Jim,

  Is 'remote enabled' and possible 'active' on the console?
If so, then the remote port is now your console.  You should
(if this were the case) be seeing all of the output correctly,
but not allowed to enter anything.  You should be able to switch
it back by pressing the <break> key twice I believe (<break><break>).
Otherwise, do a <ctrl><B>DR<return>CO<return> to turn it off and
get back to normal.

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Therm-O-Link
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 1:33 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] No Input On Console


Here's another strange one:

Our console has suddenly stopped allowing us to enter anything.
What is happening is that typing on the keyboard doesn't do
anything; that is, no characters are echoed on the screen.  Even
pressing the return key by itself doesn't cause a prompt to be
echoed back.  The reset keys work okay, but even a hard reset
doesn't fix things.  In fact, even powering the terminal off
doesn't help.  Control-A is non-operative as well (I haven't
tried control-B).  An "ABORTIO 20" will display its "Software
I/O Abort" message, but doesn't help either.  BTW whilst all
this is going on, console messages are being displayed as
normal.  I just can't enter anything via the console.

I guess I'll call the RC, but it's not really a problem...Yet.

So, does anyone have any ideas on how to get the console to
operate again?  Also, what could cause this?  We were rerouting
some cables yesterday and unplugged the console cable to move
it.  Could that have caused this problem?  Thanks in advance.

Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
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