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U2723QE, questions around connectivity/functionality
Hello,
I was interested in purchasing a U2723QE and I currently have a S2721DGF that I was planning on using as a secondary monitor. I had a couple questions on setup and just overall functionality of features.
I have a 2019 16" MBP with 4x Thunderbolt 3 ports. These are the ports on the U2723QE that I'm referencing in my questions.
- Would I just need to connect one USB-C to USB-C cable from the MBP to Port 5 on the U2723QE? This should be sufficient for video, data and charging up to 90W?
- Does data in this context include internet when connecting to the RJ45 port?
- Does data transfer also include attaching a KVM to ports 9 and 10?
- If my laptop needs a 96W charger, does this mean that no charging would occur, or would it be very slow charging?
- If I wanted to connect my MBP to the other monitor, do I just connect from another USB-C port on the MBP to a DisplayPort on the S2721DGF? I have read that DisplayPort MST is not functional on macOS.
- In this setup would a KVM connected to the U2723QE still have the ability to move around windows on the S2721DGF since the KVM is essentially seen as connecting to the MBP?
- If I wanted to attach another laptop to the U2723QE via USB-C would I need to connect to port 8? Or would I need to connect from USB-C on the second laptop to DisplayPort on port 4? Is port 8 only used in this context for data (Ethernet, KVM)?
- How does the KVM auto-switching functionality work? Lets say I had two laptops connected to the U2723QE and was initially using the KVM on the MBP over port 5. Would I just shut down the MBP, start up the other laptop attached to port 4 for DisplayPort and port 8 for data and then I would be able to control the other laptop? Port 8 has to be used in this scenario for data transfer and port 4 wouldn't be able to provide KVM functionality?
- Can port 15 be used to charge a phone from USB-C to USB-C? This says it is a downstream port so is that only for charging purposes?
- If I need to buy additional USB-C cables are there specific ones to buy?
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