User manual PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES APM 2.0 FOR NT V1.5

[. . . ] APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide Version 1. 5 Copyright Copyright 1997 Phoenix Technologies Ltd. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Softex Incorporated 8731 Shoal Creek Blvd. and Softex Incorporated make no representations or warranties with respect to the documentation herein described and especially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. [. . . ] From the Windows NT Control Panel, left-click on the APM 2. 0 for NT icon to open the APM 2. 0 for NT dialog box. (You can also right-click on the APM 2. 0 for NT icon to open the APM 2. 0 for NT drop-down menu. Then choose Open from the APM 2. 0 for NT menu. ) Click the About tab to display the About page. 3. 6 APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide Chapter 1 Installing APM 2. 0 The About page tells you the version of APM you are running and identifies your operating system version and platform. Figure 1. APM 2. 0 for NT About Page Configuring a Shortcut APM 2. 0 for NT Desktop Icon Although you can access the APM 2. 0 for NT tabbed dialog boxes by clicking the taskbar icon, you can also configure a shortcut icon on the Windows NT desktop. To configure the Shortcut to the APM 2. 0 for NT desktop icon, follow these steps: 1. From the Windows NT Control Panel, right-click on the APM 2. 0 for NT icon. A message appears indicating that Windows cannot create a shortcut in the Windows NT Control Panel and asking whether you want to create the shortcut on the desktop instead. 2. APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide 7 Chapter 1 Installing APM 2. 0 3. Click Yes to create a shortcut icon appears on the Windows NT desktop. Figure 2. APM 2. 0 for NT Desktop Icon Using the Shortcut APM 2. 0 for NT Desktop Icon You can use the APM 2. 0 for NT shortcut icon on the Windows NT desktop to · · Access the APM 2. 0 for NT tabbed dialog boxes Display the Shortcut icon's properties and change the icon that appears on the desktop To access the APM tabbed dialog boxes from the desktop, 1. Double-click the APM 2. 0 for NT icon, or From the APM dialog box, double-click on the Power Status tab to view the current power management status of your system. See Chapter 2 for a description of the APM 2. 0 for NT Power Status information. Additional Phoenix Products for Windows NT For information about additional Phoenix products for Windows NT, visit our Web site or refer to the documents listed in the "Related Documentation Section" in the Introduction of this manual. 8 APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide Chapter 2 Using APM 2. 0 for NT APM 2. 0 for NT gathers critical information from your portable computer, processes it, and displays the information on the screen in a format that's easy to understand. Designed to familiarize you with the main features of the APM 2. 0 for NT user interface, this chapter: · · · Describes the taskbar icon Describes the tabbed dialog boxes Describes the power management features To view the tabbed dialog boxes, · · Double-click the left mouse button on the power management icon on the tasktray, or Double-click the left mouse button on the APM desktop icon Using the Power Management Taskbar Icon The user interface consists of a power management icon on the tasktray as well as the tabbed dialog boxes displaying power management controls and settings. Power Management Icon Battery Icon Display The power management taskbar icon changes according to the system's power status. If a portable computer is running on AC power, the taskbar icon consists of a power cord. If a portable computer is running on battery power, the power management icon consists of a battery which displays the battery level. The color of the battery changes from green to yellow and to red as the battery diminishes in capacity from 70 percent to 20 percent to less than 20 percent. The following table indicates the relationship between the color of the battery icon and the capacity of the battery. Battery Icon Display Color Green Yellow Red Percent of charge remaining 100% to 70% 69% to 20% Less than 20% From the Windows NT taskbar, you can perform the following tasks: APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide 9 Chapter 2 Using APM 2. 0 · · · Position the mouse pointer over the taskbar icon to display battery information as a tooltip Double click the left mouse button to display the APM 2. 0 for NT Control Panel, or Double click the right mouse button to enter Suspend mode Power Management Taskbar Icon Tooltip If the AC adapter is plugged into the portable computer, the power management icon consists of a plug plus a power cord. The power management icon tooltip displays the following battery information when the mouse pointer moves over the icon: · · · Percent of battery capacity remaining Time remaining until the battery is fully discharged, if available Charging status - high, low, or critical Viewing the Power Management Information Once you open APM 2. 0 for NT, you can easily navigate through the individual tabbed pages. Some of the pages function as dialog boxes in which you can select power management options; others display power management information. To access the APM 2. 0 for NT tabbed pages, · · · Double-click the left mouse button on the APM 2. 0 for NT desktop or shortcut icon, Right-click on the APM 2. 0 for NT desktop icon and choose Open from the APM 2. 0 for NT menu, or Double-click the left mouse button on the APM 2. 0 for NT icon in the tasktray. Click the folder tabs to move through the APM 2. 0 for NT power management dialog boxes. 10 APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide Chapter 2 Using APM 2. 0 Figure 4. APM 2. 0 for NT Power Management Dialog Box Viewing Power Status Information The Power Status page displays the System and Battery Status information. Depending on the number of batteries your system supports, APM 2. 0 for NT displays one or more battery property tabs. If your system's BIOS is APM 1. 2 compliant, you can view the status of more than one battery. System Status Information If your system is attached to an AC power supply, · · A plug icon is displayed to the left of the AC Power Line Status box, and The AC Power Line Status indicates that the computer is on-line. If your system is running on battery power, · · A battery icon is displayed to the left of the AC Power Line Status box, and The AC Power Line Status indicates that the system is off-line. APM 2. 0 for NT User's Guide 11 Chapter 2 Using APM 2. 0 Figure 5. [. . . ] Table 3 lists the device drivers that support power management functionality and enable the APM 2. 0 for NT software to communicate with the operating system. Depending on the configuration of your system, one or more of these drivers are installed. APM 2. 0 for NT Drivers Name HAL Description APM 2. 0 for NT installs a customized version of Windows NT Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) which, together with the Windows NT kernel drivers, communicates power management messages to the APM BIOS. POWER. SYS provides communication services between APM 2. 0 for NT, the BIOS power management services, and various device drivers APM 2. 0 for NT installs POWER. DLL to communication power management events to the Win32 subsystem. [. . . ]