Avocent DSR2161 Personal Computer User Manual


 
42 DSR Installer/User Guide
Selecting Servers
Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the DSR
reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the settings for the selected server.
To select servers
1. Double-click the server name or port number.
—or—
If the display order of your server list is by port (Port button
is depressed), type the port number and press Enter.
—or—
If the display order of your server list is by name (Name button is
depressed), type the fi rst few letters of the name of the server to establish
it as unique, and press Enter.
To select the previous server
Press Print Screen and then Backspace. This key combination toggles you
between the previous and current connection.
To disengage the user from a server
Press Print Screen and then Alt+Ø. This leaves the user in a free state, with no
server selected. The status flag on your desktop displays Free.
Soft Switching
After you press Print Screen to initially open the OSCAR GUI, you can select
servers without displaying OSCAR. This is called a soft switch.
To confi gure servers for selecting without displaying OSCAR
1. Click Setup-Menu.
2. For Delay Time, type the number of seconds of delay desired before the
Main dialog box is displayed after Print Screen is pressed.
3. Click OK.
To select servers without displaying OSCAR
1. To select to another 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.
—or—
If the display order of your server list is by name (Name button is
depressed), type the fi rst few letters of the name of the server to establish
it as unique, and press Enter. If the selection is performed before the delay
time has expired, OSCAR GUI does not display.
2. To switch back to the previous server, press Print Screen then Backspace.