ALCON HAND HELD AUTO-KERATOMETER Controls The hand unit, as seen from the examinerís side, has a display window and a number of buttons which control the functions of the unit. The top, left button is the scroll button. When this button is repeatedly pushed it toggles through the various different setting for the instrument. Use the select button to change the settings. With this you can: 1. Set it to read base curve (dioptric and radii) or sphere/cylinder which gives the sphere and cylinder as well as delta K for the corneal toricity.