Soft Switching; Navigating The Oscar Interface; Table 3.2: Oscar Interface Navigation Basics - Avocent DSR-1021 Installer/User Manual

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

Navigating the OSCAR Interface

This table describes how to navigate the OSCAR interface using the keyboard and mouse.

Table 3.2: OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics

This Keystroke
Print Screen
F1
Escape
Alt
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
Does This
Opens the OSCAR interface. Press Print Screen twice to send the Print Screen
keystroke to the currently selected DSRIQ module.
Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box.
Closes the current dialog box without saving changes and returns to the previous
one. If the Main dialog box is displayed, pressing Escape closes the OSCAR
interface and displays a status flag if status flags are enabled. See Controlling the
status flag in this chapter for more information. In a message box, pressing Escape
closes the pop-up box and returns to the current dialog box.
Opens dialog boxes, selects or checks options and executes actions when used with
underlined or other designated letters.
Chapter 3: Local Port Operation
and then typing the first few characters of its name or
Print Screen
.
Enter
then .
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