Soft Switching; Resetting Your Ps/2 Keyboard And Mouse - Avocent DSR Series Installer/User Manual

If the display order of your list is by name or EID (the Name or EID button is depressed), type the
first few letters of the name of the target device or the EID number to establish it as unique and
press .
Enter
NOTE: If OSCAR Authentication has been enabled, an "Authenticating" screen will appear after you select a
target device because the DSR switch is confirming your access to that target device. If you are denied access to
the target device, a message will appear saying that you can not view that particular target device.
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 soft switch to a target device:
Press
Print Screen
type the port number and press
-or-
If the display order of the Main dialog is by name (the Name button is depressed), type the first few
letters of the name of the target device to establish it as unique and press
To switch back to the previous target device, press

Resetting your PS/2 keyboard and mouse

NOTE: This function is for Microsoft Windows-based computers only. Resetting the PS/2 on a target device
running any other operating system may require that you reboot that target device.
If your PS/2 keyboard or mouse locks up, you may be able to re-establish operation of these
peripherals by issuing a Reset command. The Reset command sends a hot-plug sequence to the
target device that causes the mouse and keyboard settings to be sent to the DSR switch. With
communication re-established between the target device and the DSR switch, functionality is
restored to the user.
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
. If the display order of the Main dialog is by port (the Port button is depressed),
.
Enter
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and then typing the first few characters of its name or
then
Print Screen
.
Enter
.
Backspace
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