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Work with USB Devices, USB mass storage devices or USB printers

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Work with USB Devices This topic discusses how USB devices function when they are connected to a computer in your MultiPoint Server system or to a MultiPoint Server station. In addition, this topic contains sections about connecting a USB hub or multifunction hub to create a MultiPoint Server station or to provide additional USB ports for devices. You can connect devices to either the computer in your MultiPoint Server system or to a MultiPoint Server station hub. The location where a device is connected, and the type of device, affects whether a device is accessible to all users on the system, or only to individual users. The following are examples of the different connection types: ● If you connect a device directly to the computer, such as a printer or USB mass storage device, the device can be accessed by all users on the system. ● If a keyboard, mouse, or audio device is connected to a station hub, the device is accessible only to the user logged on to that MultiPoint Server station. ● If you connect other devices besides a keyboard, mouse, or audio device to a station hub, such as USB mass storage devices or USB printers, those devices are accessible to all users on the system. If you add or remove a keyboard, mouse, or audio device while the system is running, the device addition or removal affects only the session to which the device is associated. For example, if you connect a mouse to a station hub, the mouse is automatically added to that station. The table below shows a list of devices and how they behave, depending on where they are connected to the system. Information about connecting station hubs is described in the Working with station hubs section below. Device Keyboard Mouse USB hub Video monitor Behavior when connected directly to the computer Behavior when connected to a station Notes We do not recommend connecting a keyboard directly to the computer. Accessible only to the station user. If the keyboard contains a USB port, any keyboard, mouse, or audio device attached to that port is accessible only to the user who is using that keyboard. If you connect a USB storage device, it is visible to all users on the system. We do not recommend connecting a mouse directly to the computer. Accessible only to the station user. If the mouse contains built-in memory, the memory storage is accessible to all users on the system. See the Working with station See the Working with station hubs section below. hubs section below. See the Work with Video Devices topic. See the Work with Video Devices topic. Work with USB Devices 127

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Work with USB Devices
This topic discusses how USB devices function when they are connected to a computer in your
MultiPoint Server system or to a MultiPoint Server station. In addition, this topic contains sections about
connecting a USB hub or multifunction hub to create a MultiPoint Server station or to provide additional
USB ports for devices.
You can connect devices to either the computer in your MultiPoint Server system or to a MultiPoint
Server station hub. The location where a device is connected, and the type of device, affects whether a
device is accessible to all users on the system, or only to individual users. The following are examples
of the different connection types:
If you connect a device directly to the computer, such as a printer or USB mass storage device, the
device can be accessed by all users on the system.
If a keyboard, mouse, or audio device is connected to a station hub, the device is accessible only
to the user logged on to that MultiPoint Server station.
If you connect other devices besides a keyboard, mouse, or audio device to a station hub, such as
USB mass storage devices or USB printers, those devices are accessible to all users on the system.
If you add or remove a keyboard, mouse, or audio device while the system is running, the device
addition or removal affects only the session to which the device is associated. For example, if you
connect a mouse to a station hub, the mouse is automatically added to that station.
The table below shows a list of devices and how they behave, depending on where they are connected
to the system. Information about connecting station hubs is described in the Working with station hubs
section below.
Device
Behavior when
connected directly to the
computer
Behavior when
connected to a station
Notes
Keyboard
We do not recommend
connecting a keyboard
directly to the computer.
Accessible only to the station
user.
If the keyboard contains a
USB port, any keyboard,
mouse, or audio device
attached to that port is
accessible only to the user
who is using that keyboard. If
you connect a USB storage
device, it is visible to all users
on the system.
Mouse
We do not recommend
connecting a mouse directly
to the computer.
Accessible only to the station
user.
If the mouse contains built-in
memory, the memory storage
is accessible to all users on
the system.
USB hub
See the Working with station
hubs section below.
See the Working with station
hubs section below.
Video monitor
See the Work with Video
Devices topic.
See the Work with Video
Devices topic.
Work with USB Devices
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