[GRLUG] Wyse thin clients

[Michael Glaske]

Depends upon the thin client and the device. If the USB device registers
itself as a Serial port, it should work.  I'd say you have probably a 70%
chance of it working.  Wyse thin clients are very good at it.  HP are not so
much.

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, Michael Glaske wrote:
>
> > I have used them before in numerous places.  Bar Code Scanners usually
> work
> > and emulate a keyboard, so they will definitely work if they are of that
> > type.  Some of them emulate a serial port, and that can be passed through
> > the thin client depending upon the type and protocol you are using (RDP,
> > ICA, etc).  Others are proprietary, but not very common, and those
> probably
> > will not work.
> >
> > 95% of them simply emulate a keyboard, so those types are 100% supported.
> >
> That's one possibility - thanks for the confirmation [all].
>
> One of the connections will be to a scale, and that is RS232. What are the
> chances that 'port forwarding' a USB port will work with a standard RS232
> connection?
>
>        Thanks!!
>
>        Lee
>
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