1.\" $NetBSD: cons.4,v 1.11 2003/08/07 10:31:10 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" from: @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 31.\" 32.Dd June 5, 1993 33.Dt CONS 4 vax 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm cons 37.Nd VAX-11 console interface 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The console is available to the processor through the console registers. 40It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are 41not disabled, 42.Ic \&^P 43(control-P) puts the console in local console mode (where 44the prompt is 45.Sq Li \*[Gt]\*[Gt]\*[Gt] ) . 46The operation of the console in this mode varies 47slightly per-processor. 48.Ss VAX-11/780 or 785 49On either the 50.Tn VAX-11/780 51or 785 the following commands may be used 52after placing the console in local mode with 53.Ic ^P . 54.Pp 55.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 56.It Ic c 57.It Ic continue 58Re-enter conversational mode 59if the processor was halted. 60.Pp 61.It Ic h 62.It Ic halt 63Halt the CPU. 64On an 11/780 or 785 65the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode. 66.Pp 67.It Ic set t p 68(set terminal program) 69Re-enter conversational mode 70if the processor is still 71running. 72.Pp 73.It Ic P 74(proceed) 75Get out of 76.Tn ODT 77mode. 78.Pp 79.It Ic \*[Lt]break\*[Gt] 80If you hit the break key on the console, then the console 81.Tn LSI Ns -11 82will go into 83.Tn ODT 84(console debugger mode). 85.El 86.Ss VAX-11/750 or 11/730 87On an 11/750 88or an 11/730 89the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode. 90.Pp 91.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 92.It Ic C 93Return to conversational mode. 94.Pp 95.It Ic ret 96Return from remote diagnosis mode to local console 97mode. 98.Pp 99.It Ic \&^D 100(11/750 only) 101When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module, 102a 103.Ic \&^D 104will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be 105.Ql RDM\*[Gt] . 106.El 107.Ss VAX-8600 or 8650 108The 109.Tn VAX-8600 110(8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750, 111except that there are many additional modes and commands. 112.Pp 113.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 114.It Ic c 115.It Ic continue 116Return to 117conversational mode. 118.Pp 119.It Ic halt 120Halt the processor if 121.Tn HEX 122debug enabled. 123.Pp 124.It Ic p 125Halt the processor if in normal mode. 126.El 127.Pp 128With the above proviso's the console works like any other 129.Ux 130terminal. 131.Sh FILES 132.Bl -tag -width /dev/console -compact 133.It Pa /dev/console 134.El 135.Sh SEE ALSO 136.Xr tty 4 , 137.Xr reboot 8 138.Rs 139.%T "VAX Hardware Handbook" 140.Re 141.Sh HISTORY 142The 143.Nm cons 144interface 145appeared in 146.Bx 4.0 . 147