D-Link DKVM-IP1 manual Remote Console Status Line, Encoding

Figure 5-15. Encoding

Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually. Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the DKVM-IP1 switch 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 while several users are accessing the DKVM-IP1 switch 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.

5.4.2 Remote Console Status Line

Status line

Shows both console and the connection state. The size of the remote screen is displayed. Figure 5-16 was taken from a Remote Console with a resolution of 800x600 pixels. The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console. “Norm” means a standard connection without encryption, “SSL” indicates means a secure connection.

Figure 5-16. Status line

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