Power Saving Suspend; Suspend Threshold And Estimated Battery Backup - Motorola 7545MBW User Manual

Power Saving Suspend

• In the Power Properties dialog box, open the Suspend tab.
Power Source
This drop-down menu allows you to specify whether the unit is using AC Power or Battery Power.
Suspend Timeout
IMPORTANT
When the Omnii 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
Suspend Timeout field to determine when the unit will go to sleep (appear to be off).
When the time in the Suspend Timeout field elapses without any activity, the unit enters suspend state. In
suspend state, the Omnii CPU enters a sleep state, and wireless communication is shut off. The state of the
device (RAM contents) is preserved. Pressing [Enter] wakes the system from suspend state.

Suspend Threshold and Estimated Battery Backup

The Suspend Threshold adjustment tells the system when to shut down when the battery drains. If you choose
Maximum Operating Time, the unit will run until the battery is completely empty; the RAM is only backed up for
a short period of time. If you choose Maximum Backup Time, the hand-held shuts off with more energy left in
the battery so RAM can be backed up for a longer period of time.
Motorola recommends setting the Suspend value to 3 minutes. To
further reduce power consumption, carefully consider the duration of
time that the display backlight is on (see
Configuration 3 - 45
"Backlight" on page 3-24).