Psion Teklogix WORKABOUT PRO Hand-Held Computer User Manual
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Chapter 5: Configuration
Power Saving Schemes
5.5.4.2
Power Saving Schemes
•
In the
Power Properties
dialogue box, open the
Schemes
tab.
Figure 5.18 Power Scheme Properties
Power Scheme
This dropdown menu allows you to specify whether the unit is using
AC Power
or
Battery Power
.
Switch State To Suspend
Important:
If a WORKABOUT PRO is using battery power, Psion Teklogix
recommends setting the Suspend value to 10 minutes. Setting
‘Switch State To Suspend’ to values greater than 10 or setting the
suspend state to ‘Never’ will adversely affect the battery run time.
To further reduce power consumption, carefully consider the
duration of time that the display backlight is ‘on’ (see
When the WORKABOUT PRO is idle – not receiving any user input (a key touch, a
scan, and so on) or system activity (serial data, an activity initiated by an
application, and so on), the hand-held uses the value assigned in the
Switch State To
Suspend
field to determine when the unit will go to sleep (appear to be off).
When the time in the
Suspend
field elapses without any activity, the unit enters
Suspend
state. In
Suspend
state, the WORKABOUT PRO CPU enters a sleep state, and any
radios are shut off. The state of the device (RAM contents) is preserved. Pressing
