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Configuring the Computing Unit
5-21
SIMATIC Panel PC 670 Computing Unit Equipment Manual
Edition 12/01
5.1.4 The Power Menu
Overview
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Item Specific Help
ESC EXIT
Select Item
Select Menu
+ / –
Enter Select
Change Values F9
F10
Setup Defaults
Save and Exit
APM (Advanced Power Management)
allows APM aware software to
manage power savings, if enabled
Sub-Menu
Power Savings:
[Disabled]
Standby Timeout: Off
Suspend Timeout: Off
Hard Disk Timeout: [Disabled]
Main Security Power
Advanced
APM: [Enabled]
Disabled
Customized
Maximum Power Savings
Maximum Performance
EXITBoot Sequence Version
F1 Help
Fan Control: [Enabled]
Figure 5-17 Power submenu
The Power menu offers a number of power saver modes for environmentally
friendly computing:
Field Meaning
APM
(Advanced
Power
Management)
Enabled The operating system can shut down system resources
when they are not needed.
Disabled The operating system is denied APM access.
Power Savings Disabled No power-saving functions
Customized, Maximum Power Savings, Maximum Performance
User-selectable and preset power saving functions for
maximum and minimum power saving. You can set the
parameters for Standby/Suspend Timeouts and Fixed
Disk Timeout, or they are set automatically or set to their
defaults.
Standby
Timeout
OFF No Standby mode
30 seconds or
1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16
minutes after your computing unit goes to Standby mode.
Suspend
Timeout
OFF No Suspend mode
1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30
minutes after the computing unit goes to Suspend mode.