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Because this composite device includes a component that is ordinarily excluded by default, such as a
mouse or keyboard, the fourth line is necessary so that the other components of the composite
device Vid-0911_Pid-149a can be redirected to the View desktop.
The first three properties are splitting properties. The last property is a filtering property. Filtering
properties are processed before splitting properties.
Important These client configuration properties might be merged with or overridden by corresponding
policies set for View Agent on the remote desktop. For information about how USB splitting and filtering
properties on the client work in conjunction with View Agent USB policies, see the topics about using
policies to control USB redirection, in the View Administration document.
USB Device Families
You can specify a family when you are creating USB filtering rules for Horizon Client, or View Agent or
Horizon Agent.
Note Some devices do not report a device family.
Table 62. USB Device Families
Device Family
Name Description
audio
Any audio-input or audio-output device.
audio-in
Audio-input devices such as microphones.
audio-out
Audio-output devices such as loudspeakers and headphones.
bluetooth
Bluetooth-connected devices.
comm
Communications devices such as modems and wired networking adapters.
hid
Human interface devices excluding keyboards and pointing devices.
hid-bootable
Human interface devices that are available at boot time excluding keyboards and pointing devices.
imaging
Imaging devices such as scanners.
keyboard
Keyboard device.
mouse
Pointing device such as a mouse.
other
Family not specified.
pda
Personal digital assistants.
physical
Force feedback devices such as force feedback joysticks.
printer
Printing devices.
security
Security devices such as fingerprint readers.
smart-card
Smart-card devices.
storage
Mass storage devices such as flash drives and external hard disk drives.
unknown
Family not known.
vendor
Devices with vendor-specific functions.
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