CHAPTER 4: ANALOG PORT OPERATION

4.3 Navigating the OSD

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

OSD Navigation Basics

This Keystroke

Does This

Print Screen

Opens the OSD. Press Print Screen twice to send the Print

 

Screen keystroke to the currently selected device.

 

 

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. In the Main dialog box, it closes the OSD and

 

returns to the flag. In a message box, it 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 the current dialog box and returns to the previous one.

 

 

Alt+O

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

 

 

Single-click, Enter

In a text box, it 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.

 

 

Enter

Completes a switch in the Main dialog box and exits the OSD.

 

 

Print Screen, Backspace

Toggles back to previous selection.

 

 

Print Screen, Alt+Ø

Immediately disengages user from a server; no server is

 

selected. Status flag displays Free. (This only applies to the Ø on

 

the keyboard and not the keypad.)

 

 

Print Screen, Pause

Immediately turns on screen saver mode and prevents access to

 

that particular 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.

 

 

Delete

Deletes current selection in the scan list or characters in a text

 

box.

 

 

Shift-Del

Deletes from the current selection to the end of the list when

 

editing a scan list.

 

 

Numbers

Type from the keyboard or keypad.

 

 

Caps Lock

Disabled. Use the Shift key to change case.

 

 

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