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32 Psion Teklogix netpad Windows CE .NET 4.2 Quick Start Guide
the timeouts should be kept to a minimum to help conserve battery
life. The least amount of power is consumed during the Suspend state.
Setting any of these timeouts to Never does not affect the other time-
out options, but will adversely affect the battery run time. If all three
timeouts are set to Never, the netpad will remain on.
To further reduce power consumption, carefully consider the dura-
tion of time that the display backlight is ON or turned up (see “Back-
light Properties” on page 44).
The following are the default values for the power schemes options:
Power Scheme
The Power Scheme tab specifies the settings for the two ‘power
schemes’ named AC Power or Battery Power. These power
schemes group settings are used when the netpad is running on bat-
tery power or when it is connected to external power, allowing you
to specify the settings for Inactivity Timer based on last, Switch to
Dim, Switch to Stand-By, and Switch to Suspend.
Option AC Power Battery Power
Switch to Dim After 1 Minute After 10 seconds
Switch to Stand-By Never After 1 minute
Switch to Suspend Never After 30 minutes
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Table 2.2 Power Schemes Default Values