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TP 760ED,SelectaDock II - configuring Windows NT Serial and Infrared with multiple configuration setup
Applicable to: World-Wide
SYMPTOM:
If using ThinkPad Configuration features One Touch Buttons (Personal and Office) to setup 2 hardware configurations.
One to have the serial port enabled/and the IR port disabled. The second to have the serial port disabled and the IR port enabled.
The SERIAL port is lost every time the system is DOCKED. ThinkPad Utilities reports that the Serial is on COM1, but Windows NT Diagnostics - Resources reports no Serial port and the port is unusable.
CONFIGURATION:
TP 760 ED 9546 & SelectaDock II
BIOS date:.............. 09/25/97
Operating System: Windows NT 4.0 w/Service Pack 3
SOLUTION:
Prepare 2 CMOS setups (H/W points) using Thinkpad Configuration Utility as described in the SYMPTOM section above.
1 Personal (One Touch Setup button)
default setup:
IR is enabled as COM1
Serial Port is disabled.
2 Office (One Touch Setup button)
COM1 related setup is modified from default
IR is disabled.
Serial Port is enabled as COM1.
Win-NT H/W profiles (Win-NT points):
- Docking Hardware Profiles (made by System Property)
(This is for using Serial Port.)
x This is a portable computer
x The computer is docked
Control Panel/Devices setting
irda_phy Enabled
ibmirpro Enabled
ircomm Enabled
Serial Enabled
- Standalone Hardware Profiles (made by System Property)
(This is for using IR.)
x This is a portable computer
x The computer is undocked
Control Panel/Devices setting
irda_phy Enabled
ibmirpro Enabled
ircomm Enabled
serial Enabled
This solution may apply to other ThinkPad / Docking combinations. The above configuration was the one tested.
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Docking/Port Replicators, Infrared, Windows NT | |
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Date Created |
22-05-98 | |
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Last Updated |
25-01-99 | |
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Revision Date |
24-01-2000 | |
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Brand |
IBM ThinkPad | |
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Product Family |
ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad Docking Stations | |
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Machine Type |
9546, 9547, 3547 | |
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Model |
Various | |
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