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Connect to a Smart Card Reader

The viewer user can insert and remove smart cards as required after a smart card reader is connected.

To connect to a smart card reader

1. From the Remote Control viewer, click Connect Smart Card in the Sessions context menu, or click the Smart Card toolbar button.

   If more than one smart card reader is installed, the Select a Smart Card Reader to Connect dialog appears.

2. Select which smart card reader to use to connect to the remote host computer.

   To indicate that the smart card reader is connected, the viewer GUI changes slightly—the Disconnect Smart Card menu option is enabled and the corresponding toolbar button is depressed (checked state).

3. Insert your smart card.

   Applications on the host computer receive the insertion event in the same way they would if a smart card were inserted locally.

Note: On the host computer, a new smart card device is silently installed, if necessary. Thereafter, this device is always visible from the device manager, even when a session is not connected. The name of the device does not indicate which viewer is attached. After the virtual smart card device has been installed, it is hidden from smart card applications until the viewer user connects a smart card reader for the first time.