1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt CONS 4 vax 10.Os BSD 4 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm cons 13.Nd "VAX-11 console interface" 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The console is available to the processor through the console registers. 16It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are 17not disabled, 18.Ic \&^P 19(control-P) puts the console in local console mode (where 20the prompt is 21.Sq Li >>> ) . 22The operation of the console in this mode varies 23slightly per-processor. 24.Ss Tn VAX No 11/780 or 785 25On either the 26.Tn VAX 2711/780 or 785 the following commands may be used 28after placing the console in local mode with 29.Ic ^P . 30.Pp 31.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 32.It Ic c 33.It Ic continue 34Re-enter conversational mode 35if the processor was halted. 36.Pp 37.It Ic h 38.It Ic halt 39Halt the CPU. 40On an 11/780 or 785 41the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode. 42.Pp 43.It Ic set t p 44(set terminal program) 45Re-enter conversational mode 46if the processor is still 47running. 48.Pp 49.It Ic P 50(proceed) 51Get out of 52.Tn ODT 53mode. 54.Pp 55.It Ic <break> 56If you hit the break key on the console, then the console 57.Tn LSI Ns -11 58will go into 59.Tn ODT 60(console debugger mode). 61.El 62.Pp 63.Ss Tn VAX No 11/750 or 11/730 64On an 11/750 65or an 11/730 66the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode. 67.Pp 68.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 69.It Ic C 70Return to conversational mode. 71.Pp 72.It Ic ret 73Return from remote diagnosis mode to local console 74mode. 75.Pp 76.It Ic \&^D 77(11/750 only) 78When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module, 79a 80.Ic \&^D 81will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be 82.ql RDM> . 83.El 84.Pp 85.Ss Tn VAX No 8600 or 8650 86The 87.Tn VAX 888600 (8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750, 89except that there are many additional modes and commands. 90.Pp 91.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 92.It Ic c 93.It Ic continue 94Return to 95conversational mode. 96.Pp 97.It Ic halt 98Halt the processor if 99.Tn HEX 100debug enabled. 101.Pp 102.It Ic p 103Halt the processor if in normal mode. 104.El 105.Pp 106With the above proviso's the console works like any other 107.Ux 108terminal. 109.Sh FILES 110.Bl -tag -width /dev/console -compact 111.It Pa /dev/console 112.El 113.Sh SEE ALSO 114.Xr tty 4 , 115.Xr reboot 8 116.Rs 117.%T "VAX Hardware Handbook" 118.Re 119.Sh HISTORY 120The 121.Nm cons 122interface 123appeared in 124.Bx 4.0 . 125