Administrator Guide

To use the Serial Port Redirection feature, you must install the feature in the VMware Horizon session. This feature is installed in
the VMware Horizon Agent during the Horizon Agent installation. After the Serial Port Redirection feature is enabled in the VDI
session, do the following:
1. Launch a Horizon View desktop on ThinOS.
2. Open the VMware Serial Port Redirection menu from the Windows system tray.
The available serial ports are listed and can be selected based on your preference. In Windows Device Manager, the serial
port is displayed as Serial Port Redirection over VMware Horizon (COM1).
Enable Session Collaboration
Session Collaboration redirection feature enables you to invite other users to join your remote desktop session. The session
collaboration feature is applicable only for Blast sessions.
NOTE: You cannot accept the invitation and join the remote desktop session of other users. This is a limitation on ThinOS
9.1.
By default, the session collaboration feature is enabled in the VMware session. To invite a user to join your desktop session, do
the following:
1. Launch a Horizon View desktop on ThinOS.
2. Click the VMware Session Collaboration icon from the Windows system tray.
3. Enter the username or email address and click Send.
Enable Battery State Redirection
Battery State Redirection feature enables you to redirect the battery information of the ThinOS device to a remote desktop.
To use the Battery State Redirection feature, you must ensure that the Enable Battery State Redirection Agent Policy
Setting is enabled in Group Policy Management Editor. By default, this feature is enabled. The battery state redirection feature
is applicable only for Blast sessions.
Relative mouse
When you enable the relative mouse feature, Horizon Client uses relative coordinates to transmit data about the mouse pointer
movement and improve the mouse performance. The relative mouse feature is applicable for both PCoIP and Blast-enabled thin
clients.
NOTE: The touch screen may not work when the relative mouse feature is enabled. This is a VMware limitation.
Enable relative mouse using Admin Policy Tool or Wyse Management Suite
Steps
1. On the ThinOS client, start Admin Policy Tool or go to the ThinOS 9.x policy settings on Wyse Management Suite.
2. On the Advanced tab, expand Session Settings, and click either Blast Session Settings or PCoIP Session Settings
based on your preference.
3. Click the Enable Relative Mouse when launching session toggle key to enable the relative mouse feature.
4. Click Save & Publish.
NOTE:
To disable the relative mouse feature, press Ctrl+ Alt key combination in a Blast session or press Ctrl +Alt+Down
key combination in a PCoIP session.
Enable relative mouse using session menu
Steps
1. On the ThinOS client, launch a PCoIP session or a Blast session.
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