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Configuring the Comm. Bridge for CICS External Call Interface (ECI)

To set the Comm. Bridge configuration files for ECI transport:

Follow these steps:

1. Start the Comm. Bridge and select Server, Config…
2. At the Server Configuration dialog, enter a server name and description for this target server connection.
3. Select ECI from the Transport API selection list. The Comm. Bridge automatically supplies the API DLL name.
4. Click Details to display the ECI Server Configuration – Details dialog.

   The following figure shows the details dialog for ECI configuration:

   

5. Provide the name of the CICS region containing the target server as defined in the server section of the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway's ctg.ini file. (The ctg.ini is provided as part of the Transaction Gateway product, and is used by the Universal Client).
6. Set the desired ECI Timeout value to specify the maximum time in seconds that an ECI request is allowed to take. A timeout occurs if the servicing of a request takes longer than the specified time. The value must be in the range 0 through 9999. A value of zero, the default, indicates that the request will not be timed out.

   Note: A non-zero value is not recommended unless you have read and understood the advice given in the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway for Windows documentation.

7. Select the appropriate Code Page value. The Code Page field allows you to select from a list of supported code pages for translation. Only the header portion of the Common Format Buffer (CFB) is translated. The cooperative flow view data is not subject to translation. The supported code pages include:

   0037

   Australia, Brazil, Canada, The Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, United States of America (USA)

   0273

   Austria, Germany

   0277

   Denmark, Norway

   0278

   Finland, Sweden

   0280

   Italy

   0284

   Spain

   0285

   Ireland, United Kingdom (UK)

   0297

   France

   0500

   Belgium, Switzerland

8. Click OK to return to the Server Configuration dialog
9. Click OK from the Server Configuration dialog to return to the main window.
10. Save the current configuration using the procedures in the chapter "Saving Configuration Files".