The command input environment differs between OpenTP1 for Windows and OpenTP1 for UNIX as follows:

• In the environment for the original OpenTP1
  You enter OpenTP1 commands from the command prompt.
  When you manipulate the original OpenTP1, you can execute OpenTP1 commands not only from the command prompt but also from the console created with the dcmakecon command.
  
• In a multiOpenTP1 environment
  You must execute the dcmakecon command to create the console that is to be used to run the specific OpenTP1. You use this console to execute commands in the environment for the multiOpenTP1.
  When you manipulate a multiOpenTP1, you execute commands at the console created with the dcmakecon command. Note that you can also execute net start OpenTP1_XXXX and net stop OpenTP1_XXXX (where XXXX is a user-specified identifier) from the regular command prompt.
  

For details about starting OpenTP1, see 6.2 Starting OpenTP1. For details about terminating OpenTP1, see 6.3 Terminating OpenTP1.

You can use the following commands to run a multiOpenTP1:

• dcdls: Checks the setup status of the multiOpenTP1.
• dcmakecon: Creates the multiOpenTP1 console.
• dcsetupml: Sets up the multiOpenTP1 or cancels setup of the multiOpenTP1.

For details about these commands, see Details of the commands specific to OpenTP1 for Windows in Chapter 7. Operation Commands.