16AutoView 3008/3016 Switch Installer/User Guide

Navigating the OSCAR interface

This table describes how to navigate the OSCAR interface using the keyboard and mouse.

Table 3.3: OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics

Keystroke

Function

 

 

<Print Screen>, Ctrl-Ctrl,

OSCAR interface activation sequence. By default, <Print Screen> and Ctrl-

Shift-Shift and/or Alt-Alt

Ctrl are set as the OSCAR activation options. Shift-Shiftand Alt-Altmust be

 

set within the OSCAR interface before use.

 

 

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. If the Main dialog box is displayed, pressing Escape closes the

 

OSCAR interface and displays a status flag if status flags are enabled. See the

 

Commands Dialog Box Functions on page 25 for more information. In a

 

message box, pressing Escape 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 current dialog box and returns to previous one.

 

 

Alt+O

Selects the OK button, then returns to the previous dialog box.

 

 

Enter

Completes a switch operation in the Main dialog box and exits the

 

OSCAR interface.

 

 

Single-click, Enter

In a text box, single-clicking an entry and pressing Enter 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.

 

 

Print Screen, Backspace

Toggles back to previous selection.

 

 

Print Screen, Alt+0 (zero)

Immediately disengages user from a target device; no target device is selected.

 

Status flag displays Free. (This only applies to the 0 (zero) on the keyboard and

 

not the numeric keypad.)

 

 

Print Screen, Pause

Immediately turns on Screen Saver mode and prevents access to that specific

 

console, if it is password protected.

 

 

Up/Down Arrows

Moves the cursor from line to line in lists.

 

 

Right/Left Arrows

Moves the cursor between columns. When editing a text box, these keys move

 

the cursor within the column.

 

 

Page Up/Page Down

Pages up and down through Name and Port lists and Help pages.

 

 

Home/End

Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of a list.

 

 

Backspace

Erases characters in a text box.

 

 

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Avocent 3008/3016 manual Navigating the Oscar interface, Shift-Shift and/or Alt-Alt

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