LINE-STATUS Command

The LINE-STATUS command displays the status of a line or range of lines.

Format

LINE-STATUS [m [-n]] [(P)]

Parameter(s)

m

Beginning line number.

n

Ending line number.

Description

A sample display of the status of three lines is shown below:

>LINE-STATUS 0-2

LINE

HALT

IN-BUF

OUT-BUF

RTS

DTR

CTS

DSR

000

 

127

57

0

1

0

1

001

IN

101

0

1

1

1

1

002

I/O

110

127

0

0

1

1

Line status fields are as follows:

Field

Description

LINE

Line number of the port

HALT

Logical state of the line's Input/Output flow control:

IN

Indicates that the line's input buffer is full or nearly full, and it has requested that input be HALTed.

NOTE: Intelligent Input/Output subsystems (for example, DTCS) have large input buffers and may be able to continue receiving input even though an input halt condition exists.

OUT

Indicates that the line has detected a HALT condition (received an X-OFF character or sensed a change in DTR) and output is logically stopped.

I/O

Indicates that both the IN and OUT conditions exist.

HARD

Indicates that the line has been hardware disabled. See the (K option for the PROTOCOL Command for more information.

"    "

Indicates that neither the IN nor the OUT condition exists.

IN-BUF

Indicates the number of characters in the local input buffer (the buffer always contains the 127 most recently entered characters).

OUT-BUF

Indicates the number of characters in the local output buffer.

RTS

Current state of the RTS (Request-To-Send) input line: 1 if the level is high, 0 if it is low.

DTR

Current state of the DTR (Data Terminal Ready) input line: 1 if the level is high, 0 if it is low.

CTS

Output level of the CTS (Clear-To-Send) line: 1 if the level is high, 0 if it is low. If CTS is used as INPUT-FLOW Control, "-" is displayed.

DSR

Output level of the DSR (Data Set Ready) line: 1 if the level is high, 0 if it is low.