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VIEW3 - Wyse USB redirection licence

Hello,

Do I need TCX licence to use USB redirection from a Wyse V10L to VIEW3 VM ?

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If you are able to install the VMWare broker clien on the Wyse device, you should be able to use the VMWare client to re-direct the USB. I was reading up on this and it sounds like any user wishing to use the guest OS needs to have admin rights on the VM. This sounds like quite a drawback.....

Perhaps using TCX instead would eliminate the need for admin privs.

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Thanks

In fact, I am not able to install anything because I use ThinOS Wyse. So can I use USB redirection without TCX licence ?

It seems not, but I need a confirmation, just in case ...

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Troy_Clavell
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from my understanding, with the WYSE thin OS, in order to get USB redirection you need the TCX piece

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Thank you, I will try with temporary licences.

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randyf25
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The Wyse V10L should support storage via USB without any TCX license. If you wish to use scanners, printers, etc. You will most assuredly need a TCX license. You will also need to uninstall the VMware View USB redirection on your desktop. I'm not sure there is documentation that states this but until we removed the USB redirection from the View Agent the TCX performance was sketchy at best. Essentially we needed the Wyse TCX Servers loaded onto the VM so the V10L could connect to that rather than the VMware View Agent interface.

The same is actually true with MMR.

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I as well have Wyse V10L with latest ThinOS and the provisioned VMs run fine. But I can't get the USB redirection to work. I plug in a USB stick and it doesn't appear on the computer. I have no TCX license and I don't want to buy any. I just want regular USB sticks to appear so my users can transfer data.
For printers and scanners we rely on network equipment.
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edlindo
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We are using V10L wyse devices with thinOS and an RDP connection to a Windows XP VM on an ESX3.5 server. I got USB sticks working in my VM over the RDP connection without using TCX licences. The only thing i had to do is to enable the Disks mapping in the RDP connection settings of the Wyse device. The USB stick is then loaded as an extra disk of the remote desktop in the Virtual Machine.

Though i am interested in the TCX licence for the multimedia. Can anyone tell me how this TCX licencing works? Do i need a TCX licence per Wyse device ?

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del ?

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So Edlindo, it sounds like you are not using the View Connection server to broker your connection to the virtual desktop? Your description leads me to believe that you are setting up an RDP Connection in the Wyse Thin OS Connection manager on your V10L. This is somewhat different than connecting to a vmware virtual destkop using the View COnnection server. This reply applies to Wyse Thin Clients who connect to the virtual desktop using the View Connection server or directly from the V10L using RDP (either way I recommend the Wyse TCX software)

For best results, you will want to purchase a Wyse TCX MultiMedia license for each V10L, otherwise you will soon notice the limitations of the RDP protocol and streaming video. There are three components to the the Wyse TCX Multimedia software:

  1. Client - embedded into the Wyse THin OS on your V10L

  2. Server - the software that is installed into your VMware Virtual Desktop OS - in our case it was Windows XP with SP2; you will defintely want to disable the MMR in the View Agent or you will not be able to install the Server software in your XP desktop. Wyse tech article says to disable in VMware tools (Solution 17175: Wyse TCX - MMR - How to verify if installed in a VMware VM); however I had to remove the Vmware View Agent software from my XP virtual desktop and then reinstall it without the MMR feature)

  3. Wyse TCX Multimedia (MMR) License Key - the Client must find this key in order to activate the software; the key is typically located in the WNOS.ini file that sits on a central FTP server. It can also be entered local onto every V10L

The client software (V10L) will then communicate with the server software (virtual xp desktop) and offload multimedia processing from the RDP session and the virtual desktop (it will now be processed on the V10L). Remember, VMware actually utilized the Wyse TCX MMR software in their View Client (the version for Windows), however Wyse implements their own implementation of the VMware View Client into the Wyse Thin OS on your V10L and based on my experience, it does not contain the necessary USB Redirection, MMR client software - it seems you need the TCX software for a more robust and complete solution.

What you are doing is a disk mapping through RDP from your V10L. That is baked into Wyse's RDP client implementation on the V10L Thin OS

I recall that we paid ~ 25 dollars per Wyse Thin Client TCX license with a purchase commitment of 150 V10L's. SO obviously costs will vary based on how many thin client devices you are buying. If you need to do bi-directional audio (soft phones) or streaming audio, then also get the Wyse TCX Rich Sound software

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edlindo
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Hello HNNY5067,

You are correct. We are not using VMware view. We are using the so called "VDI no connection broker" solution where a dns alias in combination with the Wyse sign in option connects the username to a specific VM on the ESX host. This way we have roaming users capability without needing expensive Connection broker software.

You say the Wyse TXC licence is placed in the Wnos.ini file. Does this mean you need to place a different TXC licence number for each Wyse device in the central Wnos.ini or do you buy 1 TXC Licence number for a certain number of Wyse devices ?

Thanks for your reply in advance.

Edlindo

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HNNY5067
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Just one TCX license file in the WNOS.ini that is good for x number of connections/licenses

That is interesting with regards to the DNS Alias - I would like to see how the Wyse ini file looks

the View does have some positive benefits, however i understand the need to cut costs

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