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DOME DPMS Screen Saver
Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) provides a stan-
dard way to manage the power used by a display monitor. With
DPMS, you can shut off the video signal to the monitor when it is
not in use, thereby extending the life of your monitor's CRT and
reducing its power consumption.
The DOME DPMS Screen Saver for Windows NT offers a power-
ful and flexible way to increase the life of your monitor and
decrease its power consumption.
How the screen saver works
Like other Windows screen savers, the DOME DPMS Screen
Saver is invoked after the system is idle for a specified number of
minutes. Unlike other screen savers, however, the DOME DPMS
Screen Saver does not display anything on the monitor itself.
Rather, it launches another screen saver that you select to protect
the display. Then, after a predetermined number of minutes, it
uses DPMS to shut off the video power to the display.
There are two delay periods before DPMS is invoked.
• First, the standard screen saver delay from the last user input
until the screen saver launches.
• Second, from the time the screen saver launches to the moment
DPMS shuts off the video power to the monitor. After this
delay, DPMS places the monitor in power-off mode.
The DOME DPMS Screen Saver allows you to select the other
screen saver to use before it invokes power-off mode. It also
allows you to specify up to four periods during the day and
different settings for if or when power-off mode is invoked
during each period.
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