This feature is useful for monitoring operator interaction on production machines, when a complete record of events is necessary for determining problems. This commands PSS to record all input and output data concerning that terminal to disk. PSS creates separate files for input and output. Input characters, entered by the terminal user, are time stamped so that during playback, the simulation is realistic. This command instructs PSS to open the input script and begin the playback.
Input is replayed in approximately the same time, as it was originally entered.
These are software terminals PSS creates. Version 3.3 enhances the playback facilities of PSS by providing new lexical statements that may be inserted into the script files. An input script can now invoke one or more subsidiary scripts during playback. These subsidiary scripts can in turn invoke other script files. Waits before sending input You can pass run-time parameters to an input script during playback.