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5.7.4. KVM Settings
User Console
The following settings are user specific. This means the super user can customize these
settings for individual users separately. Changing the settings for one user does not affect the
settings for the other users.
User select Unit
This box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will
take effect. You may change the settings of other users if you have the necessary access rights.
Transmission Encoding
The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image-encoding algorithm that is used
to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window. It is possible to optimize the speed of
the remote screen depending on the number of users working at the same time and the
bandwidth of the connection line (Modem, ISDN, DSL, LAN, etc.).
Automatic detection
The encoding and the compression level are determined automatically from the available
bandwidth and the current content of the video image.
Pre-configured
The pre-configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of
compression and colour depth for the indicated network speed.
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Manually
Allows adjustment of both compression rate and colour depth individually. Depending on the
selected compression rate the data stream between the U8/16-IP and the Remote Console will
be compressed in order to save bandwidth. Since high compression rates are very time
consuming, they should not be used when several users are accessing the U8/16-IP
simultaneously.
The standard colour depth is 16 bit (65536 colours). The other colour depths are intended for
slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data. Therefore
compression level 0 (no compression) uses only 16 bit colour depth. At lower bandwidths only 4
bit (16 colours) and 2 bit (4 grey scales) are recommended for typical desktop interfaces. Photo-
like pictures have best results with 4 bit (16 grey scales). 1 Bit colour depth (black/white) should
only be used for extremely slow network connections.
Remote Console Type
Specifies, which Remote Console Viewer to use.
Default Java-VM
Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser. This may be the Microsoft JVM for
Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured this way. Use of the Sun JVM may also be
forced (see below).
