You are a KING Ryan!
My connection works like a charm now!
I think I owe you a beer man ;o)
Thanks for your time and expertise Ryan, verry appreciated!
EDIT
If I can make a suggestion, if you have more than one ASE instance that is using SSL :
%SYBASE_JRE6%\bin\keytool -import -alias ase_inst_1 -file ase_inst_1.crt -keystore trustedstore
%SYBASE_JRE6%\bin\keytool -import -alias ase_inst_2 -file ase_inst_2.crt -keystore trustedstore
%SYBASE_JRE6%\bin\keytool -import -alias ase_inst_1 -file ase_inst_1.crt
%SYBASE_JRE6%\bin\keytool -import -alias ase_inst_2 -file ase_inst_2.crt
P.S. I am not quite sure why you have to import each instance cert file twice, one with the -keystore option and the second without. If you do not, it doest work, but why!? Don't know!