Problem:

RTS197 abend  when loading an assembler module built for debug

Resolution:

Debug support for Assembler was added into 2.1 and this is available external to the IDE.

If you want to debug an Assembler module compiled with the ANIM directive, then you must set this environment variable ES_SERVER_CONSOLE=Y, otherwise RTS197 abend results. This is because the assembler still uses the MFE style PANELS based debugger and by default the Enterprise Server console does not support this.

If you do not wish to debug and instead compile the assembler program without generating debug information (NOANIM), then you will not run into this issue.