USB-C female to USB-C male FPC, with E-Marker-IC (T2 one), might change power/data/video negotiation there (when connected to Librem 5 and not to pass-through charge HP laptop, as made for)? Just one of my current thoughts, no compatibility guarantee (from my side) that this will work with the 5TW10AA dock (related to its HDMI2.0/USB3.0 ports).
Second option to be tried there is using original Librem 5 USB-C male to USB-C male cable with PD adapter with quite same specifications like this USB3.2 Gen2 one (couldn’t find at this moment USB4.0 one, but you might decide to search for such adapter with built-in E-marker chip).
To conclude and based on above idea/approach, suggesting to actually find and test there CAC-1528 adapter set (as third option, hopefully safe, flat one is probably the main one).
P.S. All above based on the fact that HP USB-C Dock G5 working with 19.5V DC (4.5×3.0mm) input only.
Thanks for feedback. I have tried connecting the Librem 5 instead of the HP Notebook to the HP G5 Dock with a USB C Cable which is solded to the HP G5 PCB, no way to use another cable. The HP G5 Dock is power with the HP Power Supply.
I do need something that works out of the box. The HP G5 does not work and I will sell my Baseus Dock and have a look at the compatibility list of already tested docks.
I have the Digitus variant of this dock. The Librem 5 does “fit” when applying some force. This is very against how I like to handle connectors of devices, but I use this dock every day (to charge mainly).
See for more info the “update 2” part of this blog.
Thanks for feedback but don’t want to apply force. Have done once, was really hard to do and I hardly could get it connected in a stable way. Will see if there are other docks out there.
@ThatsIt, you might rather just slightly wait and once available buy Club 3D CSV-1599: https://www.club-3d.com/en/quick-view/2614/. Big compatibility advantage would be that this hub with HDMI supports USB4™ specification, therefore I do hope and expect it will work out-of-the-box with Librem 5.
Thanks for the information, will bookmark it. I don’t mind waiting, the Club 3D is really interesting but I would like to have a Stand like the Baseus. Or maybe i have to built my own stand using a hub and a USB C Cable.
Yes, DIY. Just as short idea of mine; even when Librem 5 charging and not to interrupt this or some other process/connection, I would like to be able to pickup my phone (when blue LED light blinking, for example) from any phone stand with one hand, quickly. Therefore and just as my current thought, this folding phone stand looks as practical one in both standard and low position. Might buy (as not aluminum forging expert) this or another robust, quite smaller, phone stand with similar approach soon.
