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Navigating the oscar interface, Soft switching – Avocent DSRTM 1021 User Manual

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Chapter 3: Local Port Operation

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Soft switching

Soft switching is the ability to switch servers using a hotkey sequence. You can

soft switch to a server 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 interface will

not display.

To confi gure servers for soft switching:

1.

Press Print Screen to launch the OSCAR interface. The Main dialog
box appears.

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 Print Screen is pressed.

4. Click

OK.

To soft switch to a server:

1.

To select a server, press Print Screen. If the display order of your server list
is by port (Port button is depressed), type the port number and press Enter.
-or-
If the display order of your server list is by name (Name button is
depressed), type the fi rst few letters of the name of the server to establish
it as unique, and press Enter.

2. To switch back to the previous server, press Print Screen then Backspace.

Navigating the OSCAR Interface

This table describes how to navigate the OSCAR interface using the keyboard

and mouse.

OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics

This Keystroke

Does This

Print Screen

Opens the OSCAR interface. Press Print Screen twice to
send the Print Screen keystroke to the currently selected
DSRIQ module.

F1

Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box.