1. Make sure you're not varying it ONLINE in some COMMNDxx member. Online and Console are two different statuses, and if it's ONLINE it won't be a console until you vary it as a console - will be available for VTAM though.
2. Make sure it's defined to be online at IPL though (doesn't have OFFLINE set in the IO definition) Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html