Seeburger CSV file - Tab Delimited - srcDelimiter

Hi
Does anyone know the correct 'Parameter Value' entry I need to use for :
Module Key "BIC"
Parameter Name "srcDelimiter"
The documentation states that you must use a String with the length of 6 characters, and the order is:
subfield, field, decimal, quoting, fieldgroup, segment
Specifically, I want to define the 'field' delimiter as a Tab.
Thanks

Hi
We don't have a problem with 'real' EDI (Edifact or Tradacoms).
My problem is trying to receive a simple Tab Delimited text file via AS2, into XI.
The BIC mapping used is from type CSV to type XML.
Comma delimited is fine, as a comma is specified on the BIC mapping as the source delimiter.
I'm wondering if I can override this on the CC module chain, using the srcDelimiter parameter.
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