The server code page and character set

This section describes the server code pages and character sets supported for the ECI, EPI, and Client terminal emulator.

The ECI

The server code pages supported for the ECI are the same as those supported by CICS® on System/390® for DPL requests. They are listed in CICS-supported conversions.

The server code page is determined from the conversion table, DFHCNV, installed on CICS on System/390.

The EPI and terminal emulator

The server code pages and character sets supported for the EPI and the terminal emulator function are shown in Table 45. The code pages are a subset of those supported for the ECI.

The server code page is determined from value 2 of the CGCSGID option of the TYPETERM used to install the virtual terminal definition. If the server code page, or the combination of client and server code pages, is invalid, the installation of the virtual terminal is rejected. If no server code page is specified, CICS uses a default, which it deduces from the value of the client code page, as shown in Table 44.

You can use value 1 of the CGCSGID field of the TYPETERM definition to specify the server character set for the EPI. If you specify an invalid character set, the installation of the virtual terminal is rejected. Alternatively, you can use the default character set supplied by CICS on System/390. Table 45 shows the server character sets and code pages supported for the EPI.

From CICS TS for z/OS Version 2.2 onwards, the supported character sets and codepages listed reflect the CGCSGID returned by a 3270 device in response to a Query Reply. Table 45 highlights all the differences between CICS TS for z/OS Version 2.2 (and later) and earlier CICS releases.

In CICS TS for z/OS Version 2.2 and later, if you want to use a unique National Language group use the code page and character set values.

Table 45. EPI character sets and server code pages The character sets and server code pages supported by CICS on System/390 for the EPI.
National language group Supported character sets for EPI and default Supported server code pages for EPI Character set used by CICS for DBCS Code page used by CICS for DBCS
Arabic 00235 00420 -- --
Arabic 01461 00420 -- --
Baltic Rim 01305 01112 -- --
Baltic Rim 01393 01156 -- --
Cyrillic 01150 01025 -- --
Cyrillic 01326 01123 -- --
Cyrillic 01381 01154 -- --
Cyrillic 01388 01158 -- --
Estonian 01307 01122 -- --
Estonian 01391 01157 -- --
Greek 00925 00875 -- --
Greek 01371 00875 -- --
Hebrew 00941 00424 -- --
Hebrew 01147 00803 -- --
Hebrew 01357 00803 -- --
Hebrew 1356 00424 -- --
Japanese 00101
00931
00037 1
01001 00300
Japanese 01172
00930
00290 1
01001 00300
Japanese 01172
00939
01027 1
01001 00300
Japanese 65535
01390
00290 1
65535 00300
Japanese 65535
01399
01027 1
65535 00300
Korean 01173
00933
00833 1
00934 00834
Korean 65535
01364
00833 1
65535 00834
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01140 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01141 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01142 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01143 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01144 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01145 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01146 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01147 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01148 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00695 01149 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00037 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00273 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00277 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00278 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00280 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00284 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00285 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00297 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00500 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 00871 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 00697 01047 -- --
Latin-1 and Latin-9 01353 00924 -- --
Latin-2 00695 01148 -- --
Latin-2 00697 00500 -- --
Latin-2 00959 00870 -- --
Latin-2 01375 01153 -- --
Latin-5 01152 01026 -- --
Latin-5 01378 01155 -- --
Simplified Chinese 00103
09127
00836 1
00937 00837
Simplified Chinese 01174
00935
00836 1
00937 00837
Simplified Chinese 65535
01388
00836 1
65535 00837
Traditional Chinese 01175
00937
00037 1
00935 00835
Traditional Chinese 65535
01371
01159 1
65535 00835
Vietnamese 01336 01130 -- --
Vietnamese 01397 01164 -- --
Notes:
  1. In CICS TS for z/OS Version 2.2 and later, use this value for the server code page. It provides SBCS and DBCS translation.

Related concepts
Binary data conversion
Data conversion for communication with non-System/390 systems
Related tasks
Defining code pages to CICS on System/390
Related reference
The client code page
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