[THIN] Re: USB-IT feedback
- From: "Rick Mack" <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:39:55 +1000
Hi Rob,
Provision enabled USB support by redirecting client USB through an ICA/RDP
virtual channel, and then using a virtual USB hub on the server end. Any
client-side USB device is visible to the server.
But this will only work if you have appropriate server-side drivers to support
non-PDA devices. At the moment USB-IT supports palm and blackberry with full
ActiveSync support for all versions due in the next few weeks.
I suspect that if you were to contact Provision, and your need was finiacially
viable for them, it wouldn't take a lot of effort to support the BodyBugg.
regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Volante Systems
Level 2, 30 Little Cribb Street
Coronation Drive Office Park
Milton Qld 4064
tel: +61 7 32431847
fax: +61 7 32431992
rick.mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Rob Slayden
Sent: Thu 20/04/2006 14:14
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] USB-IT feedback
Happy Thursday to all!
I am looking for feedback on the Provision Networks USB-IT product. Has anyone
used it? Does it work well? Has anyone used it for bi-directional communication
to USB devices other than handhelds? The reason I ask is we are trying to
develop a solution to implement a device at our fitness clubs that requires
2-way communication between a USB device and a website to upload data from the
device. It's called BodyBugg and it tracks a user's caloric expenditure which
they then upload to the website via USB cable connected to this device. I want
the ability to deploy device communication to each of our fitness clubs over
our existing Citrix MetaFrame XPe 1.0 FR3/SP4 infrastructure using our existing
Wyse Winterm CE-based terminals. My alternative will be to deploy an embedded
XP terminal after loading software on it to support the device communication,
but I really don't want to push out yet another "one-off" to support this
product. I know this is probably not enough information for anyone to make any
serious recommendations, but if anyone knows about any products that will
enable 2-way communication between Citrix and/or Terminal Server and a USB
device, I would love to know about it.
Thanks!!
rob
24 Hour Fitness, Inc.
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