NCD ThinPATH
Plus enhances Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT Server
4.0 Terminal Server Edition, and Citrix ICA from NCD ThinSTAR
Windows-based terminals (WBTs) and desktop PCs to support local
printers, peripheral devices and Windows audio.
- For PCs
and NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based Terminals
- Enhances
Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal
Server Edition, and Citrix ICA
- Provides
support for local parallel and serial attached printers and
peripheral devices
- Audio support
for applications running on Windows 2000 servers
- Support
for a local disk drive attached to the ThinSTAR parallel port-Micro
Solutions Backpack Diskette Drive, Model 14350
- Access
to local PC disk drives from server sessions running on Windows
2000 server
As
organizations deploy Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Terminal
Server Edition (TSE) and Citrix MetaFrame and server-based applications
to thin client and PC desktops, the need to support local printers,
peripheral devices and audio at the desktop grows significantly.
NCD ThinPATH Plus software enhances Microsoft RDP and Citrix ICA
to solve this customer need. In addition, NCD ThinPATH Plus supports
both PCs and NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based Terminals to provide a
unified solution and a way to extend the life of installed PC
resources.
NCD
ThinPATH Plus enhances RDP and ICA to provide support for devices
connected locally through parallel and serial ports on a PC or
NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based Terminal, as well as Windows audio
input/output.
NCD ThinPATH Plus enables the deployment of server-based applications
and transparent support for a variety of serial or parallel desktop
peripherals that may be used for input or output of data. Supported
local parallel and serial devices include printers and bi-directional
serial devices (up to 57.6K baud) such as Palm Pilots, check scanners,
bar code and credit card readers. NCD ThinPATH Plus also supports
shared printers and peripherals to maximize flexibility and resources.
NCD
ThinPATH Plus software enables Windows sounds, ranging from the
familiar Windows audio cues to WAV and video files to be heard
at the PC or NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based Terminal. Audio is a critical
component of training or other education applications. The audio
data stream dynamically adjusts to the available network load
by compressing the data. This feature allows loaded networks or
slower links to maintain the original fidelity of the audio without
imposing arbitrary limitations.
NCD ThinPATH Plus can be used to support a variety of industry
specific applications with specialized serial and parallel devices.
Examples include: bar code readers, credit card readers and check
scanners for point-of-sale retail applications, dictation devices,
smart card readers and light pens for point-of-care applications
in the healthcare industry, and fingerprint recognition devices
for security applications in the banking and airline industries.
Another feature of the product allows users to run server applications
that can access the data files stored on their desktop device.
All NCD ThinSTAR terminals supports an optional 1.4MB floppy disk
drive. PC desktop users have complete access to any of their file
systems, including both removable and fixed media. The server
administrator can enforce policies on device access, for example
to allow data to be read from a floppy but not a hard disk. Additional
security rules can be defined based on the user or their NT group.
This type of policy can be used to allow specific users to access
the floppy drive on the ThinSTAR but not others; computer labs
could restrict students access but allow instructors. Security
can be limited to a specific desktop itself if PC desktops were
used to access server based applications to a controlled station
and allow other PCs to act in a "kiosk" mode for customers to
retrieve information without the possibility of customers loading
their own software or viruses.
NCD
ThinPATH Plus is a member of the NCD ThinPATH Software family.
NCD ThinPATH Software provides enhanced functionality and flexibility
for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition from
PCs and NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based Terminals. The NCD ThinPATH
Software family is comprised of Management, Desktop Support, and
Emulation modules. NCD ThinPATH Software offers a robust, low-cost
Terminal Server solution. NCD ThinPATH Software is predicated
on NCD’s decade of experience in meeting customer needs with
industry-leading hardware and software technology. A good deal
of our success is the result of of close working relationships
with companies like Citrix®,IBM®, Intel® and Microsoft®.
NCD
and NCD Technology Certified Resellers provide a decade of experience
in thin client computing. Backed by formal service level agreements
with Microsoft and Citrix, you can choose from a wide range of
services that cover the entire thin client environment.
Features
- Flexible
mapping of server port to desktop device
- Supports
both parallel and serial ports on local device (PC or NCD ThinSTAR
Windows-based Terminal)
- Support
for RS-232 serial peripherals
- Support
to attach local printers through serial or parallel ports (includes
any Windows NT 4.0 supported printer)
- Allows
port mappings to follow end-user to different desktop or to
bind a serial port to a specific desktop
- Enables
a local printer to become a shared network printer
- An end-user
session in not required on the desktop to operate
- Support
for bi-directional serial transfers - Supports up to 57.6K baud
- Complete
serial flow control support
- Support
for an unlimited number of server ports
- Full Windows
audio input and output (WAV)
- Active
network monitoring to reduce traffic
- Supports
exporting of PC desktop files to mulit user server sessions
- Security
prevents unauthroized network file access
- Server
based file security:
- Device
type (Removable, Fixed)
- Access
(Read Only, Read/Write, Denied)
- User
name
- NT
Group
- Physical
device
- Supports
MicroSolutions 1.4 MB floppy disk drive attached to ThinSTAR
Server
based security:
Clients Supported
- NCD ThinSTAR
200
- NCD ThinSTAR
300/300TR
- NCD ThinSTAR
400/450
- Microsoft
Windows 98/95
- Microsoft
Windows 2000 Professional
Servers Supported
- Micrsoft
Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft
Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
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