You must open the file created by the standard output redirect facility each time you want to check its contents. If you use the console output facility for standard output redirect files, you can use the standard output redirect facility to check the contents of the file output in real time at the console. By using this facility together with the standard output redirect facility, you can save the output contents to a file and also check the contents in real time.

In order to use this facility, you must also use the standard output redirect facility. For details about the environment settings for the standard output redirect facility, see 2.2.1(1) Environment settings.

You can start the console from a command prompt or from the Windows Start menu. These startup methods are explained below.

• Starting from a command prompt
  Start a command prompt and then execute the tp1console command or the ntbtail -t p command.
  For details about these commands, see tp1console (outputs standard output redirect files to the console) or ntbtail (outputs the contents of a specified file to the console) in Chapter 7. Operation Commands.
  In a multiOpenTP1 environment, you must execute these commands from the console that was created by the dcmakecon command. For details about the dcmakecon command, see dcmakecon (creates a multiOpenTP1 console) in Chapter 7. Operation Commands.
  
• Windows Start menu
  In an original OpenTP1 (that has been installed by the installer), you can start the console from the Windows Start menu. From the Start menu, choose Programs, OpenTP1, then OpenTP1 Console.