KSSWare Presentation Manager 1.1.2652

Content

Introduction
Features
Requirements
Screenshots
History
Known issues
Links

Introduction

Those of us who dealt with organization of conferences or presentations probably know, how important it is to ensure the smooth and reliable operation of demonstration equipment and program tools. But not everybody can afford buying expensive projection devices and costly presentation software. So what's to be done? Our new utility KSSWare Presentation Manager is the best solution for you! By simply using standard office notebooks or personal computers and a local network you will be able to easily transfer data to the maximum number of conference participants.

KSSWare Presentation Manager consists of two parts: KSSWare Presentation Server and KSSWare Presentation Client. KSSWare Presentation Client does not require any installation or adjustment, whereas KSSWare Presentation Server requires only adding to a list of clients, to which the transmission of picture shall be performed.

There are a lot of tasks which can be solved with the help of KSSWare Presentation Manager. One of the main areas where it can be efficiently used is organizing of conferences. For this purpose KSSWare Presentation Manager should be installed on the main computer (Server) providing the demonstration of presentation and then it can be used for transmission of pictures of chosen screens to specified clients in the network. The main computer is usually a powerful computer with two video outputs, one of which is used for preparation to and start of presentations, and the other is used for direct output of presentations via a multimedia projector or a big display. KSSWare Presentation Client is to be installed on notebooks (Clients) and used to display information to those conference participants who encounter difficulties with viewing a picture through a multimedia projector or a big display. In addition, KSSWare Presentation Client is used for administration of a presentation. For this purpose the program should be installed on a notebook of a speaker (Client) who can easily control the development of his presentation using a keyboard and a mouse. In this way, KSSWare Presentation Server lets you:

transmit a picture of one screen used for preparation to and administration of presentations, to a speaker's notebook and simultaneously receive control commands from the speaker's notebook;
transmit a picture of a second screen used for demonstration of presentations, to participants' notebooks.

You can see this process here.

Another task which can be solved with the help of KSSWare Presentation Manager is educating your audience by using computers. For this purpose you should install KSSWare Presentation Server on the main computer (Server) from which the educating takes place and which provides for transmission to the computers of audience being educated (Clients). At any moment, a trainee can repeat any actions on his computer using a keyboard and a mouse, provided that he has the corresponding administrative rights. In case of constant process of education, KSSWare Presentation Server can be adjusted, if required, to autostart in the full-screen mode. In this case it is sufficient to simply turn on the computer and begin the educating process immediately after loading.

Features

KSSWare Presentation Manager does not require installation or uninstallation
KSSWare Presentation Client does not require configuration and any actions of the user, while KSSWare Presentation Server is a simple to use software
KSSWare Presentation Server supports x86 and x64 platforms with installed .NET framework 2.0 or higher
KSSWare Presentation Client running on any platform (x86, x64, Itanium) with installed .NET framework 2.0 or higher
The program doesn't copy any files into system folders
High degree of fault tolerance in cases of switch failure, cutting of cable, etc. or in cases of failure of computers where KSSWare Presentation Client is installed. If it happens, the transmission from KSSWare Presentation Server is stopped to those users who became inaccessible. Upon fixing of failure the transmission will be re-started immediately
The option of starting KSSWare Presentation Client either before the beginning of the translation or later on, shutting down and re-starting the application
Monitoring of performance of all clients - it is always possible to see, what client is not receiving data from KSSWare Presentation Server, which in turn can require the operator's assistance

Requirements

Any Microsoft Windows operating system
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
Dual-core CPU or dual-CPU computer is recommended for KSSWare Presentation Server
A screen resolution of 800x600 or lower is recommended
To get best results it is recommended to turn off hardware acceleration. In Control Panel in the Display Properties dialog box, use the Advanced options on the Settings tab to turn off video hardware acceleration

Screenshots

History

Version 1.0
- First release
Version 1.1
- Compression algorithm is changed
- Transmission algorithm is improved
- Remote management is added

Known issues

On computer with KSSWare Presentation Server, the following ports are required to be opened in firewall:
UDP 52788 - receive;
UDP 52789 - send;
TCP 52789 - send.
On computer with KSSWare Presentation Client, the following ports are required to be opened in firewall:
UDP 52788 - send;
UDP 52789 - receive;
TCP 52789 - receive.

Links

Home page: http://www.kssware.net/pmanager.html
Support page: http://www.kssware.net/support.html
Support E-mail: support@kssware.net

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