ComboXCAT-IP User Guide
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User Select Box
This selection 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 required privileges.
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 processing depending on the number of
users working at the same time and the network bandwidth of the connection line
(Modem, ISDN, DSL, LAN, etc.).
Automatic Detection
The encoding and the compression level is 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.
Manually
Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually.
Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between
ComboXCAT-IP and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save
bandwidth. Since high compression rates consum more computing power of
ComboXCAT-IP, they should not be used while several users are accessing
ComboXCAT-IP simultaneously.
The standard color depth is 16 Bit (65536 colors). The other color 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 color depth.
At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit (16 colors) and 2 Bit (4 gray scales) are
recommended for typical desktop interfaces. Photo-like pictures have best results
with 4 Bit (16 gray scales). 1 Bit color depth (black/white) should only be used for
extremely slow network connections.
