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Changed Commands [ Introduction to MPE XL for MPE V System Administrators ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


Introduction to MPE XL for MPE V System Administrators

Changed Commands 

New parameters have been added to the :HELLO and :STARTSESS, commands.
The termtype parameter has been altered to support only types 10, 18, 20,
and 21.

The parameters for :STARTSESS and :HELLO are described in Table 7-3 .

          Table 7-3.  Changed Parameters for :HELLO and :STARTSESS 

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-                     Parameter                      -             Description              -
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| termtype                                           | Type of terminal used for input.     |
|                                                    | MPE XL uses this parameter to        |
|                                                    | determine device-dependent           |
|                                                    | characteristics such as delay factor |
|                                                    | for carriage returns.  Must be 10,   |
|                                                    | 18, 20, or 21 as follows:            |
|                                                    | 10 All Hewlett-Packard (HP)          |
|                                                    | terminals.  Block mode is supported, |
|                                                    | but may be turned on/off by an       |
|                                                    | escape sequence.  DC1 (print buffer  |
|                                                    | nearly empty) is sent.  Default      |
|                                                    | parity is none.  Does not support    |
|                                                    | ENQ/ACK.                             |
|                                                    | 18 All non-HP terminals and non-HP   |
|                                                    | printers.  It is the customer's      |
|                                                    | responsibility to ensure             |
|                                                    | compatibility with the Distributed   |
|                                                    | Terminal Subsystem.  Default parity  |
|                                                    | is none.  Block mode is not          |
|                                                    | supported.  DC1 is not sent.         |
|                                                    | Enhanced XON/XOFF Protocol with      |
|                                                    | non-HP printers.                     |
|                                                    | 20 HP 2934A. Has remote support.     |
|                                                    | Printer status request is supported. |
|                                                    | Parity checking is supported.        |
|                                                    | 21 HP 2934 and HP 2686A. Does not    |
|                                                    | have remote support.  Printer status |
|                                                    | request is supported.  Parity        |
|                                                    | checking is not supported.           |
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| ciinfo                                             | The first command to be executed by  |
|                                                    | the Command Interpreter.  This       |
|                                                    | parameter, with ;parm=1, serves the  |
|                                                    | same function performed by the MPE   |
|                                                    | V/E :( ) COMMAND LOGON command and   |
|                                                    | takes its place.                     |
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          Table 7-3.  Changed Parameters for :HELLO and :STARTSESS (cont.) 

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-                     Parameter                      -             Description              -
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| ciparm                                             | The Command Interpreter number you   |
|                                                    | wish to use; the numbers accepted    |
|                                                    | are:                                 |
|                                                    | 1 The Command Interpreter terminates |
|                                                    | after processing the INFO= ciinfo    |
|                                                    | parameter.                           |
|                                                    | -1 UDCs are not cataloged.  The      |
|                                                    | Command Interpreter banner and the   |
|                                                    | welcome message are not displayed.   |
|                                                    | (Use requires SM capability.)        |

|                                                    | -2 Same as -1 except that the        |
|                                                    | Command Interpreter terminates after |
|                                                    | processing the info=  command.  (Use |
|                                                    | requires SM capability.)             |
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