Dell C-Port APR User Manual
Dell™ Latitude™ C/Port Advanced Port Replicator
User's Guide
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Contents
Before You Doek the Computer................................................................................1-1
Windows 95 and Windows 98............................................................................1-1
Windows NT...................................................................................................... 1-1
Features......................................................................................................................1-2
Conneeting External Deviees to the C/Port APR
Doekinj the Computer................................................................................................1-5
Doeking Control Base Controls and Indieators
Undoeking the Computer...........................................................................................1-6
Softex Doeking Serviees............................................................................................1-7
Seeuring the C/Port APR...........................................................................................1-7
Using the C/Port APR With a Network
Network Cable Requirements.............................................................................1-8
Network Conneetor Indieators............................................................................1-8
Diagnosties.................................................................................................................1-9
Getting Help...............................................................................................................1-9
Teehnieal Speeifieations............................................................................................ 1-9
Regulatory Notiees.................................................................................................. 1-11
FCC Class B Notiee (U.S. Only).............................................................................1-11
IC Notiee (Canada Only)
EN 55022 Complianee (Czeeh Republie Only).......................................................1-12
CE Notiee.................................................................................................................1-12
VCCI Notiees (Japan Only).....................................................................................1-13
Class A ITE.......................................................................................................1-13
Class B ITE.......................................................................................................1-13
Korean Regulatory Notiee.......................................................................................1-13
Class A Deviee................................................................................................. 1-13
Class B Deviee ................................................................................................ 1-13
Polish Center for Testing and Certifieation Notiee..................................................1-14
Wymagania Polskiego Centrum Badan i Certyfikaeji
Pozostale instrukeje bezpieezenstwa........................................................................1-14
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NOM 024 Information (Mexico Only)
Información para NOM 024 (únicamente para México)
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Warranties............................................................................................................... 1-16
Limited One-Year Warranty(U.S. and Canada Only)
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“Total Satisfaction” Return Policy (U.S. and Canada Only)............................1-17
Index
Figures
Figure 1-1.
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Figure 1-4.
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Figure 1-9.
Tables
Table 1-1.
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I/O Panel on the C/Port APR ............................................................ 1-3
Infrared Port and Audio Line-Out Jack............................................. 1-4
Attaching the Monitor Stand
Docking Panel Door on the Computer
Docking the Computer
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Docking Control Base Controls and Indicators................................ 1-6
Undocking the Computer.................................................................. 1-7
N etwork Connector Indicators......................................................... 1-8
Technical Specifications................................................................... 1-9
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Dell ™ Latitude ™ C/Port Advanced Port Replicator
User’s Guide
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I he Dell Latitude C/Port Advaneed Port Replieator
(C/Port APR) integrates your Dell Latitude portable eom-
puter quiekly and easily into a desktop environment.
Before You Dock the Computer
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.
If your computer uses the Microsoft Windows NT®
operating system, see “Windows NT” found later in this
seetion.
Windows 95 and Windows 98
If your eomputer uses Windows 95 or Windows 98, the
eomputer is already eonfigured to work with the Dell
Latitude C/Port APR. Use the following proeedure the
first time you turn on the eomputer.
CAUTION: Do not dock the computer before turn
ing it on for the first time.
1. If the computer has never been turned on, turn it
on now while undocked and complete the operat
ing system setup. Then go to step 2.
If the operating system setup has already been eompleted, turn on the eomputer and go to step 2.
For setup instruetions, see the operating system
Setup Guide that eame with the eomputer.
2. Dock the computer.
The operating system ereates a hardware profile for
the C/Port APR.
Windows NT
If your eomputer uses Windows NT, the eomputer is
already eonfigured to work with the Dell Latitude C/Port
APR. Use the following proeedure the first time your turn
on the eomputer.
CAUTION: Do not dock the computer before turn
ing it on for the first time.
1. If the computer has never been turned on, turn it
on now while undocked and complete the operat
ing system setup. Then go to step 2.
If the operating system setup has already been com
pleted, turn on the eomputer and go to step 2.
For setup instruetions, see the Dell-Installed
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Setup Guide.
2. If you plan to connect a C/Port APR to a network,
shut down the computer, dock it, and turn it on
again.
Follow the instruetions on the display to load the
appropriate drivers.
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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.
• Standard input/output (I/O) connectors to attach
a serial and a parallel device, an external monitor
or other video device, a Personal System (PS)/2compatible mouse, and a PS/2-style keyboard or
external keypad.
• Two stacked Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors.
