Toshiba SATELLITE PRO A120 manual Serial port, Connecting the serial connector to the serial port

Optional Devices

The following ports and accessories are available on the Advanced Port Replicator III Plus.

■RJ45 LAN jack

■RJ11 Modem jack

■External monitor port

■Parallel port

■Serial port

■PS/2 mouse port

■PS/2 keyboard port

■DC IN 15V jack

■Security lock slot

■Audio line-in, line-out jacks

■Universal Serial Bus 2.0 port (four)

■i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port

■DVI port (This port is not supported by the computer.)

As the port operation of all DVI (Digital Visual Interface) monitors has not been confirmed, some DVI monitors may not function properly.

Serial port

The serial connector can be used to connect to RS-232C compatible devices.

RS-232C compatible devices include the following:

■Modem

■Mouse

To connect a serial port, follow the steps below.

1.Turn the computer’s power off.

2.Connect the serial connector to the serial port and tighten the screws on the left and right hand side.

Serial connector

Serial port

Figure 8-18 Connecting the serial connector to the serial port

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