Using The Broker Client Example

Invoking the Broker Client API is a two-step procedure, where as a first step, the Broker Client Example is built. The second step consists of running either a prebuilt PCoIP binary, or a prebuilt AWS binary.

Supporting USB Devices

Transferring non-HID USB devices from the client to the host is called bridging. Both the Anyware agent on the host machine and the Anyware client must enable bridging before devices can be transferred. By default, Windows Anyware agents allow bridging of all USB devices.

Setting Up the Development Environment

Once you have successfully established a session between a Anyware Client and a PCoIP host, you can start developing your own Anyware client. To begin, set up your client development environment, as discussed next.

To set up your client development environment:

Setting Up a Anyware Agent Test Environment

Before developing your custom client, you should set up a working Anyware system. HP recommends establishing a small proof-of-concept system for custom client testing, consisting of a host machine with an installed Anyware agent.

System Requirements

The following table outlines the system requirements for the Anyware Client for Windows:

Anyware Support Bundler Tool

HP may request a support file from your system to help troubleshoot and diagnose issues.

To create a support file:

PCoIP Session Phases

There are two phases in a PCoIP session:

PCoIP Session-Creation Steps and Actors

The steps indicated below are used and documented in the bundled sample code. Refer to the code for specific function calls, expected return values and error-handling requirements. The example C++ code can be found in the SDK package located here:

PCoIP Core Library Integration

The core library allows an application developer to integrate a PCoIP session directly into an application. The core library facilitates connection to a remote host, decoding PCoIP image data directly into an application supplied frame buffer as well as remoting audio, keyboard and mouse events and supported USB devices.

Passing Customization Parameters to the Session Client

When using the -l option with broker_client_example parameter to automatically pass session information to the session client, you can pass additional session client parameters by enclosing them in double quotes.