Chapter 5. ASMI Module Usage
Hotkeys
Opens a list of previously defined hotkeys. In order to send a pre-defined command to the host system
simply choose the appropriate entry.
A confirmation dialog will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host.
Choose "OK" to perform the command on the remote host. For a detailed description see
the Section called Remote Console Button Keys in Chapter 6
.
Figure 5-17. Remote Console Confirmation Dialog
Encoding
These options are used to adjust the encoding level in terms of compression and color depth. They are
only available if "Transmission Encoding" cannot be determined automatically (see
the Section called Transmission Encoding in Chapter 6
).
Note: Please note that these Encoding options are only available if you do not have "Automatic
Detection" of the connection quality selected. You need to set a pre-defined level. The relevant menu
is "KVM Settings->User Console->Transmission Encoding->Predefined Encoding". This is explained
in the following chapter.
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Compression Level: you may select a value between 1 and 9 for the desired compression level with
level 1 enabling as the fastest compression and level 9 for the best compression. The most suitable
compression level should always be seen as a compromise between the network bandwith that is
available, for your video picture to be transmitted and on the number of changes between two single
video pictures. We recommend to use a higher compression level if the network bandwidth is low. The
higher the compression level the more time is necessary to both pack or unpack the video data on
either side of the connection. The compression quality depends on the video picture itself, e.g. the
number of the colors or the diversity of pixels. If the compression level is lower, more data has to be
sent and it may take longer to transfer the whole video picture.
If level 0 is chosen the video compression is completely disabled.
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