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INTERPRETING THE STATUS FLAG
The monitor of the user console displays a small
screen, referred to as the status flag, that indicates
the connection status of the user console and mode
of operation. It can be set to show the connection by
port number or by name. When operating the
ViewPoint system with OSCAR, the status flag
disappears from the display and reappears when the
operation is completed.
Two Display Modes
The status flag can be displayed in either an abbre-
viated, ABBR, or in LONG mode, as shown in these
examples. The status flag in the abbreviated mode
indicates that Console 9 is connected to Computer 3.
In ABBR mode S stands for computer. The status
flag in the long mode indicates the same informa-
tion without abbreviations. See Changing Status
Flag Attributes later in this chapter if you want to
change the appearance of the status flag.
ABBR mode
LONG mode
Console 9
switched to
COMPUTER 3
C9
at
S3
Interpreting the Status Flag