Connect Laptop to Universal Docking Station
Old or new laptop?
New laptops have a USB-C connector. You can connect a new laptop to the connector without an adaptor. New laptops are also charged when connected to a docking station.
Old laptops are connected to a USB port using an adapter that is attached to the cable. The laptop needs its own adpator for charging.
Windows 10
Universal docking stations do not support well Windows 7 laptops. If your laptop is running the Windows 7 operating system, make a service request to Helpdesk at https://hd.metropolia.fi and ask Helpdesk to update the operating system to Windows 10.
Apple macOS computers
With a Mac laptop universal docking stations work the best when the laptop is running macOS Mojave 10.14 or a newer macOS.
If you laptop is running an older macOS, please update the operating system using Managed Software Center with the (MSC) software. Here is a direct link to the MSC instructions.
Old laptops
1. Look for a cable with a USB adapter in the workstation:
2. Connect your own charger to your laptop. If you do not connect the charger, the laptop will not be charged, and your laptop will run in the docking station only when the lid is open.
3. Connect the docking station USB-C connector to the USB adapter:
4. Connect the adapter's ordinary USB connector to our laptop's ordinary USB port. (An ordinary USB port is a port that a USB key can be connected to.)
5. Wait patiently approximately 30 seconds. You laptop's Desktop will appear on the workstation display(s) and you can use the workstation mouse and keyboard:
New laptops
1. Connect the docking station's USB-C connector directly to your laptop's USB-C port.
2. Wait patiently approximately 30 seconds. Your laptop's Desktop will appear on the workstation's displays and you can use the workstation's mouse and keyboard.
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