Using Displays

Using Displays

When you connect to a PCoIP session, the Software Client for Windows shows your remote desktop as one or more displays. The number of displays it shows is constrained by your local system's available monitors (and the PCoIP protocol itself, which supports up to four monitors).

Reset Virtual Desktop

Resetting a Desktop

The following section outlines how to reset a saved desktop in the Anyware Client.

  1. Launch Anyware client.

  2. From the Saved connections list, locate the desktop that you want to reset.

  3. Hover over the desktop until the vertical ellipsis icon is revealed, and then click it.

Configuring Wacom Tablets

Configure Wacom Devices

This section outlines how to configure your Wacom tablet through the Anyware Client session. There are two available features within the Anyware Client that can be used to configure the monitor display and orientation. This only applies to locally terminated Wacom Tablets.

USB Connection Instructions

Selecting Audio Devices

Selecting Audio Devices in Session

While in session, you can select audio devices that will be forwarded to the agent. If more than one audio device is connected to the client machine, you can select up to two audio output devices, and one audio input device after a PCoIP session has been established.

Warning

Connecting USB Devices

Connecting USB Devices

Remote desktops can use USB devices that are attached to the client, using a process called redirection. USB devices are not automatically redirected to the remote desktop; they must be specifically connected to the session.

Note: Excludes Mice and Keyboards

Security Modes

Anyware Software Client Security Modes

The Anyware Software Client uses certificates to verify the identity of the host to which it connects. The security mode is configured by the security_mode setting in the Anyware Client configuration file or by setting its value in the pre-session user interface.

Three security mode options are available:

Managing Connections and Desktops

Managing Connections and Desktops

You can manage connections and desktops that you previously added from the pre-session UI. Follow the instructions detailed in this topic to manage your connections and desktops.

Managing Connections

From the pre-session UI, the following actions are possible: