Translation Table

Translation tables for ASCII-to-EBCDIC translation or for EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation can be specified, created, and customized.
Current Table
Specifies whether the IBM® default translation or the user-defined translation table is to be used.
Host Code Page
Specifies the host code page to be used for translation.
Workstation Code Page
Specifies the workstation code page to be used for translation.
File Name
Specifies the file name of the user-defined table to be used for translation.
  • To list all files in your workstation, click Browse.
  • To customize the translation table, click Customize.

For bidirectional sessions, the Host and PC default code pages are dependent on the Windows® system locale. For Hebrew Windows®, the host code page is 424 and the PC code page is 1255. For Arabic Windows®, the host code page is 420 and the PC code page is 1256. You can change the values by updating the translation table.