Daxten DSR8020, DSR2020 Viewing the status of your DSR switching system, Selecting target devices

14DSR Switch Installer/User Guide

Viewing the status of your DSR switching system

The status of target devices in your system is indicated in the far right columns of the Main dialog box. The following table describes the status symbols.

Table 3.1: OSCAR Interface Status Symbols

Symbol Description

(green circle) Server connected, powered up and the DSRIQ module is online.

Connected target device is powered down or is not operating properly and the DSRIQ module is offline.

Connected switch is online.

Connected switch is offline or not operating properly.

(yellow circle) The designated DSRIQ module is being upgraded. When this symbol displays, do not cycle power to the DSR switch or connected target devices and do not disconnect DSRIQ modules. Doing so may render the module permanently inoperable and require the DSRIQ module to be returned to the factory for repair.

(green letter) DSRIQ module is being accessed by the indicated user channel.

(black letter) DSRIQ module is blocked by the indicated user channel. For instance, in Figure 3.1, user B is viewing Forester, but is blocking access to Acton, Barrett and Edie which are connected to the same DSRIQ module.

Selecting target devices

Use the Main dialog box to select target devices. When you select a target device, the DSR switch reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the settings for the selected target device.

To select target devices:

Double-click the target device name, EID or port number. -or-

If the display order of your list is by port (Port button is depressed), type the port number and press Enter.

-or-

If the display order of your list is by name or EID (Name or EID button is depressed), type the first few letters of the name of the target device, or the EID number to establish it as unique and press Enter.

To select the previous target device:

Press Print Screen and then Backspace. This key combination toggles you between the previous and current connections.