Changing Menu Attributes (9306-900)

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Changing Menu Attributes (9306-900)

Changing Menu Attributes

The menus displayed on the monitor can be altered in visual appearance to suit the particular use of the system.

You can:

Position the menu in a convenient location on the display
List servers by port or by name, whichever is desired, in the appropriate menus.
Adjust character height.
Change colors.
Display the selection menu for a certain period.

To change the menu attributes, do the following:

Press the Print Screen key
Press the F2 key to display the Advanced Menu screen. Press the Right Arrow ( >) key to move the highlighting to the Setup list.
Using the Up Arrow ( ) and Down Arrow ( ) keys, move the highlighting to OSCAR (On Screen Configuration and Activity Reporting) and press the Enter key. The following Attribute menu appears.

+------------------------------- | OSCAR Attributes | Resolution 640 | Height 16 | Horizontal 12 | Vertical 7 | | Background 1 | Highlight 4 | Text 7 | | Delay Time 0 | Order Port

Highlight the settings you want to change and use the + or - keys to change the values. As you select different values, the effect of the changes is reflected immediately on the display.

When all changes are completed, press the Enter key to save the changes to nonvolatile RAM. Press Esc at any time before pressing Enter to cancel the operation and retain the previous settings.

Note: It is possible, while changing the attributes, to garble the menu and windows, making it difficult to correct. If this occurs, reset the selector switch to its default values by pressing the following keys in this order:

Esc
Esc
Print Screen
F10
Y
Enter

Available menu attributes:

Setting	Effect on Menu or Window Appearance

Resolution	Affects the size of the menu and windows as they appear
	on the display. Choose from values of 320, 480 and 640.
	The lower the value, the larger the size.

Height	Affects the size of the text in the menu and windows
	The larger the value, the larger the text.

Horizontal/Vertical	Determines the position of the menu or window on the screen.

Background	Determines the menu or window background color.

Highlight	Determines the menu or window highlight bar color.

Text	Determines the menu or window text color.

Delay Time	Sets the time in seconds that the OSCAR selection window is
	displayed before appearing after the Print Screen key is pressed
	This delay may be increased so that the menu is not distraction
	when performing simple server switching operations at the keyboard.

Order	Determines the order which the servers are listed, numerically
	by port or alphabetically by assigned name.

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