Description

This How-To is a setup guide for getting your technology all setup again after it was taken home or to another location and you need to set it back up at your desk

Setting Up from Scratch

Required Technology

• Technology (Pictures Will Be Provided at the bottom of page)
  • 1-2 Monitors
  • 1 Keyboard
  • 1 Mouse
  • 1 Docking Station
  • 1 Phone
• Cables (Pictures Will Be Provided at the bottom of page)
  • 1-2 Display Cables (DisplayPort, VGA, DVI, HDMI)
    • You should have 1 per monitor
  • 1-2 Monitor Power Cables
    • You should have 1 per monitor
  • 1 Dock Power Supply
    • Make sure the wattage is 130W if not check your laptop power cable
    • Your laptop power cable should be 65W with the dock power cable being 130W
  • 2 Ethernet Cables
    • If you only have one cable that is perfectly fine

Setup Instructions

Docking Station Setup

1. Plug the docking station power supply into the wall
2. Plug the docking station power supply into the dock

Monitor Setup

1. Take the monitor power cable and plug one into each of your monitors
2. Take a display cable and plug one into each of your monitors
   1. A Monitor may only have certain types of connections so not every display cable is compatible with every monitor
3. Plug in the monitor power cables to the wall
4. Plug in the monitor display cables into the docking station

Phone Setup

1. Take one ethernet cable and plug it into the lower slot on the phone
   1. There are two ethernet slots one being with the other connections and one is seperate from the rest.
   2. Use the slot that are with the other connections
2. Plug the other end into the port below your desk
   1. There are typically several ports. Some may work some may not
   2. You will know if the port works if your phone lights up after plugging it in
3. If you have a second ethernet cable plug it into slot separate from the rest and plug the other side into your dock

Peripheral Setup

1. Take the rest of your USB connected items (Keyboard, Mouse, Label Maker, etc.) and connect them to the dock and then the laptop if you run out of ports

Final Steps

1. At this point you should be able to plug your laptop into the cable physically attached to the dock. If you have issues please look at the troubleshooting tips below for help

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Troubleshooting Tips