You can redirect biometric devices, specifically fingerprint scanners, that are plugged into a USB port on a Windows client system, to virtual desktops. You can also redirect Dino-Lite USB microscopes from a Windows, Mac, or Linux client system to virtual desktops.

Configuring Fingerprint Scanner Redirection

To redirect these fingerprint scanners, you need a minimum of 200 Mbps network bandwidth on the remote agent desktop.

These fingerprint scanning devices are supported:
Table 1. Supported Fingerprint Scanners
Device Client OS Windows OS Servers Protocols
U.are.U 5160 Fingerprint Reader Windows 10 1809 64-bit Windows 10 1809 64-bit

Windows 10 1903 64-bit

PCoIP, Blast
U.are.U 5300 Fingerprint Reader Windows 10 1809 64-bit Windows 10 1809 64-bit

Windows 10 1903 64-bit

PCoIP, Blast

Configuring Microscope Redirection

To redirect USB microscope devices, you must meet these network requirements:

Table 2. Network Requirements for Microscope Redirection
Network Requirement For Client-to-Agent Data Transfer For Agent-to-Client Data Transfer
Bandwidth At least 400 Mbps At least 20 Mbps
Delay 1 ms or less 2 ms or less
Loss 0.005% or less 0.005% or less

Windows and Mac client systems allow USB redirection of supported microscopes by default.

Linux client systems exclude microscopes from USB redirection by default. To use redirection, you must allow the microscope device by setting the viewusb.IncludeVidPid property. See the "Setting USB Configuration Properties" topic in VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide.

To optimize performance, configure the microscope settings as follows:

  • Set the resolution to 640 x 480.
  • Set Video Encoder to MJPEG.
  • Reduce or turn off the auto-exposure setting.
These USB microscope devices are supported:
Table 3. Supported USB Microscopes
Device Client OS Windows OS Remote Agent Desktop Protocols
Dino-Lite Premier AM4113ZT

Windows

Mac

Linux (kernel version 3.3-rc1 or later)

 Windows 10 PCoIP, Blast