__________________________________________________________________ USB 2.0 VGA LAN DOCK English User Manual LINDY No. 42984 www.lindy.
Index 1. 2. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................ 3 1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................... 3 1.3. PACKAGE CONTENTS ...................................
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the LINDY USB 2.0 VGA LAN DOCK. The USB 2.0 VGA LAN DOCK is an intelligent expansion module, which connects to a PC or notebook via Universal Serial Bus (USB) port and VGA output port, providing one high-speed RS-232 serial port, one printer port, one PS/2 keyboard & mouse, 3 downstream USB 2.0 ports and one Ethernet access and one extending VGA display output port. The USB 2.
1.3. Package Contents The product you purchased should contain the equipment and accessories shown as follows: USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video 3ft (90cm)VGA/USB combo cable 5V, 2A DC power adapter CD Driver User Manual 1.4. Connectors One DB-9 RS-232 serial connector supports baud rates from 1,200 to 115.2K One DB-25 parallel connector supports IEEE-1284 bi-directional printers One mini-din for PS/2 keyboard, one mini-din for PS/2 mouse One 10/100 Ethernet LAN port Three USB 2.
1.5. Available Functions The available functions of USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station depend on the status of power supplied: Bus powered 1. Connect the USB/VGA combo Y cable to your PC to provide bus power. 2. When you provide bus power only, the PS/2 mouse & keyboard, RS232, printer and Ethernet ports will be enabled. However, the USB2.0 Hub will only work in low power mode. Use of the external power adapter is recommended for full use of functions. Externally powered 1.
2. Installing the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video Before connecting USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video to your computer, please install the necessary drivers first. Please use the driver CD of USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video, the “USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station Driver Installer” will execute automatically. If the installer does not start automatically, it might be “auto-run” option is disabled in your system, please execute “AutoDrv.exe” manually.
Fig Win98-Me-Setup-3 D. Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next” to continue. Fig Win98-Me-Setup-4 E. Press “Finish” to complete the setup program. Fig Win98-Me-Setup-5 F. The “USB-Serial” drivers have been installed.
Fig Win98-Me-Setup-6 G. The USB-Printer driver files have been copied to your system, but the installation is not complete yet until USB enumeration is done later. Fig Win98-Me-Setup-7 2.1.2. Windows 2000/XP32 Driver Setup A. The driver setup for Windows 2000 and Windows XP 32 bits are similar, only the detected OS is different. The following procedure is illustrated in Windows XP 32 bits. B. The USB-Printer driver is embedded in Microsoft Windows and not necessary to install. Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup-1 C.
Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup2 D. Press “Finish” to complete the setup program. Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup3 E. The “USB-Lan” drivers have been installed. Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup-4 F. The “USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station Driver Installer” will launch USB-Serial installer automatically.
Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup-5 G. Click “Next” to continue. Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup-6 H. Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next” to continue. Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup-7 I. Press “Finish” to complete the setup program.
J. The “USB-Serial” drivers have been installed. Fig Win2K-XP32-Setup-9 2.1.3. Windows XP64 Driver Setup A. The USB-Printer driver is embedded in Microsoft Windows and not necessary to install. Fig XP64-Setup-1 B. The “USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station Driver Installer” will launch USB-Lan installer automatically. Fig WinXP64-Setup2 C. Press “Finish” to complete the setup program.
Fig WinXP64-Setup3 D. The “USB-Lan” drivers have been installed. Fig WinXP64-Setup-4 E. The USB-Serial driver files have been copied to your system, but the installation is not complete yet until USB enumeration is done later. Fig WinXP64-Setup-5 2.1.4. Windows Vista 32/64 Driver Setup A. The driver setup for Windows Vista 32 bits and 64 bits are similar, only detected OS is different. The following procedure is illustrated in Windows Vista 32 bits. B.
