User manual FARONICS POWER SAVE

[. . . ] | 1 Faronics Power Save User Guide 2 | Last modified: February, 2010 © 1999 - 2010 Faronics Corporation. Faronics, Deep Freeze, Faronics Core Console, Faronics Anti-Executable, Faronics Data Igloo, Faronics Device Filter, Faronics Power Save, Faronics Insight, Faronics System Profiler, and WINSelect are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Faronics Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Faronics Power Save User Guide | Contents 3 Preface . 17 Faronics Core User Interface Components . [. . . ] Click OK. Faronics Power Save User Guide 40 | Configuring Power Save Editing a Power Plan Complete the following steps to edit a Power Plan: 1. Right-click the Core Server in the Console Tree Pane and select Properties. The Core Server Properties dialog is displayed. The Power Plan Configuration dialog is displayed. Click the Power Plan to be edited. 4. The Edit Schedule Event dialog is displayed. 6. Edit the values for the following fields as required: · · · Start Time -- select the time when the selected Power Policy has to be applied. Days -- select the days to apply the Power Policy. Wake up client for this policy to take effect -- select the check box if you want Power Save to wake up the client to apply the power policy. 7. Click OK to add schedule event into the Power Plan. Repeat steps 3 to 6 to add more scheduled events to the Power Plan. Faronics Power Save User Guide Power Plan | 41 8. Select a Power Policy to be edited and click Edit in the Policy List pane. The Edit Power Policy dialog is displayed. 9. Edit the required options for the following fields in the Inactivity Timeout Actions pane: When plugged in x minutes/ seconds When running on Batteries x minutes/ seconds Option Turn off monitor after Description Select the check box to turn off the monitor after the specified time interval. Description Select the numeric value and specify if it is minutes or seconds when plugged in. Description Select the numeric value and specify if it is minutes or seconds when the computer is running on batteries. Select the numeric value and specify if it is minutes or seconds when the computer is running on batteries. Turn off hard disk after Select the check box to turn off the hard disk after the specified time interval. x minutes/ seconds Select the numeric value and specify if it is minutes or seconds when plugged in. x minutes/ seconds Faronics Power Save User Guide 42 | Configuring Power Save Option Shutdown/ Standby/ Hibernate PC after Description Select the check box to Shutdown/Standby /Hibernate the computer after the specified time interval. When plugged in x minutes/ seconds Description Select the numeric value and specify if it is minutes or seconds when plugged in. When running on Batteries x minutes/ seconds Description Select the numeric value and specify if it is minutes or seconds when the computer is running on batteries. Shutdown if action is not supported Select the check box to shutdown the computer if Standby or Hibernate actions are not supported. Select the check box to manage power only after the first keyboard or mouse activity. Manage power only after first keyboard/ mouse activity 11. Edit the required options for the following fields in the Inactivity Definitions pane: Option Disk activity is less than Description Select the check box to manage power when the disk activity is less than the specified value. When plugged in x percent Description Select the value in percent. When running on Batteries x percentage Description Select the value in percent. Sample every Select the duration for sampling the activity to check if it is less than the selected value. For example, if the % is set to 50 and sample every is set to 10 seconds, the program will check for disk utilization every 10 seconds to determine if the utilization is below 50%. Faronics Power Save User Guide Power Plan | 43 Option CPU activity is less than Description Select the check box to manage power when the CPU activity is less than the specified value. When plugged in x percent Description Select the value in percent. When running on Batteries x percentage Description Select the value in percent. Sample every Select the duration for sampling the activity to check if it is less than the selected value. For example, if the % is set to 25 and sampling once every is set to 10 seconds, the program will check for CPU activity every 10 seconds to determine if the utilization is below 25%. Network activity is less than Select the check box to manage power when the network activity is less than the specified value. x percentage Select the value in percent. Select the duration for sampling the activity to check if it is less than the selected value. For example, if the % is set to 25 and sampling once every is set to 10 seconds, the program will check for Network activity every 10 seconds to determine if the utilization is below 25%. Do not manage power if the following applications are running Continue to manage power only for monitors. Select the check box to stop managing power when the selected applications are running. [. . . ] Click on the report specified as Configuration Settings and the details are displayed in the main screen of the console. Faronics Power Save User Guide 70 | Power Save Reports Exporting, Printing and Emailing Power Save Reports Power Save Reports can be exported to various formats, printed or sent via e-mail. Exporting The reports can be exported to a . txt, . xml or . html file. To export a report, right-click on the report and select Export Report. In the Save As dialog that appears, specify the File name, select the Save As type as required and click Save. Printing To print a Power Save report, click the Print icon at the top right corner of the Power Save Report. Select the printer in the Print dialog and click Print. Email To Email a Power Save report, click the Email icon at the top right corner of the Power Save Report. [. . . ]