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To soft switch to a server:

1To select a server, press <Print Screen>. If the display order of your server list is by port (Port button is depressed), type the port number and press <Enter>.

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2If the display order of your server list is by name or EID number (Name or EID button is depressed), type the first few characters of the name of the server or the EID number to establish it as unique and press <Enter>.

3To switch back to the previous server, press <Print Screen> then <Backspace>.

OSCAR Navigation Basics

Table 3-2describes how to use the keyboard and mouse to navigate OSCAR.

Table 3-2. Keyboard and Mouse Navigation

This Keystroke

Does this

 

 

Print Screen

Opens OSCAR. 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 OSCAR and returns to the selected server. 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 in

 

combination with underlined letters or other designated characters.

Alt+X

Closes current dialog box and returns to the previous one.

Alt+O

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

Enter

Completes the switch operation in the Main dialog box and exits OSCAR.

Single-click Enter

In a text box, it selects the text for editing and enables the left-arrow key and right-

 

arrow key keys to move the cursor. Press <Enter> again to quit the edit mode.

Print Screen,

Toggles back to previous selection if no other keystrokes have been typed.

Backspace

 

Print Screen, Alt+Ø

Immediately disconnects 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.

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Analog Port Operation

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