TERMINAL ATTN

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Authorization

Privilege Class: G

Purpose

Use TERMINAL ATTN to control attention interrupts to ASCII terminal keyboards and printers.

Operands

ON
turns on attention interrupt signaling. When an attention interrupt occurs, CP displays an exclamation point (!).
OFf
turns off attention interrupt signaling. When an attention interrupt occurs, CP suppresses the display of the exclamation point and carriage return.
Note: OFF is the default for display terminals. ON is the default for ASCII devices.

Usage Notes

  1. TERMINAL ATTN ON controls the signaling of an attention interrupt only on the keyboards and printers or ASCII terminals. It is not valid for display type terminals.
  2. ATTN is set ON when you log on or reconnect to an ASCII terminal.
  3. For more information, see TERMINAL Usage Notes.