Question:
I tried logging on to TSO using the US National characters #, @, and $ in my password. I was visiting our European office and the logon failed with message ACF82900 ACF2, INVALID SYNTAX. The CA-ACF2 Administrator Guide says that these are valid characters. Why am I getting this failure?
This failure relates to the Mainframe Codepage that the terminal emulator is using when connecting to TSO from the terminal.
Answer:
The Mainframe codepage character set used by the terminal emulator will decide which Hexadecimal value will be assigned to a character when connecting to a mainframe system. US English is codepage 037 and the dollar sign is x'5B' . United Kingdom codepage is 285 and a dollar sign is x'4A'. The Swedish codepage is 278 and a dollar sign is x'67'
CA-ACF2 only accepts the following values as US National Characters:
| National Character | Hexadecimal Character |
| @ - At symbol | X'7C' |
| $ - Dollar sign | X'5B |
| # - Pound sign | X'7B' |