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Viewing the status of your LCM system, Selecting servers, Soft switching, OSCAR Status Symbols

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22 LCM Installer and User Guide Viewing the status of your LCM system The status of servers in your system is indicated in the far right column of the Main dialog box. The following table describes the status symbols. OSCAR Status Symbols Symbol Description CO cable is online. CO cable is offline or is not operating properly. Connected switch is online. Connected switch is offline or is not operating properly. CO cable is being upgraded. Selecting servers Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the LCM reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the proper settings for that server. To select servers: Double-click the server name, eID or port number. -orIf the display order of your server list is by port (Port button is depressed), type the port number and press Enter. -orIf 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. To select the previous server: Press Print Screen and then Backspace. This key combination toggles you between the previous and current connections. 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 Soft switching is the ability to switch 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 have a delay time set and you press the key sequences before that time has elapsed, OSCAR will not display.

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LCM Installer and User Guide
Viewing the status of your LCM system
The status of servers in your system is indicated in the far right column of the
Main dialog box. The following table describes the status symbols.
OSCAR Status Symbols
Symbol
Description
CO cable is online.
CO cable is offline or is not operating properly.
Connected switch is online.
Connected switch is offline or is not operating properly.
CO cable is being upgraded.
Selecting servers
Use the Main dialog box to select servers. When you select a server, the LCM
reconfigures the keyboard and mouse to the proper settings for that server.
To select servers:
Double-click the server name, eID 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 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
.
To select the previous server:
Press
Print Screen
and then
Backspace
. This key combination toggles you
between the previous and current connections.
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
Soft switching is the ability to switch 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 have a delay time set and you
press the key sequences before that time has elapsed, OSCAR will not display.