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Supporting USB Devices

Transferring non-HID USB devices from the client to the host is called bridging. Both the PCoIP agent on the host machine and the PCoIP client must enable bridging before devices can be transferred. Administrators can globally disable USB bridging support, or enforce device whitelists or blacklists, using GPO variables on the host machine. Clients cannot bridge devices that are disallowed by the agent.

There are two methods of providing USB support from your PCoIP client:

  • Automatic: Automatically bridged devices are passed from the pre-session client to the session client executable, which forwards them to the host agent. No user interaction is required.
  • Manual: Manually bridged devices are selected by the user, during a PCoIP session, from the session client UI.

Remote USB Device Support

If a pointer type USB device, for example wacom tablets, mouse, or stylus device, is remoted, you need to grant PCoIPClient.app computer control to enable it to rendor and move the cursor. You can enable this through the Preferences>Security & Privacy>Privacy>Accessibility location on your system settings.