Optimizing Connection Performance
To optimize your overall test run performance, you can reduce the time it takes to perform connection-related tasks using the following methods:
- Keep SUTs connected
- Change the color depth configuration for the connection
Both of which are described below.
Keep SUTs Connected
If you are running a script that switches between SUTs, you can reduce your run-time by keeping both (or all) connections open rather than disconnecting and reconnecting with each switch. The connection process itself requires measurable time, but switching between connections (that is, making a different connection the active connection) is much faster.
Change the Color Depth
To increase the speed of your connection for VNC, RDP, and Webdriver connection types, you can decrease the color depth with which the SUT Viewer window draws a SUT.
To increase or decrease color depth, choose a value in the Color Depth pop-up menu in your connection configuration. Choose Default to draw the SUT with the same color depth you see on its native display. Refer to the page for VNC, RDP, or webdriver connection type you are using for more information.
If you change the color depth of a SUT, any images you captured at the former color depth might not match the SUT in the current Viewer window.