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Power Manager Deployment Guide Updated: December, 2013 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 2
information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix B "Notices" on page 59. Ninth Edition (December 2013) © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2013. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration "GSA" contract, use - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 3
General setting 6 Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments 8 Global Power Setting 30 Battery Maintenance 38 Power Agenda Deployments 40 EnergyWise Configuration Deployments. . . . . groups or users on Windows XP client computers 57 Appendix B. Notices 59 Trademarks 60 © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2013 i - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 4
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, communicate with your Lenovo® authorized representative. To learn more about the technologies that can help you lower the total cost of ownership and to check for periodic updates to this guide, go to the following Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2013 iii - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 6
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battery status, such as remaining time, remaining capacity, charge and discharge status, cycle count and so on. The battery health indicator can indicate the battery health conditions in three colors: green (in good condition), yellow (in fair condition), and red © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2013 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 8
display in the notification area. • Maximize battery life span If you primarily use the computer with an attached ac power adapter and only infrequently use battery power, you can increase the life span of the battery by changing the charge Battery Maintenance policy. 2 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 9
of functions in Power Manager. • BIOS update • ThinkPad Power Management Driver • Hotkey driver • Access Connections™ Installing Power Manager To install Power Manager without user's interaction, do the following: 1. Start the Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 operating system, and then log - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 10
instructions on the screen to complete installation and restart the computer. Note: Power Manager has two different versions. One is for Windows XP operating systems and the other is for Windows Vista and Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems might not function correctly on Windows - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 11
.ADM" and "PMVGPO.ADMX" for Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, which can be used with Group Policy Editor to set the policies for Power Manager. These ADM or ADMX files can be downloaded from the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 12
supports ADMX, extract the admx_tp_xp.zip and admx_tp_vista_7.zip files to a local directory. 2. Copy the PWMGPO.admx and PMVGPO.admx files to the C:\Windows Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ General setting. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client computers - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 13
Windows 7 operating systems to modify the power saving settings in the active power plan. However, if the original power plan is set to Maximum Performance or Maximum Battery Manager looks for the Energy Saver power plan, which is called ThinkPad Default or Energy Star on some systems. b. If the - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 14
active power plan after Power Manager startup. Specifies whether or not to hide the Internet access. If you enable this policy setting, all Web links in Power Manager are hidden. Also, the Buy a battery link in Windows Power Option is deleted by selecting Delete in all pull-down menus. Note: When - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 15
• For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client computers (ADMX file) Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components client computers with ac power adapter plugged, and (DC) means the policy setting for client computers on battery power. Table 2. Power Plan ( - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 16
is high, the display gets bright. Specifies the brightness level of client computer displays with 16 brightness levels. If a brightness level is high, the display gets bright. Specifies the brightness level of client computer displays with eight brightness levels. 10 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 17
(DC) Description Specifies the brightness level of client computer displays with eight brightness levels. Specifies the graphics mode of the not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the power plan of the Intel graphics subsystem. Possible power plans include: • Maximum Battery Life - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 18
the ac power adapter is connected. When this policy setting is enabled, an airplane icon is displayed next to the battery gauge icon on the taskbar. If another system power status icon is displayed, such as the battery stretch icon, the battery gauge reset icon, 12 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 19
XP only) • 10 minutes (Windows XP only) • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • Never Note: This setting is not supported in AC mode and it is not supported on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the period of inactivity before lowering the display brightness when the - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 20
periods include: • 1 minute (Windows XP only) • 2 minutes (Windows XP only) • 3 minutes (Windows XP only) • 5 minutes (Windows XP only) • 10 minutes (Windows XP only) • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • Never Note: This setting is not supported in AC mode. Specifies - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 21
supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the period of inactivity before the Windows operating system turns off the display. For Windows XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 22
Description • 5 hours • Never For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, you can specify Windows operating system turns off the display. For Windows XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 23
XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • Never For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, you can specify the value in seconds - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 24
possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • Never For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, you can specify the value in seconds - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 25
to Never. Specifies the period of inactivity before the Windows operating system enters hibernation mode. Possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 26
Windows operating system enters hibernation mode. Possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 RAM (Random Access Memory) when the system enters sleep (Stand by) mode. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 27
If you enable this policy setting, the system, for example, might wake automatically to install updates. This setting is supported only on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies whether to allow the Windows operating system to automatically wake your computer from sleep mode on a timer for scheduled - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 28
computers. Specifies whether Windows Media Player favors power saving or performance when playing video content. Possible values include: • Optimize video quality • Balanced • Optimize power savings This setting is only supported on Windows 7 client computers. 22 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 29
Display (AC) Adaptive Display (DC) Search and indexing (AC) Search and indexing (DC) USB selective suspend (AC) Description Manages how the Windows keyboard or mouse to keep the computer display on. This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. Manages how the Windows operating - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 30
settings USB selective supported only on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies Windows thermal behavior on systems that support active cooling features. Possible values include: • Available • Paused This setting is supported only on Windows 7 client computers. 24 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 31
action that the Windows operating system takes when a user presses the power button on the computer. Possible actions include: • Do nothing • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Chapter 3. Working with Active Directory and ADM or ADMX files 25 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 32
XP client computer. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when a user selects the power button from the Start menu. Possible actions include: • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. 26 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 33
) policy setting in Table 2 "Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments" on page 9. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the percentage of battery capacity remaining that triggers the low battery alarm action. If you enable this policy setting, you must enter a numeric value - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 34
capacity remaining that triggers reserve power mode. If you enable this policy setting, you must enter a numeric value (percentage) to set the battery level that triggers the reserve power notification. This setting is supported only on Windows 7 client computers. 28 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 35
not configure it, users can see and change this setting. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the percentage of battery capacity remaining that triggers the critical battery alarm action. If you enable this policy setting, you must enter a numeric value (percentage - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 36
setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when battery capacity reaches the critical battery alarm level. Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ Global Power Setting. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 37
mode or turned off. The supported device might be an iPod® or iPhone® digital device; a BlackBerry® smartphone; or any other automatically detected device. The Always On USB connector supports the following functions: • Detecting the device automatically • Charging the device quickly when the - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 38
32 Power Manager Deployment Guide Description • If the device cannot be detected or charged, reconnect it to the Always On USB connector. • The standard USB connectors and the USB connectors on a dock do not support the functions of the Always On USB connector. Specifies whether to automatically - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 39
. This setting is supported only on Windows 7 client computers. battery gauge might be decreased even if the power status is displayed as Charging or No activity. In this situation, the value of the Time required to fully charge screen • When the computer is displaying a screen saver Chapter 3. Working with - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 40
be stopped automatically. If you select Disabled, the battery life will be shorter. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when there is no system activity if there is no activity. If you select Disabled, the battery life will be shorter. 34 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 41
actions include: • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. Specifies whether or not the computer enables the low battery alarm. This setting is supported only on Windows XP client computers. Chapter 3. Working with Active Directory and ADM or - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 42
• Maximize battery life For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, possible actions include: • Do nothing • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down • Maximize battery life Specifies whether or not the computer enables the critical battery alarm. This setting is supported only on Windows XP client - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 43
• Message and beep Note: This setting is supported only for the administrator account on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when battery capacity reaches the critical battery alarm level. For Windows XP client computers, possible actions include - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 44
➙ Battery Maintenance. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client computers (ADM file) Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Classic Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ Battery Maintenance. 38 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 45
