Administrator Guide

Enable keyboard layout mode
Steps
1. On the ThinOS client, open 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 Citrix Session Settings.
3. In the Basic Settings section, select one of the following options from the Keyboard Layout Mode drop-down list.
● Server Default—ThinOS allows VDA users to use the VDA-side default keyboard when logging in or reconnecting to
VDA. This is the default setting in ThinOS. Any keyboard layout change on the client side is not synchronized to the VDA
session.
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Specific Keyboard—ThinOS allows VDA users to use a specific keyboard when logging in or reconnecting to VDA. Any
keyboard layout change on the client side is not synchronized to the VDA session. Ensure that you select a specific
keyboard on the ThinOS client before configuring the Admin policy tool or the Wyse Management Suite policy. If not
selected, you must reboot the thin client to synchronize the specific keyboard into VDA.
● Client Setting—ThinOS allows VDA users to synchronize only the VDA-side keyboard with the client-side default
keyboard when logging in or reconnecting to VDA. Any keyboard layout change on the client-side is not synchronized to
the VDA session.
● Dynamic Sync—ThinOS allows VDA users to synchronize the VDA-side keyboard with the client-side default keyboard
dynamically in the VDA session. When the VDA user changes the client keyboard, the VDA keyboard is synchronized
automatically in the session. You must configure both the client and VDA-side settings to enable this mode.
4. Click Save & Publish.
Cursor pattern in ICA session
In ThinOS 9.1.2101, you can change the cursor pattern in the ICA session.
Steps
1. On the ThinOS client, open 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 Citrix Session Settings.
3. Enter one of the following values in the Cursor Pattern field to change the cursor pattern:
● ffff,ffff—Enter this value to set the cursor color as black. This value is set by default.
● 0,0—Enter this value to set the cursor color as white.
● aaaa,5555—Enter this value to set the cursor color in a dotted pattern.
4. Click Save & Publish.
For the setting changes to take effect, you must either sign off from the Broker agent or restart the client.
Citrix multiple virtual channels
From the ThinOS 9.1.3112 release, Citrix Workspace app is updated to 2104. From this release, ThinOS Citrix UC Virtual Channel
Settings and Other Citrix Virtual Channels Settings are deprecated with Citrix Workspace app 2104 package update. The
configuration changes that you make to the Admin Policy Tool or the Wyse Management Suite policy settings does not
affect the Citrix multiple channel settings since multiple virtual channels are always enabled on the thin client. However,
ensure that you uninstall the Unified Communications (UC) packages that are not required, to prevent the consumption of
server and client resources. Dell Technologies recommends that you install the Citrix Workspace app package first, and then
install the Citrix Unified Communications package.
Citrix UC Virtual Channel Settings and Other Virtual Channel Settings in the Admin Policy Tool or Wyse Management Suite
server are only applicable for ThinOS 9.1.2101 or earlier versions. From ThinOS 9.1.3112, Admin Policy Tool does not sync the
Citrix Unified Communication Virtual Settings and Other Virtual Channel Settings from Wyse Management Suite policy
settings.
The following combinations of UC optimizations and their virtual channel settings are tested on ThinOS 9.1.2101 and 9.1.1131:
Configuring connection brokers
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