I recently moved my workstation to a cloud setup and I’m struggling to access my USB devices remotely. I need to use specific hardware like my POS scanner but the cloud environment doesn’t support USB devices directly, and it’s been a real headache.
Has anyone managed to connect their USB devices to a cloud OS? Any tools or methods that have worked for you?
Thanks!
I had a similar issue but with a 3D mouse, which I rely on heavily for design work. Most remote desktop setups don’t support USB connections.
After some research, I found a tool that turned out to be exactly what I needed. You can find more details here <a href="https://www.net-usb.com/features/usb-to-cloud/" rel="nofollow">https://www.net-usb.com/features/usb-to-cloud/</a>
It's not super clear to me what you're trying to do. Is the POS scanner a simple barcode reader? If so, many of them can operate as a plain keyboard instead, so it would just enter whatever it scans into whatever text field has focus.<p>If the POS reader is something more advanced, like an integrated POS tablet system (Square, etc.), are there any APIs you can use?<p>Where does the "cloud setup" come in to play here... like are you on a local computer, with a POS attached, but mostly working in a remote desktop through an app? Or is the POS system itself attached to some other computer in the cloud (like in a colo datacenter or something)? Sorry for the confusion. What data are you trying to send, and to what?
<a href="https://github.com/corellium/usbfluxd">https://github.com/corellium/usbfluxd</a><p>I have used this before, it works in a pinch.