Chapter 3 — Introducing the BlueScale User Interface Overview of the BlueScale User Interface
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OVERVIEW OF THE BLUESCALE USER INTERFACE
TheBlueScaleuserinterfaceletsyousetconfigurationoptions,view
libraryanddriveinformationandmetrics,managemedia,monitorlibrary
operations,andperformmaintenanceoperations.
Access Options
TheBlueScaleuserinterfaceisaccessedusingeitherthetouchscreenon
thelibraryoperatorpanelorthroughtheBlueScalewebinterface.
Operator Panel Touch Screen Interface
Thetouchscreenontheoperatorpanelofthemainframeisthelibrary’s
localBlueScaleuserinterface.Youselectoptionsandenterinformationby
simplytouchingtheappropriatelocationonthescreenwithastylusor
yourfinger.Thetouchscreeninterfaceincludesasoftkeyboardthatyou
canuse
toenteralphanumericcharactersintotextfields.Thissoft
keyboardcanbeaccessedfromthekeyboardiconthatdisplayswhenever
textinputisrequired.
Inadditiontousingthetouchscreen,youcanaccessthelocaluserinterface
usingamonitor,keyboard,andmouseconnecteddirectlytotheLCM(see
Figure15andFigure16onpage43).Thismethodofaccessingthelocal
BlueScaleuserinterfaceprovidesthesamefunctionalitythatisavailable
fromthetouchscreen.
Figure 41 The BlueScale user interface General Status screen.
Do not use the Enter key on your keyboard when making selections in the BlueScale
user interface. It can cause inconsistent behavior in the BlueScale interface.