Recovery actions for error messages centered on the screen

If a console hardware error occurs, one of the following pairs of messages can appear centered on the screen:

IEE170E RETRYABLE ERROR. RECENT ACTION MAY NEED TO BE REPEATED
IEE170E PRESS THE CANCEL KEY TO RESTORE THE SCREEN
IEE171E CONDITIONAL ERROR. RECENT ACTION MAY NEED TO BE REPEATED
IEE171E PRESS CANCEL TO CONTINUE

Perform a cancel action, which may be pressing the PA2 key.

The cancel action should restore most of the screen, including messages displayed in line in the message area, the instruction line, and the warning line. However, the system blanks out the entry area and the PFK line, positions the cursor to the first data entry position, and ends message numbering, if active.

Note: If you do not perform a cancel action, the system rewrites the screen (same effect as cancel) after about 30 seconds.

If the keyboard input for the cancel action results in a console hardware error, the system sees this error as a permanent I/O error and deactivates the console.