Today i recieved my docking station from purism and EVERYTHING (charging, ethernet, keyboard, mouse & monitor) works! https://shop.puri.sm/shop/usb-c-hub/
Yes, YIWENTEC #1000180 should work as advised from its manufacturer. But Iām tired now to proof anything, especially related to the similar USB4 extension cable video transmission, so please wait until tomorrow (need to proof very same thing for myself as well, with some problematic docking ā¦ actually two of them).
Just to make sure before testing: you are about to extend USB-C male connector (from some docking station) toward the host (connecting the host) and this host name is Librem 5? Oh, yes, I already have your answer:
What would you connect that with? I donāt understand what youāre suggesting me to do.
What iām trying to do is placing the librem 5 as far away from the docking station as possible.
Well 0.8m is OK, i can live with that, but 2m or even 3m would be better.
Edit:
I think what youāre suggesting is using a usb cable and connect it with the librem 5 and an usb port from the docking station?
I donāt know if that would work.
Arenāt you supposed to use the short usb c cable from the docking station for connecting the phone?
Unfortunately not since there is only 1 usb c port on the purism docking station and that is used for charging.
There are 2 usb a 3 ports which of one i do not need, though.
Iām noticing other issues (perhaps software related, the one that is still in development) with my non-ā¦ external convergence equipment, but still hope that my answer somewhat helps (as toward your question related).
Iādo not know much about at this point of time (but will look around based on ā¦, but shorter data cables we are considering as the ones that are more reliable/quicker (video signal related ā¦).
EDIT: @Michael24, please take a look at this link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000369786129.html, in order to get there ā¦ as quite more reliable solution (another setup idea of mine that includes connection to the above linked HDMI adapter from DELL, before you decide to buy anything new, and going to search for something else as well, yet this HDMI extension cable setup Iām already warmly suggesting, and even manufacturer is the known one or the one that I should recommend here).
EDIT II: Now after another short test I do not think (not any more) and almost sure that using USB4 extension cable is something not to be recommended at all (as possibility of getting the HSYNC and VSYNC blanking intervals on your external screen/monitor is relatively high), therefore please stick toward buying of adequate (in quality/length) HDMI extension cable (as my primary advice, while all my writing up to this point was actually based on your intention to use USB3.2 Gen 2 extension cable or USB4 extension cable with the here related docking station, or any other).
Unfortunately it is not that simple. For this application it needs to be able to deliver all of
a) power (in the direction from dock to phone)
b) video
c) data
Sure if itās just a passive cable taking all the conductors through, it could work but it also needs to meet other conditions in order to do the job.
Docks tend to be highly asymmetric i.e. not all the USB-C ports / connectors are created equal. Usually exactly one USB-C port supports power-in to the dock (and will be marked as such) and exactly one USB-C port supports the three functions necessary to connect to the host device, be it a laptop or the Librem 5, and will be hard-wired in.
āDataā meant generically, as in āelectrons not meant to power the device.ā I consider video data, although yes there are data cables that donāt deliver video.
Since this is similar and still a problem for me Iāll ask folks to check out my questions over in this threadā¦
I know about the ātested devicesā page out there but, itās incomplete based on what I find in other posts, out of date, and a lot of those devices are no longer available. Further, it takes hours of reading and searching to see what works for different people and what issues theyāve had. Iām burning a lot of brain cells and $$ trying to find the right combination for this.
I know your pain. Unfortunately I donāt know how to help you in debugging your set-up.
For that reason I am a very strong proponent of putting a second USB-C (or maybe even a micro HDMI port) to future versions of Librem 5 in order to simply avoid the need of a docking station for as many people and as many use cases as possible.
The idea of reducing the number of ports on notebooks and devices like Librem 5 and then ending up with people carrying docks around is just plain ridiculous. I see it all the time. Notebooks with docks/hubs next to them.
Why? Why Why? It is just plain stupid. If people need to have USB ports and HDMI ports, then just include them in the notebook. I know that for Librem 5 it is more difficult than for a notebook, but as mentioned earlier, if my Nokia e7 had a mini HDMI port, then Librem 5 could definitely have at least a second USB-C.
My current set up is the following. I use a 3 tier approach.
Librem 5 + a tiny USB-C to USB-A adapter for just in case + a compact Bluetooth keyboard. No monitor, no mouse, no dock. Most travel friendly set-up.
Librem 5 + USB-C portable monitor + a compact Bluetooth keyboard. No mouse. No dock.
The Librem 5 gets charged through the USB-C monitor and the video signal is perfect (USB-C to USB-C - no HDMI). I canāt use additional USB devices with this set-up (please add a second UBS-C in the future).
This is the set-up that includes a monitor, but obviously here we are carrying around as much stuff as a notebook and a notebook would have been more convenient. (donāt forget the power bank that one also needs to carry around)
Librem 5 + the Aenzr dock that Quarnero uses above.
This is the set-up when I need to use more USB devices. Works with wired mouse and wired keyboard. The downside is that the video signal with this set-up is not perfectly stable. It is reasonably OK, but not perfect. I tend to not carry around this set-up often.
So I donāt have a perfect solution. I pick one of the 3 set-ups according to the situation and none of them is perfect.
Hi there! I have the DOCK419USZ model, and I had that working fine on my L13. While I can apparently get power through the hub, I canāt get Ethernet working. I tried installing the drivers, but I canāt compile them for some reason. Iām hoping thereās a simpler path out there. Thanks in advance!
For the record, thereās no such thing as a spec-complaint USB-C extension cable. Those are explicitly forbidden by the spec and can be pretty dangerous, so itās not surprising that they may cause issues at all.
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