24DSR1021/1022 Switch Installer/User Guide

Navigating the OSCAR Interface

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

Table 3.2: OSCAR Interface Navigation Basics

Keystroke

Action Performed

 

 

Print Screen

Opens the OSCAR interface. Press Print Screen twice to send the Print Screen

 

keystroke to the currently selected DSRIQ module.

 

 

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 Controlling

 

the status flag section on page 31 in this chapter 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,

Toggles back to the previous selection.

Backspace

 

 

 

Print Screen,

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

Alt+0 (zero)

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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