[THIN] Re: Blackberry PDAs over Citrix
- From: "Trevor Fuson" <fuson@xxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:06:21 -0800
We have also deployed Blackberry Enterprise server for Exchange, it has
saved us a great deal of time dealing with synchronization issues. This
is the way PDA's should work.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Grecsek
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:48 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Blackberry PDAs over Citrix
We use Blackberry's Enterprise server for Exchange and thus don't need
to do local syncing with the Blackberries. It works wonderfully for us
and well worth the expense to get rid of having to support USB syncing.
We're getting rid of all the various PDAs and moving everyone to
Blackberries.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jay Moock
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:21 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Blackberry PDAs over Citrix
I tested a blackberry with USB-IT and it worked, however at the time of
my testing USB-IT could only be installed on a Thick Client, or a
WinTerm running XPe. They plan to support WinCE sometime next year.
After installing USB-IT on my test server it became somewhat unstable
(the screen would freeze and then explorer.exe would crash). However,
my test box is quite underpowered so that may have something to do with
it.
Jay
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rob Slayden
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:43 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Blackberry PDAs over Citrix
Low-level port redirection over USB, the kind presumably required by
PDAs for synchronization, is not supported over Citrix MetaFrame
according to Knowledgebase document CTX816193. I was hoping to hear from
the field that one or more have it working and it's great over COM
ports, or using USB-IT, or it's not working very well at all and we
should can the plan to deploy BBs. We are in the early stages of
technology recommendation for this group of users. I don't have a
problem recommending BBs if they can function in the field over our
existing infrastructure, but if they do not play well over what we have
in place, I would rather seek a better solution for these users.
rob
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From: Jim Kenzig kenzig.com [mailto:jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:58 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Blackberry PDAs over Citrix
I would think that if your thin clients IOS and version of Citrix
support USB that it should work. The syncing is working on the server
end via a db.
JAK
Rob Slayden rote:
We are considering the possibility of deploying Blackberry PDAs
to some of
our field. These users would need to be able to sync
periodically from a
desktop pub app on a Wyse WBT. I realize that USB
synchronization is not
supported with the standard product (Citrix), and that COM port
sync might
be a viable option. I also took a peek at the EOL USB-IT product
and am
waiting on a callback to determine if it is supported on a thin
client WBT
or if it requires a fat client. I also realize that the B.E.S
4.0 update
supports wireless sync of all PDA functions and not just
Calendar and email.
That being said, I am curious to know if anyone has deployed
Blackberry PDAs
successfully and is sync'ing over WBTs and Citrix over COM ports
and/or USB
using USB-IT or any other products. There seemed to be some
indication in
the archives that some were expe riencing problems with COM port
synchronization. I know that there was a timeout issue with
client version
7.1 previously. Also, we may not be able to implement an upgrade
to B.E.S
4.0 soon due to the necessity to tread carefully there because
we have our
entire executive staff and IT depending upon it.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob
24 Hour Fitness, Inc.
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