The message roll rate appropriate for a console depends on the
message traffic to that console. To establish
a starting message roll rate for consoles CON1, MESSAGE, and INFO,
code the following statements in CONSOLxx:
CONSOLE DEVNUM(21A) NAME(CON1) DEL(RD) SEG(39) RNUM(10) RTME(1/2)
CONSOLE DEVNUM(314) NAME(MESSAGE) DEL(W) RTME(1/4)
CONSOLE DEVNUM(41B) NAME(INFO) DEL(R) SEG(39) RNUM(10) RTME(1/2)
These statements put CON1 in roll-deletable mode,
MESSAGE in wrap mode, and INFO in roll
mode. (See
Specifying automatic message deletion for MCS, HMCS or SMCS consoles for a description of roll, roll-deletable,
and wrap modes.) Adjust the RNUM and RTME specifications until the
roll rate is appropriate for the message traffic on CON1 and INFO.
Adjust the RTME specification for MESSAGE in wrap mode. To allow
HOLDMODE code the following DEFAULT statement:
DEFAULT HOLDMODE(YES)
HOLDMODE allows operators to freeze the screen for consoles in
roll, roll-deletable, or wrap mode by pressing the enter key. To
unfreeze the screen, operators can press the enter key again. See Temporarily suspending the screen roll.
Once you determine the appropriate values for RNUM and RTME, code
the values in the RNUM and RTME parameters in CONSOLxx.
If your system includes JES2, when you bring up the console, you
can use the JES2 REDIRECT command to direct the responses
to certain JES2 $D commands to specific consoles. For this example,
direct the responses to the JES2 commands $DA, $DF, $DI, $DJ, $DN,
$DQ, and $DU to display area B of CONSD. Issue the following command
to make this change:
REDIRECT(CON1),DA=CONSD-B,DF=CONSD-B,
DF=CONSD-B,DI=CONSD-B,DJ=CONSD-B,DN=CONSD-B,
DQ=CONSD-B,DU=CONSD-B
If your system includes JES3, use JES3 commands to direct messages
to specified consoles.