Avocent SPC 800, Installation & User Manual

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Chapter 3: Operations
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The Show command accesses the control screen from the command line. Use
the
Arrow keys on your keyboard to move the cursor from field to field. The
help line at the bottom of the screen displays key commands that, when typed
on your keyboard, perform specific operations. The following chart describes
these keys.
Control Screen Help Line
Key Action
C )mnd Pressing C activates the SPC command line.
E )dit Pressing E moves the cursor to the end of the current entry in
an editable field. Each press of the Backspace key erases one
character. When you finish editing the field, press Enter or Tab .
N )ext Pressing N displays the next control screen page.
P )revious Pressing P displays the previous control screen page.
Q )uit Pressing Q ends the session. This is equivalent to the Quit command
in the command line.
Space-Bar to Select Pressing the Spacebar toggles among preset values. You may
also use the Spacebar in the Control Status rows to change a
port’s state to the state of the current cursor location: On or Off.
Alternatively, you may use the Plus ( + ) and Minus ( - ) keys on the
numeric keypad to switch among preset values.
Some fields on the control screen are display-only and cannot be changed.
Other fields may be changed by toggling among preset values or by entering
text. The following sections describe each control screen field.
Location field
The display-only Location field may contain text that was specified with the Set
Location command. The text in this field is also appended to a
Welcome to
banner that appears when a user successfully logs in.
Input Load field
The display-only Input Load field indicates the current cumulative input load
in amperes of all devices attached to the SPC. You may also obtain this value
from the command line with the Iload command, or by viewing the
Input
Current LED on the front of the SPC.
Port Name field
The editable Port Name field may contain a descriptive name for the device
connected to the port. You may use this name in commands that require a port