Methods to Improve Battery Life

• TURN OFF the scanner aiming beam (bcdriver aimtm=0) if an aiming beam is not required by the application. If an aiming beam is required, use the shortest acceptable duration.
• SET scanner beeper duration (bcdriver beep=ms,freq) as short as acceptable.
• TURN OFF the infrared port (ir off) when not in use.
• TURN OFF the backlight (<FN>+<L>) when not in use.
• POWER OFF the unit (<FN>+<Power>) when the unit will not be used for an extended period.
• ENABLE BIOS Power Management and set the timeouts as short as acceptable.
• DO NOT perform unnecessary "activities" in the background. Activities are indications that the system is doing something and needs to be operating. Activities reset mode timers and cause a transition from Low Speed mode or Standby mode to High Speed mode. Activities include -
  Key press
  CPU access to on-board Flash (A-drive and C-drive)
  Serial Port access
  UART's serial input pin (SIN)
  ACIN (unit is in Dock)
  DMA request
  CPU access to IDE hard drive registers
  CPU access (memory or I/O) to PC Cards
  PC Card change interrupt
  CPU access to internal graphics (reading or writing to the display)
  

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