Dell Latitude CPi User Guide - Page 48

External Hot Key, Infrared Data Port

Get Dell Latitude CPi PDF manuals and user guides View all Dell Latitude CPi manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 48 highlights

2 Minutes 3 Minutes 4 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 1 Hour The default setting is 4 Minutes. To increase battery operating time, set Display Time-Out to a lower number of minutes. NOTE: Set the Display Time-Out option to Disabled if using it causes compatibility problems with your software. A change to the Display Time-Out option takes effect immediately (rebooting is not required). If you are not in the System Setup program, you can turn off the display immediately by pressing . The display resumes normal operation automatically when you press a key, move the cursor, or press the power button. Docking Status Docking Status shows whether the computer is attached to a Dell Latitude C/Port Advanced Port Replicator (APR) or C/Dock Expansion Station. There are no user-selectable settings for the Docking Status option. External Hot Key External Hot Key lets you use the key on the external keyboard the same way you use the key on the computer's built-in keyboard. Set this option to Scroll Lock (the default) if you are using an external keyboard. Set this option to Not Installed to disable this function on the external keyboard. Infrared Data Port Infrared Data Port allows you to avoid resource conflicts by remapping the address of the infrared ports or disabling the port. The COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4 settings allow you to take advantage of the computer's Fast IR support. Settings for this option are: Disabled - Disables the infrared data port and makes the DMA, IRQ, and I/O resources available for another serial device to use COM1 - Maps the infrared data port to COM1 COM2 - Maps the infrared data port to COM2 COM3 (the default) - Maps the infrared data port to COM3 COM4 - Maps the infrared data port to COM4 For a change in the Infrared Data Port option to take effect, you must reboot your computer. Infrared Mode The Infrared Mode option appears on the screen only after an address is assigned in the Infrared Data Port option. Infrared Mode lets you select Fast IR mode or Slow IR mode for use with an infrared device. Select Slow IR if the Parallel Mode option is set to ECP and the Audio Mode option is set to Full Duplex.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182
  • 183
  • 184
  • 185
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188
  • 189
  • 190
  • 191
  • 192
  • 193
  • 194
  • 195
  • 196
  • 197
  • 198
  • 199
  • 200
  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • 204
  • 205
  • 206
  • 207
  • 208
2 Minutes
3 Minutes
4 Minutes
15 Minutes
30 Minutes
1 Hour
The default setting is
4 Minutes
. To increase battery operating time, set
Display Time-Out
to a lower
number of minutes.
NOTE:
Set the
Display Time-Out
option to
Disabled
if using it causes compatibility problems with
your software.
A change to the
Display Time-Out
option takes effect immediately (rebooting is not required).
If you are not in the System Setup program, you can turn off the display immediately by pressing <Fn><d>.
The display resumes normal operation automatically when you press a key, move the cursor, or press the
power button.
Docking Status
Docking Status
shows whether the computer is attached to a Dell Latitude C/Port Advanced Port Replicator
(APR) or C/Dock Expansion Station. There are no user-selectable settings for the
Docking Status
option.
External Hot Key
External Hot Key
lets you use the <Scroll Lock> key on the external keyboard the same way you use the
<Fn> key on the computer's built-in keyboard. Set this option to
Scroll Lock
(the default) if you are using an
external keyboard. Set this option to
Not Installed
to disable this function on the external keyboard.
Infrared Data Port
Infrared Data Port
allows you to avoid resource conflicts by remapping the address of the infrared ports or
disabling the port. The
COM1
,
COM2
,
COM3
, and
COM4
settings allow you to take advantage of the
computer's Fast IR support.
Settings for this option are:
Disabled
— Disables the infrared data port and makes the DMA, IRQ, and I/O resources available for
another serial device to use
COM1
— Maps the infrared data port to COM1
COM2
— Maps the infrared data port to COM2
COM3
(the default) — Maps the infrared data port to COM3
COM4
— Maps the infrared data port to COM4
For a change in the
Infrared Data Port
option to take effect, you must reboot your computer.
Infrared Mode
The
Infrared Mode
option appears on the screen only after an address is assigned in the
Infrared Data Port
option.
Infrared Mode
lets you select
Fast IR
mode or
Slow IR
mode for use with an infrared device. Select
Slow IR
if the
Parallel Mode
option is set to
ECP
and the
Audio Mode
option is set to
Full Duplex
.