Fig Vista-Setup-1 C. The “USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station Driver Installer” will launch USB-Lan installer automatically. Please click “Finish” to complete the setup program. Fig Vista-Setup2 D. The “USB-Lan” drivers have been installed. Fig Vista-Setup-3 E. The “USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station Driver Installer” will launch USB-Serial installer automatically. Fig Vista-Setup-4 F. Click “Next” to continue.
Fig Vista-Setup-5 G. Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click “Next” to continue. Fig Vista-Setup-6 H. Press “Finish” to complete the setup program. Fig Vista-Setup-7 I. The “USB-Serial” drivers have been installed.
Fig Vista-Setup-8 2.2. Hardware Installation 1. Power on your computer and make sure that the USB and VGA ports are enabled and working properly. 2. Put the Driver CD into CD-ROM drive of your PC or Notebook. 3. Connect the power adapter to the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video (to utilize full functionality). 4. Connect the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video to the USB and VGA port on your computer with the VGA/USB combo Y cable provided. Windows will start detecting USB devices.
i. Insert the “Windows 98” CD into CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-B1 ii. Click “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-B2 iii. Click “Specify a location” and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-B3 iv. Press “Next” to start the installation process.
Fig. Enum98-B4 v. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB HUB. Fig. Enum98-B5 C. USB Composite Device Enumeration i. Please insert the “Windows 98” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-C1 ii. Click “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue.
Fig. Enum98-C2 iii. Click “Specify a location” and press “Next” to start the searching process. Fig. Enum98-C3 iv. Press “Next” to start the installation process. Fig. Enum98-C4 v. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Composite Device.
Fig. Enum98-C5 D. Ethernet Port Enumeration i. Please insert the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-D1 ii. Click “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-D2 iii. Click “Specify a location” and click “Next” to continue..
Fig. Enum98-D3 iv. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Windows might ask you to insert the “Windows 98” CD during the installation process). Fig. Enum98-D4 v. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Ethernet Port. (Restart Windows might necessary) Fig. Enum98-D5 E. USB HID Device Enumeration i. The following steps might repeat multiple times due to different HID devices, mouse and keyboard. ii.
press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-E1 iii. Click “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. Fig. Enum98-E2 iv. Click “Specify a location” and press “Next” to start the searching process. Fig. Enum98-E3 v. Press “Next” to start the installation process.
Fig. Enum98-E4 vi. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB Human Interface Device. Fig. Enum98-E5 vii. All drivers are installed complete, please close the program. Fig. Enum98-OK 2.3.2. Windows 2000/XP32/Vista USB Device Enumeration All USB devices on USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video will enumerate automatically since all the drivers have been installed. Fig.
2.3.3. Windows XP64 USB Device Enumeration A. USB-to-Serial Port Enumeration i. Please select “No, not this time” and press “Next” to continue. Fig. EnumXP64-1 ii. Please select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)”, and click “Next” to continue. Fig. EnumXP64-2 iii. Click “Finish” to complete the USB-to-Serial driver enumeration. Fig.
B. Other USB Device Enumeration The other USB devices on USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video will enumerate automatically since their drivers have been installed. Fig. EnumXP64-OK 2.4. Important Set Up Info Before connecting the printer to the parallel port of USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video, the printer driver must be installed on your computer in advance, otherwise it might print an unknown format of characters.
2.5. Checking for Proper Installation Please click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, double-click System, and Device Manager. Please double check “Human Interface Devices”, “Keyboard”, “Mouse”, “Network adapters”, “Ports”, and “Universal serial bus controller” on the dialog box and see if they are working properly.
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2.6. Setting Up the Printer Device Follow the steps below to connect your printer to the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video with your PC: 2.6.1. For Windows 98/98SE/ME: 1. Connect the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video to your printer with the parallel cable and turn on the printer. 2. Connect the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video to the USB port on your computer with the USB/VGA combo cable provided. 3.
