1.\" $NetBSD: cons.4,v 1.6 1999/12/15 23:44:54 abs 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" from: @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 35.\" 36.Dd June 5, 1993 37.Dt CONS 4 vax 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm cons 41.Nd VAX-11 console interface 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The console is available to the processor through the console registers. 44It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are 45not disabled, 46.Ic \&^P 47(control-P) puts the console in local console mode (where 48the prompt is 49.Sq Li >>> ) . 50The operation of the console in this mode varies 51slightly per-processor. 52.Ss Tn VAX No 11/780 or 785 53On either the 54.Tn VAX 5511/780 or 785 the following commands may be used 56after placing the console in local mode with 57.Ic ^P . 58.Pp 59.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 60.It Ic c 61.It Ic continue 62Re-enter conversational mode 63if the processor was halted. 64.Pp 65.It Ic h 66.It Ic halt 67Halt the CPU. 68On an 11/780 or 785 69the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode. 70.Pp 71.It Ic set t p 72(set terminal program) 73Re-enter conversational mode 74if the processor is still 75running. 76.Pp 77.It Ic P 78(proceed) 79Get out of 80.Tn ODT 81mode. 82.Pp 83.It Ic <break> 84If you hit the break key on the console, then the console 85.Tn LSI Ns -11 86will go into 87.Tn ODT 88(console debugger mode). 89.El 90.Pp 91.Ss Tn VAX No 11/750 or 11/730 92On an 11/750 93or an 11/730 94the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode. 95.Pp 96.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 97.It Ic C 98Return to conversational mode. 99.Pp 100.It Ic ret 101Return from remote diagnosis mode to local console 102mode. 103.Pp 104.It Ic \&^D 105(11/750 only) 106When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module, 107a 108.Ic \&^D 109will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be 110.ql RDM> . 111.El 112.Pp 113.Ss Tn VAX No 8600 or 8650 114The 115.Tn VAX 1168600 (8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750, 117except that there are many additional modes and commands. 118.Pp 119.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 120.It Ic c 121.It Ic continue 122Return to 123conversational mode. 124.Pp 125.It Ic halt 126Halt the processor if 127.Tn HEX 128debug enabled. 129.Pp 130.It Ic p 131Halt the processor if in normal mode. 132.El 133.Pp 134With the above proviso's the console works like any other 135.Ux 136terminal. 137.Sh FILES 138.Bl -tag -width /dev/console -compact 139.It Pa /dev/console 140.El 141.Sh SEE ALSO 142.Xr tty 4 , 143.Xr reboot 8 144.Rs 145.%T "VAX Hardware Handbook" 146.Re 147.Sh HISTORY 148The 149.Nm cons 150interface 151appeared in 152.Bx 4.0 . 153