USB scanners and Muli Monitor support, any options?

[William Fields]

Hello, I've googled for a while now and it looks to me like there there's
limited (if any) built-in support for USB port redirection with a Win2K3
Terminal Server solution.

If someone could chime in, what I'm seeing is that USB support may be
successfully implemented with third party Thin-Client hardware devices
and/or client software.

I'm also interested in support for dual monitor configurations at the
client, anyone know if this is supported? If so, under what configuration of
client/server?

(and don't get on me for cross-posting! most any newsreader will mark the
message as read when it's downloaded the first time and not bother to
download it again!)

Thanks.

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

You're right, there is currently no support for USB port
redirection.
Have a look at the following Citrix KB article, it gives a very
clear explanation about the difference between Device Level
redirection and Port Level redirection, which explains why USB
printers are supported, but USB scanners are not.

CTX816193 - USB Support in MetaFrame Products
http://knowledgebase.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX816193

Native Windows Terminal Services does not support dual monitors,
Citrix does.

--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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Post by William Fields
Hello, I've googled for a while now and it looks to me like
there there's limited (if any) built-in support for USB port
redirection with a Win2K3 Terminal Server solution.
If someone could chime in, what I'm seeing is that USB support
may be successfully implemented with third party Thin-Client
hardware devices and/or client software.
I'm also interested in support for dual monitor configurations
at the client, anyone know if this is supported? If so, under
what configuration of client/server?
(and don't get on me for cross-posting! most any newsreader will
mark the message as read when it's downloaded the first time and
not bother to download it again!)
Thanks.

[Patrick Rouse]

I use Remote-Scan with my USB Document Scanners and it works well.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

Post by Vera Noest [MVP]
You're right, there is currently no support for USB port
redirection.
Have a look at the following Citrix KB article, it gives a very
clear explanation about the difference between Device Level
redirection and Port Level redirection, which explains why USB
printers are supported, but USB scanners are not.
CTX816193 - USB Support in MetaFrame Products
http://knowledgebase.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX816193
Native Windows Terminal Services does not support dual monitors,
Citrix does.
--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
--- please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ---

Post by William Fields
Hello, I've googled for a while now and it looks to me like
there there's limited (if any) built-in support for USB port
redirection with a Win2K3 Terminal Server solution.
If someone could chime in, what I'm seeing is that USB support
may be successfully implemented with third party Thin-Client
hardware devices and/or client software.
I'm also interested in support for dual monitor configurations
at the client, anyone know if this is supported? If so, under
what configuration of client/server?
(and don't get on me for cross-posting! most any newsreader will
mark the message as read when it's downloaded the first time and
not bother to download it again!)
Thanks.

[Rob S]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:32:31 -0700, "Vera Noest [MVP]"
<***@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:

-Have a look at the following Citrix KB article, it gives a very
-clear explanation about the difference between Device Level
-redirection and Port Level redirection, which explains why USB
-printers are supported, but USB scanners are not.
-
-CTX816193 - USB Support in MetaFrame Products
-http://knowledgebase.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX816193
-

Interesting, but embarrassingly badly proof-read:
"Now that MetaFrame peripheral support has been explained, it can been realized
that although “generic USB port-level redirection” is not supported by MetaFrame
today"


-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com