Understanding data transmission formats

You need to determine what type of data to transmit to and from the RSP. The type of data your RSP handles determines, in part, the format of the data pipes you define to send and receive data. For example, if the RSP sends and receives only binary, you define data pipes in the BIN format. For more information on data pipe formats, see Appendix B, “MODELRSP DB2 Output Pipe Sample RSP.”

When you send multiple rows of columns, no matter which data pipe you specify, all data transmitted between the RSP and DirectConnect is sent in TDS record format. TRS and DirectConnect translate the TDS records they receive into a standard CT-Library format that the client application can handle. The TDS format is proprietary.