PCA Command Establishes or cancels various mode settings that affect screen mode. Format SET MODE keyword [,keywod]
1 – Parameters
keyword Specifies the mode settings to be enabled or disabled. Following are the valid keyword parameters: Keyword Description KEYPAD Enables the use of the numeric keypad for command entry. When PCA is in keypad mode, you can associate keys on the numeric keypad with PCA command definitions. Keypad mode is enabled by default. NOKEYPAD Disables the use of the numeric keypad for command entry. You must disable keypad mode when the program you are measuring requires the numeric keypad on your terminal to be in numeric mode. LOG_SCREEN Causes screen images to be logged in the log file each time the terminal screen is updated. Screen logging occurs only if output logging in general is enabled with the SET LOG command. NOLOG_SCREEN Disables the logging of screen images. NOLOG_ SCREEN is the default mode. MOVIE Causes the terminal screen to be updated each time a command line is read, even if the line comes from a command file. In movie mode, you can "play" a command file on the screen. NOMOVIE Causes the terminal screen to be updated only after each line of terminal input. NOMOVIE is the default mode. SCREEN Enables screen mode so that you see PCA output in the form of screen displays viewed through windows on the terminal screen. Screen mode should be used only on VT100 or VT200 class terminals. NOSCREEN Disables screen mode. PCA output is then displayed line by line. NOSCREEN is the default mode. SCROLL Causes the screen to be updated for every line of output in screen mode. Thus, the output scrolls through the output window. SCROLL is the default mode. NOSCROLL Causes the screen to be updated only after a full command has completed. As a result, you may see only the last part of the command's output in its screen window.
2 – Description
The SET MODE command sets or cancels screen mode and various submodes within screen mode. Keypad mode is enabled by default. You must disable keypad mode only if your program requires the use of the numeric keypad for its own purposes.
3 – Examples
PCAA> SET MODE SCREEN This command enables screen mode. PCAA> SET MODE NOSCREEN This command disables screen mode. PCAA> SET MODE SCREEN, LOG_SCREEN This command enables both screen mode and the logging of screen images in the log file. Screen images are logged only if output logging in general is enabled with the SET LOG command.