1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" 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.\" from: @(#)cons.4 6.3 (Berkeley) 3/27/91 33.\" $Id: cons.4,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:36:37 mycroft Exp $ 34.\" 35.Dd March 27, 1991 36.Dt CONS 4 vax 37.Os BSD 4 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm cons 40.Nd "VAX-11 console interface" 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The console is available to the processor through the console registers. 43It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are 44not disabled, 45.Ic \&^P 46(control-P) puts the console in local console mode (where 47the prompt is 48.Sq Li >>> ) . 49The operation of the console in this mode varies 50slightly per-processor. 51.Ss Tn VAX No 11/780 or 785 52On either the 53.Tn VAX 5411/780 or 785 the following commands may be used 55after placing the console in local mode with 56.Ic ^P . 57.Pp 58.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 59.It Ic c 60.It Ic continue 61Re-enter conversational mode 62if the processor was halted. 63.Pp 64.It Ic h 65.It Ic halt 66Halt the CPU. 67On an 11/780 or 785 68the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode. 69.Pp 70.It Ic set t p 71(set terminal program) 72Re-enter conversational mode 73if the processor is still 74running. 75.Pp 76.It Ic P 77(proceed) 78Get out of 79.Tn ODT 80mode. 81.Pp 82.It Ic <break> 83If you hit the break key on the console, then the console 84.Tn LSI Ns -11 85will go into 86.Tn ODT 87(console debugger mode). 88.El 89.Pp 90.Ss Tn VAX No 11/750 or 11/730 91On an 11/750 92or an 11/730 93the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode. 94.Pp 95.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 96.It Ic C 97Return to conversational mode. 98.Pp 99.It Ic ret 100Return from remote diagnosis mode to local console 101mode. 102.Pp 103.It Ic \&^D 104(11/750 only) 105When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module, 106a 107.Ic \&^D 108will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be 109.ql RDM> . 110.El 111.Pp 112.Ss Tn VAX No 8600 or 8650 113The 114.Tn VAX 1158600 (8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750, 116except that there are many additional modes and commands. 117.Pp 118.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n 119.It Ic c 120.It Ic continue 121Return to 122conversational mode. 123.Pp 124.It Ic halt 125Halt the processor if 126.Tn HEX 127debug enabled. 128.Pp 129.It Ic p 130Halt the processor if in normal mode. 131.El 132.Pp 133With the above proviso's the console works like any other 134.Ux 135terminal. 136.Sh FILES 137.Bl -tag -width /dev/console -compact 138.It Pa /dev/console 139.El 140.Sh SEE ALSO 141.Xr tty 4 , 142.Xr reboot 8 143.Rs 144.%T "VAX Hardware Handbook" 145.Re 146.Sh HISTORY 147The 148.Nm cons 149interface 150appeared in 151.Bx 4.0 . 152