User's Manual

266 Using the iKVM Module
• To disconnect the user from a server:
Press <Print Screen> to access OSCAR and then click
Disconnect .
or
Press <Print Screen> and then <Alt><0>. This leaves you in a free
state, with no server selected. The status flag on your desktop, if active,
displays Free. See "Controlling the Status Flag" on page 262.
Soft Switching
Soft switching is switching between servers using a hotkey sequence. You can
soft switch to a server by pressing <Print Screen> and then typing the first
few characters of its name or number. If you previously set a delay time (the
number of seconds before the
Main dialog box is displayed after <Print
Screen> is pressed) and you press the key sequences before that time has
elapsed, the OSCAR interface does not display.
To configure OSCAR for soft switching:
1
Press <Print Screen> to launch the OSCAR interface. The Main dialog
box appears.
2 Click Setup and then Menu . The Menu dialog box appears.
3 Select Name or Slot for the Display/Sort Key.
4 Type the desired delay time in seconds in the Screen Delay Time field.
5 Click OK .
To soft switch to a server:
• To select a server, press <Print Screen>.
If the display order of your server list is by slot as per your selection in
step 3 (that is, the
Slot button is depressed), type the slot number and
press <Enter>.
or
If the display order of your server list is by name as per your selection in
step 3(that is, the
Name button is depressed), type the first few characters
of the name of the server to establish it as unique and press <Enter>.
• To switch back to the previous server, press <Print Screen> then
<Backspace>.