How to edit XCOM ETOA or ATOE Tables (UNIX)?

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - Windows
• XCOM Data Transport - Linux PC
• XCOM Data Transport - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

How do I edit the ETOA or ATOE Tables (UNIX)?

Environment

Component: XCOM Data Transport for Unix/Linux or Windows

Resolution

Directions for editing the ETOA or ATOE Tables (UNIX).

For the ETOA table:

• Make a copy of the etoa.tab file - i.e. etoa2.tab
  
  • located in /opt/CA/XCOM/convtab
    
    • For HP-UX /opt/CA/XCOM/convtab

• Customize the etoa.tab
  
  • Take the value of character you want to translate and convert it to decimal.
  • Add 1 to the value. This is the line number in the table where you will make the change.
  • edit the etoa.tab by changing the yy portion of the 0xyy value on the specific line to the new Hex value
  • refer to the CODE TRANSLATION TABLE on the IBM SYSTEM/370 Reference Summary (a.k.a. YELLOW CARD) for the Decimal or Hex representation of the EBCDIC or ASCII character
  • save the changes

   

• Edit the xcom.glb
  
  • change the INTERNAL_CONVERSION_TABLES = NO
  • change ETOA_FILENAME/opt/CA/XCOM/convtab/etoa2.tab
    
    • For HP-UX system: /opt/CA/XCOM/convtab/etoa2.tab
• Stop and Start xcomd, to incorporate the changes
  
  

For the ATOE table:

The process to change the ATOE tables is similar. You would be referencing the atoe.tab or ATOE_FILENAME=, and you will to need to search for the reciprocal EBCDIC character value instead.

Similar steps apply to XCOM for Windows.