Selecting the message levels for a console

Use the CONTROL V,LEVEL command to specify the message levels for messages that are to be displayed at a console.

The LEVEL parameter on the CONSOLE statement in the CONSOLxx parmlib member controls the message levels for the console at IPL. If the LEVEL parameter is not coded, the system sends all messages, including broadcast messages, to the console.

The syntax for the command is:

 
K V[,REF                   ][,L=name  ]
    |                           
    |,LEVEL=(type[,type]...)

The parameters are:

LEVEL=(type[,type]...)

The message levels for a console are to be changed. The following operands specify which messages are to be displayed at the console. You can enter more than one of the following operands. If you do, place parentheses around the list of operands and separate them with commas. type can be any of the following:

ALL

The system is to display all messages routed to the console, including broadcast messages.

ALL,NB

The system is to display all messages routed to the console, except for broadcast messages.

CE

Critical eventual action messages (descriptor code 11) are to be displayed

E

Eventual action messages (descriptor code 3) are to be displayed

I

Immediate action messages (descriptor codes 1 and 2) are to be displayed

IN

Informational messages are to be displayed

NB

Broadcast messages are not to be displayed.

R

Write-to-operator with reply (WTOR) messages are to be displayed.

UNCOND

The system is to execute this command even though it means broadcast and informational messages with certain routing codes will not be assigned to any console. Use this operand if you want broadcast and certain informational messages to be sent only to the hardcopy medium.

Note:

1. If you don’t specify NB, your console receives broadcast messages.
2. If a WTOR or action message is not directed to any console, the message is logged. It can be retrieved and displayed at a console using the DISPLAY REQUESTS command.
3. If a message is directed to a specific console, it appears there regardless of the message level of the console.
4. If you specify a second K V,LEVEL command, the K V,LEVEL command in effect is canceled.
5. If you specify only one message type on the LEVEL operand, you can omit the parentheses.

REF

Displays the current value of the CONTROL V,LEVEL operand.

L= name

The name of the console where the specified action is to take place. The issuing console is the default.

Example 1:

K V,LEVEL=IN,L=CON20

Example 2:

K V,LEVEL=(R,I)

Example 3:

K V,LEVEL=(ALL,NB)