David Reiser
>>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
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>>  --
>> David Reiser
>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
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