Lindy MC5-IP User Manual

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Appendix 3 - VNC viewer connection options
When you are connecting to the 
MC5-IP using the VNC viewer, a 
number of options are available. 
Colour/Encoding
Auto select
When ticked, this option will 
examine the speed of your 
connection to the MC5-IP and 
apply the most suitable encoding 
method. This option is suggested 
for the majority of installations.
Preferred encoding
There are three manually selectable 
encoding methods which are 
accessible when the Auto select 
option is unticked. 
•  
ZRLE – This is a highly 
compressed method that is 
best suited to slow modem 
connections.
•  
Hextile – This method offers 
better performance than the 
ZRLE when used over a high speed network because there is no need for the 
MC5-IP to spend time highly compressing the data.
•  
Raw – This is a primitive, uncompressed method that is mainly used for 
technical support issues. You are recommended not to use this method. 
Colour level
This section allows you to select the most appropriate colour level for the 
speed of the connection to the MC5-IP. Where the connection speed is slow or 
inconsistent there will be a necessary compromise between screen response and 
colour depth.
•  
Full – This mode is suitable only for fast network connections and will pass 
on the maximum colour depth being used by the host system.
•  
Medium (256 colours) – This mode reduces the host system output 
to a 256 colour mode and is more suitable for ISDN and fast modem 
connections.
•  
Low (64 colours) – This mode is suitable for slower modem connections 
and reduces the host system output to 64 colours. 
•  
Very low (8 colours) – This mode provides very rudimentary picture 
quality and hardly any speed advantage over the 64 colour setting. You are 
recommended not to use this mode.   
IMPORTANT: If you make any changes to the options given here and wish to 
retain them for successive connection sessions, you must save the changes. 
To do this, change to the ‘Load/Save’ tab and click the ‘Save’ button within the 
‘Default’ section. 
Click here to 
access the options
There are six tabbed pages of options:
•  Colour/Encoding
•  
Inputs
•  
Scaling
•  
Misc
•  
Identities
•  
Load/Save