During the SafeNet Authentication Client Tools installation, four virtual smart card readers and two SafeNet eToken Virtual readers are installed.
When a token is inserted into a USB port, or SafeNet eToken Virtual is added, the effect is the same as inserting a smartcard into one of the readers.
The number of default readers on a computer can be changed by a user with local administrator rights on that computer.
To view the number of readers:
Open SafeNet Authentication Client Tools.
Click the Advanced View icon.
Do one of the following:
Select the Token Node
on the left pane and click the Reader Settings
icon on
the right pane.
Right-click the Tokens node and select Reader Settings from the shortcut menu.
The Reader Settings window opens.
Set the required number of hardware or software readers in the appropriate field.
The default number of available readers is:
Hardware readers: 4 (On Linux platform this is disabled, and shows how many tokens can be connected, determined by the pcscslots property value. On Linux the default is 4)
Software readers: 2 (On Linux platform, this is disabled.)
Click OK to close the window.
Restart Tools to make the changes effective.