Soft Switching; To Select The Previous Target Device; To Disconnect From A Target Device; To Configure The Oscar Interface Screen Delay - Avocent DSR Installer/User Manual

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To select the previous target device:

Press
Print Screen
and current connections.

To disconnect from a target device:

Press
Print Screen
selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.

Soft switching

Soft switching is the ability to switch target devices using a hotkey sequence. You can soft switch
to a target device by pressing
number. If you have set a Screen Delay Time and you press the key sequences before that time has
elapsed, the OSCAR interface will not display.

To configure the OSCAR interface screen delay:

1. Press
Print Screen
2. Click Setup - Menu. The Menu dialog box appears.
3. For Screen Delay Time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main dialog
box is displayed after
4. Click OK.

To soft switch to a target device:

1. Press
Print Screen
type the port number and press
-or-
If the display order of the Main dialog is by name (Name button is depressed), type the first
few letters of the name of the target device to establish it as unique and press
2. To switch back to the previous target device, press
and then . This key combination toggles you between the previous
Backspace
and then (zero). This leaves the user in a free state, with no target device
Alt+0
Print Screen
to launch the OSCAR interface. The Main dialog box appears.
is pressed.
Print Screen
. If the display order of the Main dialog is by port (Port button is depressed),
.
Enter
and then typing the first few characters of its name or
Print Screen
.
Enter
then .
Backspace