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Virginia Retirement System
1200 East Main Street
P.O. Box 2500
Richmond, VA 23218-2500
1-888-827-3847

Uploading Files

Windows NT or 2000

  1. Access the VRS Employer Bulletin Board through HyperTerminal
  2. Select ‘U’ from the Bulletin Board Main Menu
  3. Select your file transfer protocol, Select Z for “Z modem ” (Z modem should work for most employers. If you know for sure that your modem uses another protocol than Z, then use it, otherwise use the Z option) and press Enter.
  4. When it comes up and asks for your filename PRESS ENTER and it will state “start your Z modem upload now”, at this point click on the SEND icon in your hyper-terminal window (5th icon from left)
  5. At this point you can type in the full path and file name for the file you wish to send (ex.. if the file is called sample.txt and its on a diskette in your A: drive then youwould type a:\sample.txt, if the file is on the hard drive then typec:\directoryname\sample.txt) or you can click on the BROWSE button and select yourfile through the windows method.
  6. Click on send
  7. You will be asked for a description of the file and this MUST include theapplicable payroll month, your first initial and last name. Enter the description andpress Enter, it will come back and ask if you want to leave a detailed description, just press enter and your file will begin transmit.
  8. You will see a message “Upload Successful, Thank You.”
  9. Press enter to exit the upload facility.
  10. Type a G, to exit and press enter to log off, then press enter again. Click on the disconnect icon in your HyperTerminal window (the button that looks like a phone with the receiver off the hook). This will disconnect your phone. Then close your hyper-terminal window.
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