Avocent AutoView 2000, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 3: Basic Operations
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To confi gure servers for soft switching:
1. Press Print Screen to launch OSCAR. 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 or EID number (Name or
EID button is depressed), type the fi rst few characters of the name of the
server or the EID number to establish it as unique and press
Enter .
2. To switch back to the previous server, press Print Screen then Backspace .
Navigating OSCAR
This table describes how to navigate OSCAR using the keyboard and mouse.
OSCAR Navigation Basics
This Keystroke Does This
Print Screen Opens OSCAR. Press Print Screen twice to send the Print
Screen keystroke to the currently selected device.
F1 Opens the Help screen for the current dialog box.
Escape Closes the current dialog box without saving changes and returns
to the previous one. In the Main dialog box, it closes OSCAR and
returns to the fl ag. In a message box, it closes the pop-up box
and returns to the current dialog box.
Alt Opens dialog boxes, selects or checks options and executes
actions when used with underlined or other designated letters.
Alt+X Closes the current dialog box and returns to the previous one.
Alt+O Selects the OK button, then returns to the previous dialog box.
Single-click, Enter In a text box, it selects the text for editing and enables the Left
and Right Arrow keys to move the cursor. Press Enter again to
quit the edit mode.
Enter Completes a switch in the Main dialog box and exits OSCAR.
Print Screen, Backspace Toggles back to previous selection.
Print Screen, Alt+Ø Immediately disengages user from a server; no server is selected.
Status fl ag displays Free. (This only applies to the Ø on the
keyboard and not the keypad.)