CONSOLE

The CONSOLE command can display the logical device number of the current console or can move the console to another logical device.

   CONSOLE [ldev]

ldev: Specifies the logical device number of the new console terminal. If you omit this parameter, the command displays the logical device number of the current console.

Usage
You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing Break does not affect this command.
Any user can enter this command to determine the location of the console; however, you must enter this command from the console to change its location, unless your system administrator has used the ALLOW command which permits you to enter this command.
Command process
When you enter this command, a message that shows the new logical device number appears on the new console as well as the former console. All console capabilities transfer to the new console; the former console becomes a standard session device.
Restrictions
Restrictions or requirements on the use of this command are as follows:
- You cannot move the console to a remote terminal, which is a terminal connected to your system through a distributed systems (DS) communications line.
- You should not move the console to a terminal that uses a multipoint terminal software (MTS) line, or a packet assembly and disassembly (PAD) terminal over a modem.
- Because the console is a session device, you must have a session logged on to the console in order to enter operator commands.
- Control and maintenance processor (CMP) and diagnostic control unit (DCU) prompts and messages remain with the configured terminal, such as channel 1, device 0, for example. You cannot move this feature to another terminal.
- You can only execute console (CtrlA) commands from the console.

To determine the current location of the console, enter:

   :CONSOLE

   CONSOLE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO LDEV 20

To transfer the console from the terminal identified by the system as logical device 20 to the terminal identified as logical device 31, enter:
:CONSOLE 31 CONSOLE HAS BEEN SWITCHED FROM LDEV 20 TO LDEV 31

   ALLOW

   SHOWALLOW

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