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Do not connect to scanners by using the Connect USB Device menu. To use a scanner device, use the
scanner redirection feature. This feature is available for Horizon Client when used with View Agent
6.0.2 or later or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. See “Using Scanners,” on page 89.
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Webcams are not supported for USB redirection using the Connect USB Device menu. To use a
webcam or audio input device, you must use the Real-Time Audio-Video feature. This feature is
available when used with View 5.2 Feature Pack 2 or a later release. See “Using the Real-Time Audio-
Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones,” on page 83.
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The redirection of USB audio devices depends on the state of the network and is not reliable. Some
devices require a high data throughput even when they are idle. If you have the Real-Time Audio-
Video feature, included with View 5.2 Feature Pack 2 or a later release, audio input and output devices
work well using that feature, and you do not need to use USB redirection for those devices.
You can connect USB devices to a remote desktop either manually or automatically.
N Do not redirect USB devices such as USB Ethernet devices and touch screen devices to the remote
desktop. If you redirect a USB Ethernet device, your client system loses network connectivity. If you redirect
a touch screen device, the remote desktop receives touch input but not keyboard input. If you have set your
virtual desktop to autoconnect USB devices, you can congure a policy to exclude specic devices. See the
topic "Conguring Filter Policy Seings for USB Devices" in the Seing Up Desktop and Application Pools in
View document.
I This procedure tells how to use a VMware Horizon Client menu item to congure
autoconnecting USB devices to a remote desktop. You can also congure autoconnecting by using the
Horizon Client command-line interface or by creating a group policy.
For more information about the command-line interface, see “Running Horizon Client from the Command
Line,” on page 55. For more information about creating group policies, see the Seing Up Desktop and
Application Pools in View document.
Prerequisites
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To use USB devices with a remote desktop, a View administrator must have enabled the USB feature for
the remote desktop.
This task includes installing the USB Redirection component of the agent, and can include seing
policies regarding USB redirection. For more information, see the View Administration document if you
are using Connection Server and Agent 5.3.x. See Seing Up Desktop and Application Pools in View if you
are using Connection Server and Agent 6.0 or later.
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When Horizon Client was installed, the USB Redirection component must have been installed. If you
did not include this component in the installation, uninstall the client and run the installer again to
include the USB Redirection component.
Procedure
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Manually connect the USB device to a remote desktop.
a Connect the USB device to your local client system.
b From the VMware Horizon Client menu bar, click Connect USB Device.
c Select the USB device.
The device is manually redirected from the local system to the remote desktop.
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