Fig.6 5. Click Details folder tab and change the printer port to LPT2:(USB-toParallel Port.) (Ref. Fig.7) Fig.7 6. If you do not have a printer installed yet, go to Start, Settings, Printers, and choose Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will start and assist you to install a new printer device. Select the printer manufacturer and model name from the list provided by the wizard or use the printer driver diskette came with your printer.
7. Windows will ask you which port the printer will be used, choose LPT2: USB to Parallel Port. (Ref. Fig.8) Follow the instructions to complete the installation. Run Print Test Page to see if the printer is working without any problem Fig.8 2.6.2. For Windows 2000/XP/Vista: 1. Connect the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video to your printer with the parallel cable and then turn on the printer. 2. Connect the USB 2.
5. 6. If you do not have a printer installed yet, click on Start, Settings, Printers and choose Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will start and assist you to install a new printer device. Select the printer manufacturer and model name from the list provided by the wizard or use the printer driver diskette came with your printer. Windows will ask you which port the printer will be used, choose USB001:(Virtual printer port to USB). (Ref. Fig.10) Fig.10 2.7.
Fig.11 3. If you have setup HyperTerminal before, please go to Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications, HyperTerminal. Click File and choose Properties. The Properties dialog page will appear on your screen. If it is your first time to setup HyperTerminal, you will see the following page during the setup procedure. (Ref. Fig.12) Fig.12 4. Click the Connect using item to indicate the proper COM port, which appeared in step 1. Follow the instructions to complete the setup.
3. Uninstalling the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video If you want to remove USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video and its driver, please follow the steps below: 3.1. Removing the device Please unplug the USB cable. 3.2. Uninstalling the driver 3.2.1. For Windows 98/SE/ME (Remove Printer, LAN, Serial Drivers): 1. Run Uninst.exe from the driver folder “USB-Printer\LPT_98Me” on the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video CD. 2. Please Press OK to remove Printer Converter. (Ref. Fig.13) Fig.
6. Reboot your Windows system to complete.
3.2.2. For Windows 2000/XP32 (Remove LAN, Serial Driver): 1. In [Control Panel], [Add/Remove Program], remove “AX88772_2KXP” to uninstall USB-LAN driver. 2. In [Control Panel], [Add/Remove Program], remove “PL2303 driver installer” to uninstall USB-Serial driver. 3.2.3. For Windows XP64 (Remove LAN, Serial Driver ): 1. In [Control Panel], [Add/Remove Program], remove “AX88772_XP 64bit” to uninstall USB-LAN driver. 2. Run DRemover_x64.exe from the driver folder “USB-Serial\WinXP64” on the USB 2.
4. TROUBLE SHOOTING Q: I installed the driver for the USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video under Windows XP/Vista operating system but there is no Pinter Port available in the device manager however the other Ports ( Serial ,Mouse, Keyboard and USB) are OK . A: The driver for USB to Printer converter on Windows 2000 and XP/Vista is not required. Microsoft supports USB Printer class in both OS. The related driver will be loaded automatically by Microsoft when you plug in the USB to Printer device.
Q: I am getting an “Unknown Device” error. A: If the installation process is completed and some of the devices still don' t work, please click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, double-click System, and Device Manager. Check “Human Interface Devices”, “Keyboard”, “Mouse”, “Network adapters”, “Ports”, and “Universal serial bus controller” on the dialog box and see if “Unknown device” appears on the screen. You need to right-click the “Unknown device” and choose Remove to remove it.
with USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video first, and then connect USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video to computer' s USB port. CE Certification This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN55022/EN55024 class B for IEC/EN61000-4-2/3 the essential protection requirement of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.
Instead, these products must enter the recycling process. Each individual EU member state has implemented the WEEE regulations into national law in slightly different ways. Please follow your national law when you want to dispose of any electrical or electronic products. More details can be obtained from your national WEEE recycling agency. Germany Die Europäische Union hat mit der WEEE Direktive umfassende Regelungen für die Verschrottung und das Recycling von Elektro- und Elektronikprodukten geschaffen.
