Fujitsu Display Manager (FDM) Dock/Undock Help

The Fujitsu Display Manager utility’s Dock/Undock tab allows you to set several advanced display features for your system, as follows:

·         Saving of display profiles you create in docked and undocked configurations

·         Enabling or disabling of the saved profiles

·         Restoring of the default display profiles

Display Profile Properties

The "Display Profile" refers to the settings you select by using Windows display properties or with a utility provided by display adapter manufacturer.

The display profile is made up of the following elements:

1.    LCD and/or external monitor state

o   Only LCD enabled

o   Only external monitor enabled

o   Dual display clone

o   Extended Desktop

2.    Display resolution

3.    Color depth

4.    Display orientation

5.    When Extended Desktop is enabled, the following elements are supported:

o   Primary/ Secondary device

o   Resolution/color depth/orientation for primary/secondary device

o   Display positions of primary and secondary with respect to each other (e.g., top, bottom). This is set from the Display Properties -> Settings tab by dragging the image for device 1 or 2.

6.    Scaling or panel fitting (for cases in which the resolution is lower than the default)

Display Profile Limitations

·         When dual display clone is used, the primary/secondary device recognition is not supported.

·         Due to issues with the display driver, scaling may not be retained.

Display Profile Examples

Depending upon your system platform, the Dock/Undock tab may support two, three or four different display profiles. A number of checkboxes will be displayed in Dock/Undock tab of FDM. Using these checkboxes you can enable or disable corresponding display profiles.

Here are some examples of display profiles that may be available depending upon your system’s configuration. Please note that names and number of profiles can be different depending upon your system’s configuration.

Docked Notebook profile: This profile corresponds to a convertible system in notebook mode when it is installed in a port replicator. This profile also corresponds to a traditional notebook when it is installed in a port replicator.

Undocked Notebook profile: This profile corresponds to a convertible system in notebook mode when it is not installed in a port replicator. This profile also corresponds to a traditional notebook when it is not installed in a port replicator.

Docked Tablet profile: This profile corresponds to a convertible system in tablet mode when it is installed in a port replicator. This profile also corresponds to a slate computer when it is installed in a port replicator. Some Slate computers can support docked landscape or portrait orientation profiles depending on rotation support by the port replicator.

Undocked Tablet profile: This profile corresponds to a convertible system in tablet mode when it is not installed in a port replicator. This profile also corresponds to a slate computer when it is not installed in a port replicator.

The corresponding display profiles will be applied after dock/undock events, resume from sleep states, after reboot, and login.

Saving and Restoring Profiles

[Save Current Profile] button: Click this button to save the current display profile. If the system is docked, clicking this button will save the profile as the docked profile; if the system is undocked, clicking this button will save the profile as the undocked profile.

[Restore Factory Default Profile] button: Click this button to restore the original default display profile. If the system is docked, clicking this button will restore the original docked profile; if the system is undocked, clicking this button will restore the original undocked profile.

[OK]: When this button is clicked, the state of display profile checkboxes will be saved and the dialog window will close.

[Cancel]: Click this button to close the dialog window without saving the settings.

[Apply]: Click this button to apply the changes you have made to display profile checkboxes. The dialog window will not be closed.

[Help]: Click this button to display the help file.