If the TCP/IP host is transmitting ASCII data, explicit-mode servers are responsible for data translation from EBCDIC to ASCII and from ASCII to EBCDIC. Data translation is not performed by IMS™ TCP/IP. You can use the data translation subroutines (EZACIC04 and EZACIC05 or EZACIC14 and EZACIC15) described in CALL instruction application programming interface for this purpose.

When the conversation is complete, the server should force an IMS commit and close the connection. This causes IMS to complete the database updates. Explicit-mode server logic is responsible for notifying the client of the success or failure of the commit process.