Soft switching – Avocent DSR1021 User Manual

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Chapter 3: Local Port Operation 23

To select the previous target device:

Press

Print Screen

and then

Backspace

on the keyboard. This key combination toggles you

between the previous and current connections.

To disconnect from a target device:

Press

Print Screen

and then

Alt+0

(zero) on the keyboard. This leaves the user in a free state with

no target device selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.

Soft switching

Soft switching is the ability to switch target devices using a hotkey sequence. You can soft switch
to a target device by pressing

Print Screen

on the keyboard and then typing the first few characters

of its name or number. If you have set a Screen Delay Time and you press the key sequences before
that time has elapsed, the OSCAR interface will not display.

To configure the OSCAR interface screen delay:

1. Press

Print Screen

to start the OSCAR interface. The Main dialog box appears.

2. Click Setup - Menu to open the Menu dialog box.

3. For Screen Delay Time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the Main dialog

box is displayed after pressing

Print Screen

.

4. Click OK.

To soft switch to a target device:

1. Press

Print Screen

. If the display order of the Main dialog is by port (Port button is depressed),

type the port number and press

Enter

.

-or-

If the display order of the Main dialog is by name (Name button is depressed), type the first
few letters of the name of the target device to establish it as unique and press

Enter

.

2. To switch back to the previous target device, press

Print Screen

then

Backspace

.

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