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CONSOLE
The CONSOLE command can display the logical device number of the current
console or can move the console to another logical device.
Syntax
CONSOLE [ldev]
Parameters
ldev Specifies the logical device number of the new
console terminal. If you omit this parameter, the
command displays the logical device number of the
current console.
Operation Notes
* Usage
You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in
break mode. Pressing Break does not affect this command.
Any user can enter this command to determine the location of the
console; however, you must enter this command from the console to
change its location, unless your system administrator has used the
ALLOW command which permits you to enter this command.
* Command process
When you enter this command, a message that shows the new logical
device number appears on the new console as well as the former
console. All console capabilities transfer to the new console;
the former console becomes a standard session device.
* Restrictions
Restrictions or requirements on the use of this command are as
follows:
* You cannot move the console to a remote terminal, which is
a terminal connected to your system through a distributed
systems (DS) communications line.
* You should not move the console to a terminal that uses a
multipoint terminal software (MTS) line, or a packet
assembly and disassembly (PAD) terminal over a modem.
* Because the console is a session device, you must have a
session logged on to the console in order to enter operator
commands.
* Control and maintenance processor (CMP) and diagnostic
control unit (DCU) prompts and messages remain with the
configured terminal, such as channel 1, device 0, for
example. You cannot move this feature to another terminal.
* You can only execute console (CtrlA) commands from the
console.
Examples
* To determine the current location of the console, enter:
:CONSOLE
CONSOLE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO LDEV 20
* To transfer the console from the terminal identified by the system
as logical device 20 to the terminal identified as logical device
31, enter:
:CONSOLE 31
CONSOLE HAS BEEN SWITCHED FROM LDEV 20 TO LDEV 31
Related Commands
ALLOW
SHOWALLOW