Avocent OutLook 1160ES, Installer/User Manual

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OutLook ES Series Installer/User Guide
Selecting Servers
Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the OutLook
switch reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the settings for the selected server.
To select servers:
1. Double-click the server name or port number.
- or -
If the display order is by port, type the port number and press
Enter .
- or -
If the display order is by name, type the first few letters of the name of the
server to establish it as unique and press
Enter .
To select the previous server:
Press Print Screen and then Backspace . This key combination toggles you
between the previous and current connection.
To disengage from a server:
Press Print Screen , then Alt+Ø . This key combination leaves you in a free state
with no server selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free .
Soft Switching
After you press Print Screen to initially open OSCAR, you can select servers
without displaying OSCAR. This is called a soft switch.
To configure servers for selecting without displaying OSCAR:
1. Click Setup - Menu .
2. For Delay Time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the
Main dialog box is displayed after Print Screen is pressed.
3. Click OK .
To select servers without displaying OSCAR:
1. To select another 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 servers are in name order (
Name button is depressed), type the first
few letters of the name of the server to establish it as unique and press
Enter . If the selection is performed before the Delay Time has expired,
OSCAR does not display.
2. To switch back to the previous server, press Print Screen then Backspace .