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Specify Telnet Translation Tables

You can create a Telnet connection to a remote host. Telnet connections usually operate using the ASCII character set. Messages are translated between ASCII and EBCDIC when using Telnet connections from your product.

Note: You do not need to change the defaults unless you have problems with the way data is displayed on Telnet connections. For example, you may be using a national language character set.

Data translation between ASCII and EBCDIC is determined by the following:

• Translate Table Data Set—a partitioned data set containing the translation tables you want to use.
• Translate Table—a default value for the table name being used for Telnet connections. The table name is the name of the member in the partitioned data set. If you specify a data set without a table name, then your Telnet connections will use a default of TELNET.

To add your own translation tables, add a member to the data set. Each member in this data set contains two tables—the first translates from ASCII to EBCDIC, and the second from EBCDIC to ASCII. The following table formats are supported:

• Source form—used by Communications Server
• Binary form—used by Communications Server and TCPaccess Open Edition Support

Note: If you are using Communications Server, see the IBM Communications Server Customizing and Administration Guide for more information.

If you are using TCPaccess, you can generate the binary tables by using the TSO CONVXL8 or TSO LOADXL8 commands supplied with TCPaccess Open Edition Support.

Note: For more information about using Telnet connections, see the User Guide.

To specify the Telnet translation tables

1. Enter /PARMS at the prompt.

   The Customizer : Parameter Groups panel appears.

2. Select the TELNETTRT parameter group.

   The Telnet Translate Parameter appears.

3. Specify a translate table DSN and translate table.
4. Press F6 (Action).

   The changes are applied.

5. Press F3 (File).

   The settings are saved.