COMCHECK NAME or ID subcommand output

The COMCHECK NAME and COMCHECK ID subcommands give information about an MCS, SMCS, subsystem console, or extended MCS console at the time of the dump. Use COMCHECK NAME when you specify the console's 2- to 8-character symbolic name. Use COMCHECK ID when you specify the console's 4-byte identifier assigned for the system. For information specific to a console, use the COMCHECK UCME subcommand.

The following is an example of a COMCHECK NAME(nnnnnnnn) or COMCHECK ID(iiiiiiii) report:

                   COMMUNICATION TASK ANALYSIS
                   EXTENDED CONSOLE INFORMATION

    OPERATOR DATA
       NAME:                        CONSID1
       CONSOLE ID:                  02000001
       TERMINAL:                    LOCAL320
       KEY:                         NONE
       SYSTEM NAME:                 SYSA
       NUMBER OF MESSAGES QUEUED:   N/A
    OPERATOR ATTRIBUTES
       STATUS:                      ACTIVE
       AUTHORITY:                   INFO
       MESSAGE FORMAT:              MESSAGE
       MESSAGE TYPE:                NONE
       MESSAGE LEVEL:               WTOR
                                      IMMEDIATE ACTION
                                      CRITICAL EVENTUAL ACTION
                                      EVENTUAL ACTION
                                      INFORMATIONAL
                                      BROADCAST
       QUEUING FLAG:                NONE
       DOM FLAG:                    NORMAL
       CMDSYS:                      SYSCONS1
       RECEIVES AUTO MESSAGES:      NO
       RECEIVES HARDCOPY MESSAGES:  NO
       RECEIVES INTIDS MESSAGES:    YES
       RECEIVES UNKNIDS MESSAGES:   YES
       ALERT PERCENTAGE:            100
       RESUME PERCENTAGE:           70
       CONSOLE STATUS AREA ALET:    0102001B
       CONSOLE STATUS AREA ADDRESS: 000014A0
       ROUTING CODES:               NONE
       MSCOPE LIST:                 *ALL

In this example, CONSID1 is the name and X'02000001' is the console identifier of the extended MCS console. Either COMCHECK NAME(CONSID1) or COMCHECK ID(02000001) is the correct syntax used to obtain this report.

The following fields appear in the report:

NAME

The name of the specific console. (In the example, this is the extended MCS console name.) If no name was specified, the console identifier appears in this field.

CONSOLE ID

A 4-byte identifier the system assigns to the console.

TERMINAL

The terminal name associated with this console.

KEY

The 1- to 8-character keyname that identifies the messages that the system requests.

SYSTEM NAME

The name of the system to which this console is defined.

NUMBER OF MESSAGES QUEUED

The number of messages retained for later viewing.

STATUS

One of the following states:

ACTIVE: The console is currently active.
INACTIVE: The console is currently inactive.
DEFINED: The device is currently defined. This status applies to subsystem consoles only.

AUTHORITY

The command group assigned to the console, as follows:

INFO: Informational commands.
SYS: System control commands.
I/O: Input/output (I/O) control commands.
CONS: Console control commands.
MASTER: Master authority commands.
ALL: All commands.

MESSAGE FORMAT

The format of the message when it is displayed on this console, as follows:

TIMESTAMP: A time stamp, in the format hh.mm.ss.
JOBNAME/JOBID: The name or ID of the job issuing the message.
SYSNAME: The name of the system issuing the message.
NOSYSJB: All information except the system and job names.
MESSAGE: Only the message text is displayed.

MESSAGE TYPE

Indicates the type of information that is continually displayed at this console, as follows:

JOBNAME: The job name or job identifier when the job starts and ends.
STATUS: Displays data set names and volume serial numbers when they are free; with dispositions of keep, catalog, and uncatalog.
SESSION: Displays the user identifier for each time sharing terminal when a Time Sharing Option Extensions (TSO/E) session starts and ends.
TIME: Displays the time along with the job name and session; the time is displayed in hh.mm.ss format.
NONE: Displays none of the above information.

MESSAGE LEVEL

Lists the message level options specified in the CONSOLxx parmlib member or in the CONTROL command, as follows:

WTOR: Console displays write to operator (WTOR) messages.
IMMEDIATE ACTION: Console displays immediate action messages.
CRITICAL EVENTUAL ACTION: Console displays critical eventual action messages.
EVENTUAL ACTION: Console displays eventual action messages.
INFORMATIONAL: Console displays informational messages.
BROADCAST: Console displays broadcast messages.
NONE: Console displays only messages specifically directed to the console and command responses.

QUEUING FLAG

The type of message delivery specified at console initialization, which is one of the following values:

FIFO: Messages are delivered from the message data space on a first in, first out basis.
SEARCH: Messages are delivered from the message data space based on search criteria specified in the MCSOPER macro.
NONE: No messages are placed into, or delivered from, the message data space.

DOM FLAG

The delete operator message (DOM) disposition of this console, which is one of the following vlaues:

NORMAL: The console receives DOMs only for messages that have been received and placed in its message data space.
ALL: The console receives all DOMs in the system.
NONE: The console receives no DOMs.

CMDSYS

The name of the system that runs the commands entered from this console.

RECEIVES AUTO MESSAGES

Indicates whether this console receives automatable messages. The response is either YES or NO.

RECEIVES HARDCOPY MESSAGES

Indicates whether this console receives hardcopy messages. The response is either YES or NO.

RECEIVES INTIDS MESSAGES

Indicates whether this console receives INTIDS messages. The response is either YES or NO.

RECEIVES UNKNIDS MESSAGES

Indicate whether this console receives UNKNIDS messages. The response is either YES or NO.

ALERT PERCENTAGE

The percentage of the message buffer that, when full, indicates a buffer shortage.

RESUME PERCENTAGE

The percentage of the message buffer that, when full, allows message processing to resume after a buffer shortage.

CONSOLE STATUS AREA ALET

The console status area access list entry table. It is used with the console status area address to look at the console status area's data structure.

CONSOLE STATUS AREA ADDRESS

The address of the console status area for this console.

ROUTING CODES

The set of routing codes for messages displayed at this console.

MSCOPE LIST

A list of the names of systems from which this console is receiving messages.