Page 2 - Throughout this document, there may be blocks of text; WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential; Some warnings may appear in alternate formats and may
^Varnings, Cautions, and Notes Throughout this document, there may be blocks of text printed in bold type within boxes or in italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows: WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells yon how to avoi...
Page 3 - Contents
Contents Before You Doek the Computer................................................................................ 1-1 Windows 95 and Windows 98............................................................................ 1-1 Windows NT.................................................................
Page 5 - User’s Guide; efore You Dock the Computer; Windows NT
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 eom- puter quiekly and easily into a desktop environment. 2. Dock the computer. The operating system ereates a hardware profile for ...
Page 6 - F eatures; Com® Ethernet network controller.; CAUTION: Do not connect the compnter and
F eatures The C/Port APR, which is designed around PeripheralComponent Interconnect (PCI) technology, has the following 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, ...
Page 7 - onnecting External Devices to; Make sure the C/Port APR is attached to the; NOTE: Alert your network administrator before
C onnecting 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...
Page 9 - ocking the Computer; Computer
D ocking 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). Figure 1-5. Docking Panei Door on the Computer First, eenter the eomputer on the doeking eontrol base. To do this, plaee the eompu...
Page 10 - NOTE: The short alignment tray, which is available in; ndocking the Computer; Figure 1-7. Docking Contrai Base Contrais and
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 eomputer eannot enter suspend-to-disk mode while doeked. D ocking Control Base Controls and Indicators When the eomputer is used with the C/Port APR and a m...
Page 12 - NOTE: Alert your network administrator before connect; Network Cable Requirements; link integrity indicator
5. Detach all cables—including the AC adapter cable—from the C/Dock Expansion Station. 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. Use a l/4 -inch (6-millimeter [mm]) earriage bolt. Selee...
Page 13 - iagnostics; Reference and Troubleshooting Guide; etting Heip; System User’s; ecKnicai Specifications
D iagnostics 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...
Page 14 - With docking control base and; connector
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.......................
Page 15 - egulatory Notices
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..................... .......
Page 16 - Notice; WARNING: This is a Class A product. In a
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 DepartmentOne Dell WayRound Roek, Texa...
Page 17 - all; Class B ITE; K, orean Regulatory Notice; NOTE: Class A devices are for business purposes. Class B; Class A Device
• 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. ...
Page 19 - Información para NOM 024
NoM 024 Information (Mexico Only) 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): Información para NOM 024 (únicamente para México) La informaeión siguiente se proporeiona en el disposi...
Page 20 - Warranties; Reference and Troubleshooting; Limited One-Year Warranty; Diagnostics and
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 t...
Page 23 - Index; assistance
Index AC adapter, 1 -4 assistance technical, 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...