Dell™ Latitude™ C/Port Advanced Port Replicator User's Guide D0LL www.dell.
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Contents Before You Doek the Computer................................................................................ 1-1 Windows 95 and Windows 98............................................................................1-1 Windows NT...................................................................................................... 1-1 Features......................................................................................................................
NOM 024 Information (Mexico Only)................................................................... 1-15 Información para NOM 024 (únicamente para México)......................................... 1-15 Warranties............................................................................................................... 1-16 Limited One-Year Warranty(U.S. and Canada Only)...................................... 1-16 “Total Satisfaction” Return Policy (U.S. and Canada Only)............................
Dell ™ Latitude ™ C/Port Advanced Port Replicator User’s Guide □ I he Dell Latitude C/Port Advaneed Port Replieator (C/Port APR) integrates your Dell Latitude portable eomputer quiekly and easily into a desktop environment. 2. Before You Dock the Computer Windows NT Use the instruetions in this seetion to install the appropri ate drivers for the C/Port APR. If your computer uses the Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Windows 98 operating system, see “Windows 95 and Windows 98” found later in this seetion.
F eatures The C/Port APR, which is designed around Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) technology, has the fol lowing features (see Figures 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3): • A 10/100 megabit-per-second (Mbps) BASE-TX 3Com® Ethernet network controller. NOTE: To connect the computer to a Token Ring net work, use a Tokcen Ring PC Card in the computer.
Connecting External Devices to the C/Port APR When an external keyboard or numerie keypad is eonneeted to the C/Port APR, the eomputer’s built-in keyboard still funetions. Use the following instruetions to eonneet external deviees to the C/Port APR: 1. 2. A PS/2-style keyboard or external numerie key pad eonneeted to the PS/2 keyboard eonneetor. Make sure the C/Port APR is attached to the docking control base.
For information on changing the resolution of an external monitor connected to the C/Port APR, see “Video Drivers and Video Resolution” in the online System User V Guide on your computer. • Speakers or headphones connected to the audio line-out jack (see Figure 1-3). • An infrared device that works with the infrared port on the C/Port APR (see Figure 1-3) and the data communications software on the com puter’s hard-disk drive. The AC adapter powers the C/Port APR and the computer at the same time.
Docking the Computer Use the following instruetions to doek the eomputer to the C/Port APR: 1. Open the docking panel door on the back of the compnter (see Fignre 1-5). First, eenter the eomputer on the doeking eontrol base. To do this, plaee the eomputer onto the doeking eontrol base, and align the ridges on top of the eomputer with the ridges on top of the C/Port APR. When properly aligned, you should feel the guide rails on the doeking eontrol base eonneet with the grooves on the bottom of the eomputer.
To prepare the eomputer eleetrieally for undoeking, press the undoek request button. While the eomputer and C/Port APR are doeked, you ean use key eombinations or System Setup time-outs to put the eomputer into suspend mode. The green doeking indieator lights up when the eomputer and C/Port APR are doeked and eomputer is turned on. After you press the undoek request button, the doeking indieator turns off when the eomputer is ready to be undoeked.
• 3. If you are using the C/Port APR with a monitor stand, you ean also press the undoek request button on the doeking eontrol base (see Figure 1 -7). Wait for the green doek indieator to turn off. Gently push the eject lever toward the back of the C/Port APR to separate the computer from the C/Port APR (see Figure 1-8). • Doeking serviees available in Freneh, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese For the latest information on these serviees and the Softex user’s guides, see http://www.dell.
5. Detach all cables—including the AC adapter cable—from the C/Dock Expansion Station. • The maximum cable run length (from a workstation to a concentrator) is 100 meters (m) (328 feet [ft]). 6. Turn over the docking control base, and locate the two slotted bolt holes at the top of the tray. Insert the head of a carriage bolt into each bolt hole. • The maximum number of workstations (not counting concentrators) on a network is 1024.
Diagnostics For eomplete instruetions on using the Dell Diagnosties, see Chapter 4, “Running the Dell Diagnosties,” in the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide that aeeompanied your eomputer. The Dell Diagnosties that eame with your Dell Latitude eomputer ineludes tests that help you troubleshoot the eontrollers in your C/Port APR. The subtests in the Network Interfaee Test Group of the Dell Diagnosties verify the basie operation of the net work eontroller in the C/Port APR.
