1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 33.\" 34.Dd June 5, 1993 35.Dt CONS 4 vax 36.Os BSD 4 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm cons 39.Nd "VAX-11 console interface" 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The console is available to the processor through the console registers. 42It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are 43not disabled, 44.Ic \&^P 45(control-P) puts the console in local console mode (where 46the prompt is 47.Sq Li >>> ) . 48The operation of the console in this mode varies 49slightly per-processor. 50.Ss Tn VAX No 11/780 or 785 51On either the 52.Tn VAX 5311/780 or 785 the following commands may be used 54after placing the console in local mode with 55.Ic ^P . 56.Pp 57.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 58.It Ic c 59.It Ic continue 60Re-enter conversational mode 61if the processor was halted. 62.Pp 63.It Ic h 64.It Ic halt 65Halt the CPU. 66On an 11/780 or 785 67the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode. 68.Pp 69.It Ic set t p 70(set terminal program) 71Re-enter conversational mode 72if the processor is still 73running. 74.Pp 75.It Ic P 76(proceed) 77Get out of 78.Tn ODT 79mode. 80.Pp 81.It Ic <break> 82If you hit the break key on the console, then the console 83.Tn LSI Ns -11 84will go into 85.Tn ODT 86(console debugger mode). 87.El 88.Pp 89.Ss Tn VAX No 11/750 or 11/730 90On an 11/750 91or an 11/730 92the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode. 93.Pp 94.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 95.It Ic C 96Return to conversational mode. 97.Pp 98.It Ic ret 99Return from remote diagnosis mode to local console 100mode. 101.Pp 102.It Ic \&^D 103(11/750 only) 104When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module, 105a 106.Ic \&^D 107will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be 108.ql RDM> . 109.El 110.Pp 111.Ss Tn VAX No 8600 or 8650 112The 113.Tn VAX 1148600 (8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750, 115except that there are many additional modes and commands. 116.Pp 117.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 118.It Ic c 119.It Ic continue 120Return to 121conversational mode. 122.Pp 123.It Ic halt 124Halt the processor if 125.Tn HEX 126debug enabled. 127.Pp 128.It Ic p 129Halt the processor if in normal mode. 130.El 131.Pp 132With the above proviso's the console works like any other 133.Ux 134terminal. 135.Sh FILES 136.Bl -tag -width /dev/console -compact 137.It Pa /dev/console 138.El 139.Sh SEE ALSO 140.Xr tty 4 , 141.Xr reboot 8 142.Rs 143.%T "VAX Hardware Handbook" 144.Re 145.Sh HISTORY 146The 147.Nm cons 148interface 149appeared in 150.Bx 4.0 . 151