Power Saving Levels; Cover Closed Action - Texas Instruments TravelMate 5000 Series User Reference Manual

Optimizing Battery Operation
application. This feature is implemented by a special device
driver called in the file:
BATTERY.PRO CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\UTILS\BATTERY.PRO [/Ln]
where:
/Ln specifies the power-savings level (0 through 7)
described elsewhere in this chapter. If the /Ln switch is
omitted, the default value of 2 is used.
Power-Saving Levels
The power-saving level you should use to optimize
battery-charge life depends on the operations you are
performing and how the application is written. Use Setup to
define power-savings levels.
In general, the higher the power savings level, the greater
the power savings. Power level 0 disables the power
savings feature.
BatteryPro does not usually conflict with applications.
However, some applications may fail or suffer performance
degradation. Try your applictions at the highest level of
savings and evaluate their performance. If degradation
occurs, try the next lower level until performance is
satisfactory.
Cover-Closed Action
This mode, which you can invoke by closing the cover,
saves the most battery power. In this mode (if enabled in
Setup), the computer is placed in suspend or standby
mode. If Cover Closed Action is enabled, the system does
not service interrupts and disables the , hard disk, and
LCD
floppy drive. This mode overrides other standby/suspend
modes.
Power Saving Utilities 4-5