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Can a magtek Swipe Card machine (USB connection) be used in a RDP session? i.e. the swipe card machine is plugged into a laptop...the laptop connects remotely via vpn and then RDP to a workstation...the laptop accesses a software package on the workstation which requires the swiping of a card for information...the card is swiped remotely, but the workstation software reads the swipe as though the device was plugged directly into the local usb port.
Presently when the card is swiped the software doesn't consistently read the information correctly. However when you do test swipe into notepad the card info is there.
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It can be done, or at least is possible, depending on the device. In Windows, you'd be looking at the 'Local devices and resources' RDP option, as below, and either the
Ports
or Other supported Plug and Play (PnP) devices
boxes, as below.Of course, there is that caveat in there of 'supported' devices. Based on your statement of inconsistency on the part of the application, I would guess that either the device or the application don't support doing this over an RDP session, or don't support it well. In either case, it's something you'll have to address with the 3rd party vendor, though the typical troubleshooting activities like modifying encryption and connection quality options for the RDP session, updating software and drivers, and so on sound like they'd be worth looking into as well.
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