Table 1-1. Technical Specifications (continued) Physical (continued) Width: With docking control base and monitor stand....................................... 374.7 mm (14.75 inches) With docking control base only.......... 374.7 mm (14.75 inches) With short alignment tray.................... 301.7 mm (11.87 inches) Standalone........................................... 301.7 mm (11.87 inches) Weight: With docking control base and monitor stand....................................... 4.1 kg (9.
Table 1-1. Technical Specifications (continued) \IO (continued) Video........................ .......... one connector Network ................... .......... one RJ45 connector Docking (to connect to computer). . .......... one connector Ethernet Network Controller Chip set..................... .......... 3Com 3C916B; 10/100 BASE-TX (PC97-compliant) Data bus width ......... .......... 32-bit PCI host bus interface IRQ........................... ..........
The following information is provided about the deviee or deviees eovered by this doeument in eomplianee with FCC regulations: • Produet name: Dell Latitude C/Port Advaneed Port Replieator • Model number: PDS • Company name: Dell Computer Corporation Regulatory Department One Dell Way Round Roek, Texas 78682 USA 512-338-4400 Ic Notice (Canada Only) Most Dell portable eomputers (and other Dell digital apparatus) are elassified by the Industry Canada (IC) Interferenee-Causing Equipment Standard #3 (ICES
• EN 50082-1 — “Electromagnetic compatibility— Generic immunity standard Part 1: Residential, com mercial, and light industry.” • lEC 801-2 — “Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial-process measurement and control equip ment Part 2: Electrostatic discharge requirements.” — Severity level 3. • lEC 801-3 — “Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial-process measurement and control equip ment Part 3: Radiated electromagnetic field requirements.” — Severity level 2.
Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice All equipment that works together (eomputer, monitor, printer, and so on) should have the same power supply souree. The phasing eonduetor of the room’s eleetrieal installa tion should have a reserve short-eireuit proteetion deviee in the form of a fuse with a nominal value no larger than 10 amperes (A).
NoM 024 Information (Mexico Only) Información para NOM 024 (únicamente para México) The following information is provided on the deviee(s) deseribed in this doeument in eomplianee with the requirements of the offieial Mexiean standards (NOM 024): La informaeión siguiente se proporeiona en el dispositivo o en los dispositivos deseritos en este doeumento, en eumplimiento eon los requisitos de la Norma Ofieial Mexieana (NOM 024): Exporter: Dell Computer Corporation One Dell Way Round Roek, TX 78682 Expor
Warranties If you purchased the Dell Latitude C/Port APR at the same time you purchased the Dell portable computer designed to be used with the C/Port APR, warranty infor mation can be found in Appendix D, “Warranties and Return Policy,” of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide that accompanied the computer. If you purchased the C/Port APR separately, see the fol lowing subsections for warranty information. Limited One-Year Warranty (U.S.
DELL DOES NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY BEYOND THE REMEDIES SET FORTH IN THIS WARRANTY STATEMENT OR LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITH OUT LIMITATION ANY LIABILITY FOR PRODUCTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR USE OR FOR LOST DATA OR SOFTWARE. SOME STATES (OR JURISDICTIONS) DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE PRECEDING EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. These provisions apply to Dell’s limited one-year war ranty only.
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Index AC adapter, 1 -4 features, 1-2 assistance technical, 1-9 + help calling for technical assistance, 1-9 C/Port APR connecting external devices, 1-3 docking control base, 1 -6 docking software, 1 -7 docking to computer, 1-1, 1-5 features, 1-2 I/O panel connectors, 1-3 infrared port, 1-4 line-out jack, 1-4 monitor stand, 1-4 network usage, 1-8 securing, 1-7 undocking from computer, 1 -6 I/O panel connectors, 1 -3 indicators docking control base, 1 -6 network connector, 1-8 infrared port, 1-4 connect
1 network connector about, 1-3 cable requirements, 1indicators, 1-8 network drivers, 1-8 technical assistance, 1 -9 technical specifications, 1 -9 8 undocking C/Port APR, 1 -6 regulatory notices, 1-11 return policy, 1-16, 1-17 : warranty information, 1-16 securing the C/Port APR, 1 -7 Dell Latitude C/Port Advanced Port Replicator User’s Guide