when below 96%; stop at 100%) setting to the client computers. Specifies the battery charge modes. This policy applies to dual mode batteries only. Battery firmware update automatic check Possible charge modes include: • Always fully charge (Start when below 96%; stop at 100%) • Optimize for - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 46
computers (ADM and ADMX files) Under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ Battery Power Agenda Deployments. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client computers (ADM file) Under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Classic - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 47
. 3. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the updated deployment will not be deployed to client computers and will not overwrite the previous specify a maximum of 10 power agendas every time you deploy power agendas. To configure the power agendas from 1 to 10, do the following: - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 48
Windows 7 client computers (ADMX file) Under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ Power Agenda Deployments ➙ Power Agenda*. Note: * stands for number 1 to 10 or 16 double-byte characters. 42 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 49
timer, and Change monitor off timer (For Windows Vista/7) or Sleep, Hibernate and Change monitor off timer (For Windows XP) - Idle Timer policy setting - Time policy setting • Shut down - Time policy setting • Set monitor brightness - ThinkPad LCD Brightness policy setting Chapter 3. Working with - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 50
Agenda* (continued) Policy settings Idle Timer Smart Shut down Power Plan (Scheme) 44 Power Manager Deployment Guide Description - External monitor brightness policy setting (Windows Vista/7 only) - Time policy setting • Peak power scheduler - Peak power scheduler - terms of validity policy setting - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 51
Power Agenda* (continued) Policy settings ThinkPad LCD Brightness 16 ThinkPad LCD Brightness 8 External monitor brightness increases when you select a higher brightness level. This policy setting does not support monitors with a brightness level higher than 7. Specifies the brightness level (from - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 52
settings Frequency Peak power scheduler - terms of validity Time Peak power scheduler - time 46 Power Manager Deployment Guide Description 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the time interval of the power agenda execution. Possible frequency includes: • Daily - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 53
disabled. If you enable when remaining battery level is less than, you must provide a value in percentage. When a battery remaining percentage is less than this value Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ EnergyWise Configuration Deployments. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 54
Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista disabled on all client computers. Port No This setting is supported only on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the port number used to communicate 48 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 55
Table 7. EnergyWise Configuration Deployments (continued) Policy settings Description Secret Specifies the join password of the EnergyWise domain. Configurable options include: • Not configured • Enabled • Disabled If you enable this policy setting, you must input the join password of the - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 56
options include: • Not configured • Enabled • Disabled If you enable this policy setting, you must input the keywords of the client computer. 50 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 57
deployment function is supported on Power Manager 6.60.1 and later versions on Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers. Overview of the power plan deployment This section provides general instructions on how to , see "Sample power plan deployment" on page 55. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2013 51 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 58
is "yyyymmdd" (for example, "20130312"). Only when you reset the numeric value larger than the previous one, the power plan will be updated automatically when users log in. Notes: Optional • All the numeric setting is enabled in the ControlPowerPlan command line. 52 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 59
The following table provides detailed information about each policy setting in the ControlPowerPlan command line in the logon script. Table 9. Policy settings in the ControlPowerPlan command line Policy settings Description -InhibitSwitch Specify whether to allow users to - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 60
=PWMTR64V.DLL SET PMREG_INFO="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\InstallInfo" SET PMREG_PATH="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Path" ) FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%1 IN (%CtlResultFile%) DO ( @ECHO %%1 : %%2 54 Power Manager Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 61
/F %ResultFile% :END ENDLOCAL Sample power plan deployment This section provides instructions on how to deploy the power plan step by step. To deploy A message box is displayed, prompting you that you have selected a link to a Group Policy Object (GPO). Click OK and the PwrGPO window opens. j. On the - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 62
window. Then, close the Logon window. q. Click Add on the Scripts tab. The Add a Script window opens. r. Click Browse. The Browse window window closes and PowerPlanDeployment.bat is displayed in the Script Name field. t. Click OK. The Add a Script window displayed updated updated might be displayed on - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 63
click OK. The Add Object window opens. g. Select the Propagate window opens. g. Select the Propagate inheritable permissions to all subkeys option, and click OK. 8. Check there are two group policy objects generated in the Active Directory Users and Computers window: © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2013 - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 64
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\ in Windows XP operating systems, refer to the Web site at: http://support.microsoft. com/default.aspx/kb/915160 After completing the configuration, the non-administrator group or user in the Windows - Lenovo ThinkPad L540 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 65
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