Selecting Devices; Soft Switching - Dell 2161DS-2 Install & User's Manual

Selecting devices

Use the Main dialog box to select devices. When you select a device, the appliance reconfigures
the keyboard and mouse to the proper settings for that device.
To select devices:
Double-click the device name, EID or port number.
or
If the display order of your device list is by port (Port button is depressed), type the port number
and press <Enter>.
or
If the display order of your device list is by name or EID number (Name or EID button is
depressed), type the first few characters of the name of the device or the EID number to
establish it as unique and press <Enter>.
To select the previous device:
Press <Print Screen> and then <Backspace>. This key combination toggles between the
previous and current connections.
To disconnect the user from a device:
Press <Print Screen> and then <Alt+0>. This leaves the user in a free state, with no device
selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.

Soft Switching

Soft switching is the ability to switch devices using a hot key sequence. You can soft switch to a
device by pressing <Print Screen> and then typing the first few characters of its name or
number. If you have set a Screen Delay Time and you press the key sequences before that time
has elapsed, the OSCAR
To configure devices for soft switching:
Press <Print Screen> to launch the OSCAR
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Click Setup - Menu. The Menu dialog box displays.
2
For Screen Delay Time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main
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dialog box is displayed after you press <Print Screen>.
Click OK.
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To soft switch to a device:
To select a device, press <Print Screen>. If the display order of your device list is by port
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(Port button is depressed), type the port number and press <Enter>.
or
If the display order of your device list is by name or EID number (Name or EID button is
depressed), type the first few characters of the name of the device or the EID number to
establish it as unique and press <Enter>.
To switch back to the previous device, press <Print Screen> then <Backspace>.
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interface. The Main dialog box displays.
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