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EPI ENABLE—Activate a Virtual Terminal

Use this command to activate a virtual terminal by issuing a VTAM OPEN ACB request. The ENABLE command also determines whether external products can acquire this virtual terminal.

This command has the following format:

ADDRESS EPI "ENABLE keywords"
  {termname|ALL|*}

termname

Defines the name of the virtual terminal to be enabled. You can enable only terminals previously defined through the DEFINE command, and the virtual terminal name (the VTAM application ID) must be defined to VTAM.

ALL

Instructs EPI to try to enable all defined virtual terminals that currently are disabled.

*

Enables the current terminal defined through the SETTERM command.

Example: EPI ENABLE

The following enables the virtual terminal flagged as the current terminal (through the SETTERM command):

ENABLE *