Wyse Technology WintermTM 9000 manual Peripherals, USB to Serial Converter Cable, Printers

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Peripherals

Depending on the ports available on the terminal (see “Model Summary”), the terminal can provide services through a USB port, the serial port, or a PCMCIA card plugged-in to the back of the terminal, as long as the appropriate software is installed. Factory-installed software is described in the following subparagraphs. Add-ons for other services, as they become available, may be installed using the Rapport Remote Administrative software (discussed in “Remote Administration and Firmware Upgrades”).

USB to Serial Converter Cable

Use this procedure to determine the port assigned to a device connecting to the terminal through a USB to serial converter cable.

Note

Only up to two USB to serial converters may be used at one time.

1.Connect a printer or other device to the serial port of the converter cable. Do not connect the USB end of the converter cable to the terminal at this time.

2.Open the Device Manager window (Control Panel System Hardware Tab Device Manager).

3.A Ports (COM & LPT) listing may or may not be present, depending on the terminal model and whether a device driver was previously installed to a port. If the listing is present, expand it so that ports presently used are displayed.

4.Plug the USB end of the converter cable into the terminal.

5.The Ports (COM & LPT) listing will appear if not already present. Under the Ports (COM & LPT) listing, a new COM port will appear for the new connection. Note which COM port number is assigned to the new connection.

6.Continue the installation procedure for the connected device, using the discovered port number when prompted. Use manufacturer’s procedures for other devices such as a serial touch screen.

Printers

A universal print driver is installed on the terminal to support text-only printing to a locally-connected printer. To print full text and graphics to a locally connected printer, install the driver provided by the manufacturer and follow the manufacturer’s instructions. Be sure to flush the write filter cache to save the installation. Printing to network printers from ICA and RDP applications can be achieved through print drivers on the servers.

Note

Printing to a locally-connected printer from an ICA or RDP session using the server’s print drivers produces full text and graphics functionality from the printer. To do this, you must have the print driver installed on the server and the text only driver installed on the terminal (see “Adding Printers - Using the Generic Text Only Print Driver”).