Chapter 9: Peripheral Devices & Accessories
Linking A WORKABOUT PRO To An Ethernet Network
9.4.8 Linking A WORKABOUT PRO To An Ethernet Network
An USB-Ethernet adaptor cable
WORKABOUT PRO to an Ethernet network through a desktop docking station
(model number 4002 or 4102).
Ethernet
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Insert the adaptor's USB connector into the Host USB port on the desktop
docking station.
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Connect your network Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the
adaptor cable.
9.4.8.1
The hand-held unit automatically detects insertion into the desktop dock and loads
the appropriate drivers to communicate with the USB-Ethernet converters.
Network Addressing
The host application uses standard TCP/IP protocol to name, locate and
communicate with a specific WORKABOUT PRO on the network.
If a link is established between a WORKABOUT PRO and a host, the application
on the host and on the hand-held must have a recovery mechanism in the event that
the WORKABOUT PRO is removed from the dock, interrupting the link.
9.4.9 Troubleshooting The Docking Station Operations
The indicators, applications and drivers required to use and monitor the desktop
docking station as a dock (as opposed to a charger) are installed on the
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Port
Figure 9.13 USB-Ethernet Adaptor Cable
Network Access
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no applications are present on the docking station itself.
model number WA4010
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is used to connect the
USB
Connector