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3 In the rst Terminal window, run the following command:
sudo rm -rf /tmp/usb.plist
4 Close both Terminal windows.
You can now use defaults write com.vmware.viewusb property value to update the rules.
Syntax for Configuring USB Redirection
You can congure ltering and spliing rules to exclude or include USB devices from being redirected to a
remote desktop. On a Mac client, you congure USB functionality by using Terminal
(/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) and running a command as root.
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To list the rules:
# defaults read domain
For example:
# defaults read com.vmware.viewusb
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To remove a rule:
# defaults delete domain property
For example:
# defaults delete com.vmware.viewusb ExcludeVidPid
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To set or replace a lter rule:
# defaults write domain property value
For example:
# defaults write com.vmware.viewusb ExcludeVidPid vid-1234_pid-5678
I Some conguration parameters require the VID (vendor ID) and PID (product ID) for a
USB device. To nd the VID and PID, you can search on the Internet for the product name combined
with vid and pid. Alternatively, you can look in the USB Log le after you plug in the USB device to the
local system when Horizon Client is running. For more information, see “Turn On Logging for USB
Redirection,” on page 55.
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To set or replace a spliing rule for a composite device:
# defaults write domain property value
For example:
# defaults write com.vmware.viewusb AllowAutoDeviceSplitting true
# defaults write com.vmware.viewusb SplitExcludeVidPid vid-03f0_Pid-2a12
# defaults write com.vmware.viewusb SplitVidPid "'vid-0911_Pid-149a(exintf:03)'"
# defaults write com.vmware.viewusb IncludeVidPid vid-0911_Pid-149a
Composite USB devices consist of a combination of two or more devices, such as a video input device
and a storage device. The rst line in this example turns on automatic spliing of composite devices.
The second line excludes the specied composite USB device (Vid-03f0_Pid-2a12) from spliing.
The third line tells Horizon Client to treat the components of a dierent composite device
(Vid-0911_Pid-149a) as separate devices but to exclude the following component from being redirected:
the component whose interface number is 03. This component is kept local.
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