This read-write integer setting controls whether the DECserver echoes accounting events out to the server's console port as they happen, with disable(1) suppressing that console output and enable(2) turning it on. Admins toggle it when they want a live, on-the-wire view of accounting activity (logins, password failures, session connects) directly on the console rather than only in the stored log, and the setting survives power cycles and reboots. For example, a technician debugging repeated login failures on a terminal server might set acctConsole to enable(2) so each failed-password event prints to the console session in real time.