Open ServerConnect can accept requests in a variety of client character sets. The client identifies the character set in the login packet, which is forwarded to the mainframe server. Open ServerConnect does the necessary translations (for example, conversion from ASCII 8 to EBCDIC or from Shift-JIS to IBM-Kanji).
Gateway-Library uses translation tables and conversion modules to convert workstation characters into characters used by the mainframe. A Japanese Conversion Module (JCM) is available with Open ServerConnect on a separate tape. A system programmer can customize translation tables or rename the JCM at your site. See the Mainframe Connect Server Option Installation and Administration Guide for details. This section contains the following subsections:
