Manoj Reddy's Reference Guide

activation-character

To define the character you enter at a vacant terminal to begin a terminal session, use the activation-character line configuration command. Use the no form of this command to make any character activate a terminal.

activation-character ascii-number

no activation-character

Syntax Description

ascii-number 

Decimal representation of the activation character.

Defaults

Return (decimal 13)

Command Modes

Line configuration

Command History

ReleaseModification
10.0

This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

See the "ASCII Character Set" appendix for a list of ASCII characters.

If you are using the autoselect function, set the activation character to the default, Return, and exec-character-bits to 7. If you change these defaults, the application will not recognize the activation request.

Examples

The following example sets the activation character for the console to Delete, which is Decimal 127:

line console activation-character 127

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