• A line-out jack to attach optional speakers or
headphones.
C/Port Advanced Port Replicator
An infrared port compatible with the Infrared Data
Association (IrDA) Standards 1.1 (Fast IR) and 1.0
A docking control base to facilitate the proper con
nection between the C/Port APR and the computer.
CAUTION: Do not connect the compnter and
the C/Port APR if the C/Port APR is not
attached to a docking control base. Snch a
connection conld damage the connectors on the
C/Port APR and the compnter.
NOTE: In some regions the C/Port APR can be pur
chased with a short alignment tray. Use this tray if
you plan to use the C/Port APR without a monitor
stand or if you travel with the C/Port APR.
A monitor stand that fits onto the docking control
base and provides a platform for an external monitor.
docking control base
I/O panel
Figure 1-1. Dell Latitude C/Port Advanced Port Replicator
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padlock hole
eject lever
security lock slot
Connecting External Devices to
the C/Port APR
Use the following instruetions to eonneet external
deviees to the C/Port APR:
1. Make sure the C/Port APR is attached to the docking control base.
The C/Port APR was attaehed to the doeking eontrol
base before being shipped to you.
2. Refer to Figures 1-2 and 1-3 to locate the appro
priate connector, jack, or port on the C/Port
APR.
You ean attaeh the following external deviees to the
C/Port APR:
• USB deviees, sueh as a mouse, keyboard, eam-
era, or speakers, eonneeted to one of the two
staeked USB eonneetors.
Both USB eonneetors support the use of a USB
hub deviee for eonneeting multiple deviees. For
more information, see the instruetions that
aeeompanied the USB deviee.
• A PS/2-eompatible mouse eonneeted to the PS/2
mouse eonneetor.
When a PS/2 mouse is attaehed to the C/Port
APR, the toueh pad on the eomputer is disabled
automatieally.
A PS/2-style keyboard or external numerie key
pad eonneeted to the PS/2 keyboard eonneetor.
When an external keyboard or numerie keypad
is eonneeted to the C/Port APR, the eomputer’s
built-in keyboard still funetions.
A serial deviee, sueh as a serial mouse or exter
nal modem, eonneeted to the serial eonneetor.
A parallel deviee, sueh as a tape drive or printer,
eonneeted to the parallel eonneetor.
An Ethernet network interfaee eable with an
RJ45 plug eonneeted to the network eonneetor.
NOTE: Alert your network administrator before
connecting the C/Port APR to a network.
For information about available network driv
ers, network eabling requirements, and the
network eonneetor indieators, see “Using the
C/Port APR With a Network” found later in this
doeument.
An external monitor or other video deviee eonneeted to the video eonneetor.
If an external monitor is eonneeted to the C/Port
APR, the eomputer’s built-in display still funetions. However, the eomputer display must be
elosed when using an external monitor on top of
the monitor stand.
NOTE: Check the technical specifications of
your Dell portable computer to determine the
kind of external monitor the C/Port APR
supports.
USB connectors
Figure 1-2. I/O Panel on the C/Port APR
PS/2 mouse connector
parallel connector
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video connector
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.
For more information, see “Using External Devices”
in the online System User S Guide on your computer.
Figure 1-3. Infrared Port and Audio Line-Out
Jack
The AC adapter powers the C/Port APR and the
computer at the same time. A battery inside the com
puter charges while you use the C/Port APR.
CAUTION: Always use the Dell AC adapter
that came with the C/Port APR. (Look for
model number PA-2 or PA-6 on the bottom of
the AC adapter.) Using any other commer
cially available AC adapter—or the AC
adapter from older models of Dell computers—could damage the C/Port APR or the
computer.
If the AC adapter cable is accidentally unplugged
from the C/Port APR, your data is safe as long as
you have a charged battery in the computer.
5. Place the C/Port APR and docking control base in a convenient location on your desk or work area.
6. Attach the monitor stand to the docking control
base (see Figure 1-4), and then set an external
monitor on top of the stand.
The stand supports monitors that weigh up to
45.3 kilograms (kg) (100 pounds [lb]).
NOTE: If you are using the short alignment tray, you
cannot use the monitor stand.
3. Connect the external devices to their power sources.
4. Connect the C/Port APR to alternating current (AC) power.
Connect the AC power cable to the AC adapter. Next,
plug the AC adapter cable into the AC adapter con
nector on the C/Port APR. Then plug the AC power
cable into awn AC power source.
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monitor stand
Figure 1-4. Attaching the Monitor Stand
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