Eco Manager - THOMSON TG797n Setup And User Manual

7.2

ECO Manager

Introduction
The Thomson Gateway constantly monitors the user activity and uses this information to optimise the power
consumption:
For example:
 The Thomson Gateway
activity. This lowered clock frequency will result in a lower power consumption of the Thomson Gateway.
 Switch the wireless interface to power reduction
Wireless access point power reduction mode
When the Thomson Gateway access point switches to power reduction mode, the access point is switched off
and is only power on periodically to be able to detect new clients. If new clients are detected the wireless
access point is fully powered again. This is only possible if there are no devices connected to the Thomson
Gateway.
Power reduction is enabled by default, but it is possible to disable it via the
as follows:
1 Browse to the Technicolor Gateway GUI.
For more information, see
2 Under Home Network, click Wireless.
3 In the Navigation bar, click Configure.
4 Under Configuration:

Select Power Reduction Enabled to enable power reduction.

Clear Power Reduction Enabled to disable power reduction.
5 Click Apply.
Example
If we use the same example as in the previous section, you can see that the Thomson Gateway is now able to
further reduce the power consumption in periods where less action is required from the Thomson Gateway.
Full power limit
Low power limit
DMS-CTC-20101208-0018 v1.0
Saving Energy with Your Thomson Gateway
reduces the clock frequency of the central processor
"4.1 Technicolor Gateway GUI" on page 50
Power
Consumption
User Traffic
when there is no or low user
mode.
Thomson Gateway
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No User Traffic
20:00
GUI. Proceed
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