
another Remote Computer on page 130). The USB devices will be detached from the current computer
and attached to the selected computer.
Figure 6-18 Dynamically moving USB devices to another Remote Computer
Local/Remote USB Device Management
In addition to the general default settings for remote USB configurations, RGS 5.2.6 and higher
releases support auto-remote and auto-return of user-specified USB devices when using Windows on
both the Sender and Receiver platforms. RGS 5.4.0 introduced a new auto-remote configuration syntax
for the Windows Registry entries. Auto-remote allows specified USB devices to be automatically
attached to a remote Sender session at RGS connection and then returned to the local client at RGS
disconnect.
CAUTION: Enabling auto-remoting of specific USB devices requires modifications to the Windows
Registry. Registry modifications should only be made by experienced personnel. Because an incorrect
Registry setting can cause serious problems, you should always make a backup of the Registry prior to
making any changes.
To specify auto-remoting of a particular USB device, perform the following steps:
1. Get the vendor id and device id for your usb device using the following steps. For this example
assume that you found the vendor id is 0x1234 and device id is 0x5678.
a. Open Device Manager and find the USB device to be auto-remoted.
b. Right click the USB device and select Properties.
c. Select the Details tab and select Hardware Ids in the dropdown menu. The Hardware Ids
format will be:
USB\Vid_xxxx&Pid yyyy
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