I think I still might have some Serial and Parallel USB Adapters for WYSE terminals leftover from when my business shutdown if need be (sometimes they are hard to get).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, L. V. Lammert <<a href="mailto:lvl@omnitec.net">lvl@omnitec.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, Michael Glaske wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I have used them before in numerous places. Bar Code Scanners usually work<br>
>> and emulate a keyboard, so they will definitely work if they are of that<br>
>> type. Some of them emulate a serial port, and that can be passed through<br>
>> the thin client depending upon the type and protocol you are using (RDP,<br>
>> ICA, etc). Others are proprietary, but not very common, and those probably<br>
>> will not work.<br>
>><br>
>> 95% of them simply emulate a keyboard, so those types are 100% supported.<br>
>><br>
> That's one possibility - thanks for the confirmation [all].<br>
><br>
> One of the connections will be to a scale, and that is RS232. What are the<br>
> chances that 'port forwarding' a USB port will work with a standard RS232<br>
> connection?<br>
<br>
</div>Find the right USB RS232 dongle, and you should be fine. There are<br>
pretty common USB serial profiles, but dongle quality and behavior<br>
vary; you may want to sample a few different models. and find one that<br>
works. (Simplistically speaking, if you can plug the dongle into a few<br>
different operating systems without installing drivers, you should be<br>
fine.)<br>
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