Power Supply Properties

Overview
Using
Troubleshooting
Registering

Overview of Power Supply Properties

With Power Supply Properties you can report the actual status of the batteries and you can make several settings for power off the device and the backlight.

On many machines you can also simulate a total power drop out which will delete all the informations in your device without removing both, the main and the backup battery.

Using of Power Supply Properties

There are 5 tabs:

Status
Battery
Extern
Notify
Drop Out
Lock

Status

• Power Supply or Status will report the actual state of the main and the backup batteries. Dependent on your Windows CE device the state will be reported as Good, Low and Minimal or in percent. While reporting the percentage for the main battery, the battery icon will reflect these changes too.
• Battery Runtime will report the remaining time to use the main battery and the maximum usage time if the battery is fully charged. On the most devices both values are Unknown.

Battery

These settings are for using the device while on battery power.

• With Device Power Off you can set the idle time until the unit will power off. Idle time means that neither a key was pressed nor the pen was used. You can disable power off the device by unchecking the checkbox.
• With Backlight Power Off you can set the idle time until the backlight will power off. You can disable power off the backlight by unchecking the checkbox. On some devices the backlight will not power off completely, it will dim instead.
• If you have checked Light on Key or Tap the backlight will be turned on if you press a key or if you tap the screen. This option is not available on all devices.

Extern

These settings are for using the device while on external power.

• With Device Power Off you can set the idle time until the unit will power off. Idle time means that neither a key was pressed nor the pen was used. You can disable power off the device by unchecking the checkbox.
• With Backlight Power Off you can set the idle time until the backlight will power off. You can disable power off the backlight by unchecking the checkbox. On some devices the backlight will not power off completely, it will dim instead.
• If you have checked Light on Key or Tap the backlight will be turned on if you press a key or if you tap the screen. This option is not available on all devices.

Notify

These settings are valid only while on battery power and they are valid only if the device was powered on because of a notify event, i.e. an alarm.

• With Device Power Off you can set the time until the unit will power off after the specified idle time. Idle time means that no key was pressed nor the pen was used. You can disable power off the device by unchecking the checkbox.

Drop Out

With this function you can simulate a total power drop out. This eliminates the need for removing both the main and the backup battery to delete all the informations in your Windows CE device.
Tap on Simulate Power Drop to delete all the informations. Hit the reset button on your device afterwards. The device will start up with the usual Introduction Screen.

It is possible that this function is not compatible with your device. If so you will be notified while choosing the tab.

Lock

Use this function to achieve a lock of the automatic shutdown of your device with only one tap. This is usefull i.e. before a meeting starts to disable the annoying repeatedly shutdowns.
Tap on Activate Icon, to show the icon for an On/Off switch in the task bar. You can close Power Supply Properties now.

To deactivate the automatic shutdown simply tap the showed switch. The switch will be crossed out to show the lock of the automatic shutdown. To achieve that your device will power off after the desired time, simply tap the switch icon again.

Troubleshooting

• On the most devices for Status - Batterie Runtime Unknown is reported. This is by design of these devices.
• Not all devices have the option to switch on the backlight if a key is pressed or the screen is tapped.
• On some devices the backlight will not power off completely, it will dim instead.
• On devices with color display it is possible that deactivating of Light on Key or Tap will result in the fact that the light never goes off.
• On some devices it is possible that the settings you have made regarding the backlight will not take effect until you have make a reset.
  Tip: On some devices you can open the control panel Pen and close it immediately with OK instead of a reset.
• Power off the backlight completely is regularly not possible on color devices.
• It seems that the device manufacturers has interpreted the setting for Power Off on Notify different. Some devices will power off after the specified idle time, others power off after the greater value from Device Power Off on Battery and Device Power Off on Notify.
• Some devices will power off after the time for Notify if you only switch them on without making a subsequently tap or key press.
• Disabling the power off automatic while on battery can discharge your batteries even if you have switched off the device manually. This is because the device can power on if an alert will occur. Some devices also switch on for unpredictable causes.
• It is possible that some hardware extensions will not recognize the simulated power drop as a valid hardware reset. In such a case you have to pull out all batteries to enforce a real power drop instead of the simulated one.

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