Guest BSigworth Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 I have 4 POS (point of sale) computers to our 2003 sp2 TS server. Each has a (USB) Magtek Mini Wedge MSR reader connected to it for credit card processing. The MSR readers emulate a keyboard as far as their input. When I scan a credit card with Notepad open I can read the input on screen. The problem is that in the Terminal Services environment I get translation errors when reading a credit card. Examples are; the case of some characters are changed (upper case instead of lower case or vice versa) also ? and / switch along with ^ and 6 (these mark beginning and end of data strings). Thanks, Bruce
Guest Vera Noest [MVP] Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: input translation errors I've read a couple of similar posts here the last year. This is what I've saved from previous answers (haven't tested any of them myself): * The problem is a SHIFT problem. There may be a problem with a "stuck" shift key. Try tapping the left and right ones a few times. * some fixes in the Vista version of the client may help. * it is a bug in TS, this only appears when the connection is in full screen. When it is in smaller resolutions it works perfectly. * Problem solved. When select "on the local computer" option in RDP->options->Local resources->Keyboard everything works fine in every mode. _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ =?Utf-8?B?QlNpZ3dvcnRo?= <BSigworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 08 aug 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > I have 4 POS (point of sale) computers to our 2003 sp2 TS > server. Each has a (USB) Magtek Mini Wedge MSR reader connected > to it for credit card processing. The MSR readers emulate a > keyboard as far as their input. When I scan a credit card with > Notepad open I can read the input on screen. The problem is > that in the Terminal Services environment I get translation > errors when reading a credit card. Examples are; the case of > some characters are changed (upper case instead of lower case or > vice versa) also ? and / switch along with ^ and 6 (these mark > beginning and end of data strings). > > Thanks, > Bruce
Guest BSigworth Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: input translation errors In my case the last two items proved to be true... * it is a bug in TS, this only appears when the connection is in full screen. When it is in smaller resolutions it works perfectly. * Problem solved. When select "on the local computer" option in RDP->options->Local resources->Keyboard everything works fine in every mode. Changing the settings in RDP fixed the problem. Thanks, Bruce "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote: > I've read a couple of similar posts here the last year. This is > what I've saved from previous answers (haven't tested any of them > myself): > > * The problem is a SHIFT problem. There may be a problem with a > "stuck" shift key. Try tapping the left and right ones a few times. > > * some fixes in the Vista version of the client may help. > > * it is a bug in TS, this only appears when the connection is in > full screen. When it is in smaller resolutions it works perfectly. > > * Problem solved. When select "on the local computer" option in > RDP->options->Local resources->Keyboard everything works fine in > every mode. > _________________________________________________________ > Vera Noest > MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server > TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net > ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ > > =?Utf-8?B?QlNpZ3dvcnRo?= <BSigworth@discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote on 08 aug 2007 in > microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > > > I have 4 POS (point of sale) computers to our 2003 sp2 TS > > server. Each has a (USB) Magtek Mini Wedge MSR reader connected > > to it for credit card processing. The MSR readers emulate a > > keyboard as far as their input. When I scan a credit card with > > Notepad open I can read the input on screen. The problem is > > that in the Terminal Services environment I get translation > > errors when reading a credit card. Examples are; the case of > > some characters are changed (upper case instead of lower case or > > vice versa) also ? and / switch along with ^ and 6 (these mark > > beginning and end of data strings). > > > > Thanks, > > Bruce >
Guest Vera Noest [MVP] Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: input translation errors Great, I'm glad that your problem is solved, and thanks for reporting the solution back here! _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ =?Utf-8?B?QlNpZ3dvcnRo?= <BSigworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 08 aug 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > In my case the last two items proved to be true... > > * it is a bug in TS, this only appears when the connection is in > full screen. When it is in smaller resolutions it works > perfectly. > > * Problem solved. When select "on the local computer" option in > RDP->options->Local resources->Keyboard everything works fine > in every mode. > > Changing the settings in RDP fixed the problem. > > Thanks, > Bruce > > > "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote: > >> I've read a couple of similar posts here the last year. This is >> what I've saved from previous answers (haven't tested any of >> them myself): >> >> * The problem is a SHIFT problem. There may be a problem with a >> "stuck" shift key. Try tapping the left and right ones a few >> times. >> >> * some fixes in the Vista version of the client may help. >> >> * it is a bug in TS, this only appears when the connection is >> in full screen. When it is in smaller resolutions it works >> perfectly. >> >> * Problem solved. When select "on the local computer" option in >> RDP->options->Local resources->Keyboard everything works fine >> in every mode. >> _________________________________________________________ >> Vera Noest >> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server >> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net >> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ >> >> =?Utf-8?B?QlNpZ3dvcnRo?= <BSigworth@discussions.microsoft.com> >> wrote on 08 aug 2007 in >> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: >> >> > I have 4 POS (point of sale) computers to our 2003 sp2 TS >> > server. Each has a (USB) Magtek Mini Wedge MSR reader >> > connected to it for credit card processing. The MSR readers >> > emulate a keyboard as far as their input. When I scan a >> > credit card with Notepad open I can read the input on screen. >> > The problem is that in the Terminal Services environment I >> > get translation errors when reading a credit card. Examples >> > are; the case of some characters are changed (upper case >> > instead of lower case or vice versa) also ? and / switch >> > along with ^ and 6 (these mark beginning and end of data >> > strings). >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Bruce
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