USB

mouse

 

parallel port

 

video

connector

 

connector

 

connector

connectors (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyboard

serial port

NIC connector

AC adapter

connector

connector

 

connector

 

 

 

Figure 1-1. I/O Connectors on the Back of the APR

Table 1-1 shows the icons for each of the connectors on the back of the APR and indi- cates the type of external device(s) that you can attach to each connector.

Table 1-1.

External I/O Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connector

 

Icon

Connector Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One or two USB devices, such as a USB mouse, can be connected

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the dual USB connectors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

An external PS/2-style keyboard or external numeric keypad can be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connected to the keyboard connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An external PS/2-compatible mouse can be connected to the PS/2

 

 

 

 

 

 

mouse connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A serial device, such as a serial mouse or external modem, can be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connected to the serial port connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A network interface cable can be connected to the NIC connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A parallel device, such as a printer, can be connected to the parallel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

port connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An external monitor can connected to the video connector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AC adapter that came with the APR can be connected to the AC adapter connector.

NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the system Help.

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Dell ADVANCED PORT REPLICATOR manual I/O Connectors on the Back of the APR