CF-18 Dock RF and PDRC Help

I have a CF-18 and a Gamber Johnson Dock The dock did not have the wifi pass through, however it has all the cut outs. Can this be purchesed or is there a mod for it. Also, is it for wifi and gps?

My 18 is the Digitizer model, can a touchscreen PDRC (cf-vdl02) be attached and if so what is the trick. it keeps telling me it cant be detected. I read it should be on com 1 but under device manager it only list com 4 when i change the touchscreen to com 4 I get blue screened

Thanks

 

The CF-18 digitizer models do not have support for external com ports even when a docking station is used. This is/was part of the specification for Windows XP tablet edition. Only way around it is to use USB to serial adapters. Or trade it in for a touchscreen model which does support 1 onboard serial and another through the dock.

 

First things first: What is your CF-18's Model Number (CF-18xxxxxxx)? This will tell us whether or not your unit has external antenna connectors.

Second: Gamber-Johnson offers this dock in a Dual RF version:

Item Number:
7160-0207-02

Antenna Pass-Through:
Wireless WAN & Wireless LAN (TNC)

Port Replicator
- USB (4) 4 pin
- Dual Antenna Pass-Through TNC
- Ethernet RJ45
- Serial (2) D-sub 9 pin
- External video D-sub 15 pin
- Headphones/speakers Stereo phono jack
- Microphone Mono phono jack

Installation Guide

Finally: Check with Gamber-Johnson directly to see if they have a Retro-Fit Kit for the non-RF dock.

 

It is a CF-18 DDAZAMM it has 2 contacts near the dock connector

 

CF-18DDAZAMM DESCRIPTION:
Pentium M 1.1GHz ULV (Centrino), 10.4" XGA Transmissive High Bright Screen with Digitizer, 40GB HDD, 256MB RAM, Intel 802.11b+g WLAN, GPS, Dual pass through antenna, Win XP Tablet PC

And so it does.

PS: Your avatar is a Colt Model 1911: neat sidearm.

 

It looks like your questions are answered
Usb to serial adapter to get a com port needed for your ext touchscreen panel
I recomend the type using the Prolific chipset and PL-2303 driver as they are stable

As you have two breakouts for antenna's and no wwan they must be for 802.11 and gps


Alex

 

I successfully installed win7 on my 18 whoo hoo!!
OK enough of that.
I called Gamber Johnson I can send it in and have it upgraded for $125.00 they will not sell me the part out right. Thats more than I paid for the dock could i attach an external plug to the internal antenna so i could hook up, say an XM radio antenna? I only want the gps antenna because the way my tb is mounted in my peterbilt i only get gps signal when i am going certin directions

next question
when i plug the cf-vkb03 keboard into the ps2 port on the dock the keys and the backlight function but the touchpad does not. How do i fix this
i ordered a serial to usb for the touch screen (hope that does the trick)

 

That is what the manual states

There is a thread here that states a ps2 splitter is required

http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/442783-cf-vkbl03-enable-disable-touchpad.html

Contradictory information !




Alex

 

the plug on it is a ps2 I also ordered a ps2 to usb will that fix it?

 

Did you get the cables with the keyboard ?

The manual shows a ps2 on one end and on the other end it terminates with a usb

Here is the operating manual for the -02 keyboard
https://panasonic.ca/PDP/OperatingInstructions/cfvkbl02_e_oi_za.pdf

 

I bought it on ebay monitor, kb, cords, port replicator(not gamber johnson docK) as a set

 

The ps2 had no splitter or usb adapter ?

Go here and type in the search CF-VKBL03


http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/dl/






Alex

 

No splitter or usb

I tried the website and got nothing

 

Works for me... Anyways

I sent it to your email



Alex

 

Big Iron,

Before you invest any money, let me see what I have.

I have three different types of docks I got with cf-07's and PDRC, and one may work for what you want. When I get home I'll photograph and figure out what they are, and see if you can use any. I was buying up the components for a project, but not sure where its going.

 

If you have a gamber johnson with the pass through that would be cool

 

I recently queried Gamber-Johnson about upgrading their non-RF PanaDocks to single- or dual-passthrough capabilities.

They replied:

You will need to send it in to be upgraded. We do not ship out these types of parts.

Please submit an RMA Request online. Here is the link:

http://www.gamberjohnson.com/rma.php

Here are the estimates:

Non RF to Single RF: Around $100

Non RF to dual RF: Around $120.00

So much for the Do-It-Yourself route.

 

AHHHHH
I can't get the touchpad on the kb to work If anyone has it working can you tell me what driver windows uses for it

 

@ big_iron

When I hooked the keyboard through a usb adapter ,window xp found the correct drivers and both keyboard and touchpad worked

When hooked up to a laptop single combination mouse/keyboard ps2 connector no extra drivers were reported and it worked fine with the standard windows drivers

I recomend if possible using a usb adapter



Alex

 

OK I have a usb adapter but win 7 would only see it as an HID Compliant device
BUT after much trial and error I updated the driver with the
Fujitsu USB Composit Keyboard Mouse AND IT WORKS

 

Thats Great....That darn windows 7




Alex

 

ok one more problem
I cannot get the scroll function on the side of the tp to work windows only allows me to set it fot my Toughbook tp