FARONICS POWER SAVE Getting Started Manual - page 4
Getting Started
Administering Power Save
The Faronics Power Save Administrator dialog can be accessed both at the console and the workstation level:
• To access the Administrator dialog via Faronics Core Console, right-click one or more
workstations, select Administer Power Save.
• To access the Administrator dialog at the workstation level, Shift + double-click the Power
Save icon in the System Tray. At the workstation, the Administrator screen is displayed as a tab
adjacent to the Actions and Definitions tab.
Configuration Options
The following configuration options are available in the Administrator dialog:
Password
Select the Enable workstation password protection to enable password protection. Enter and confirm a password.
Alternatively, to enable or disable Password Protection through the right-click contextual menu:
• select one or more workstations, right-click and select Password Protection> Enable.
• select one or more workstations, right-click and select Password Protection> Disable.
Energy Consumption Profile
An Energy Consumption Profile is a customized set of values to specify power consumption of
Monitors and Computers running in full capacity and on standby mode, and cost per kilo Watt hour.
This data is used in the Power Save report, and quantifies how much power and money is being saved
by your hardware. The default Energy Consumption Profile is Default.
Complete the following steps to create a new Energy Consumption Profile:
1.
Click New to create a new Energy Consumption Profile.
2.
Specify a unique name in the Name field.
3.
Specify the power consumption for Monitors in the Watts-on and Watts-standby.
4.
Specify the power consumption for Computers in the Watts-on and Watts-standby.
5.
Specify the cost in the Cost field in cents per kilo Watt hour.
Alternatively, to Create or Apply an Energy Consumption Profile through the right-click contextual menu:
• To create a new Energy Consumption Profile, select one or more workstations, right-click and
select Energy Consumption Profile> Create New. Follow steps 2 to 5 above.
• To apply a previously created Energy Consumption Profile, select one or more workstations,
right-click and select Energy Consumption Profile> Apply Profile. Select the Energy
Consumption Profile and click Apply or OK.
When the Power Save Loadin is installed, the Energy Consumption Profile column is displayed in Faronics Core
Console. Click the column heading to sort the workstation list by the Energy Consumption Profile.
Stealth Mode
Select Hide system tray icon to hide the Power Save icon in the System Tray. Select Hide icon in Start
menu to hide the Power Save icon in the Start Menu.
Alternatively, to enable or disable Stealth Mode through the right-click contextual menu:
• select one or more workstations, right-click and select Stealth> Enable.
• select one or more workstations, right-click and select Stealth> Disable.