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Local OSCAR User Interface
The SCS features user-side keyboard and mouse ports that allow you to connect
a USB keyboard and mouse for direct analog access. The SCS uses the OSCAR
interface to configure your system and devices. You can use the OSCAR
interface to access devices that are attached to the SCS.
Main Dialog Box Functions
To access the OSCAR interface Main dialog box:
Press <Print Screen> to launch the OSCAR interface. The Main dialog box will
appear.
NOTE:
If the OSCAR password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter a
password before you can launch the OSCAR interface.
Viewing and Selecting Ports and Devices
Use the OSCAR Main dialog box to view, configure, and control devices in the
SCS system. View your devices by name, port, or by the unique EID number
embedded in each SIP.
In the following figure, the Port column indicates the ARI port to which a
device is connected. If you tier a switch from the main SCS, creating another
tier, the ARI port on the switch is listed first, and is followed by the switch port
to which the device is connected. For example, in Figure 3.1, devices 06-01, 06-
02, 06-03, and 06-04 are connected. The port number list indicates the ARI port
number first, and then names the switch port to which the device is connected.