Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide
Appendix D Tables
- Control Point System Manager Features - Table B1

Category Feature

DCP SM

Release

Version

Availablity of Feature

when DCP Installed?

Availablity of Feature

when Dell provides

drivers/middleware, but No DCP

App?

Availabilty of Feature

when only Windows OS installed ?

user profiles v1.0 Yes N/A
Only power schemes are available in
the OS.
View battery manufacturer info. v1.0 Yes N/A Yes, through BIOS
View battery health info. v1.0 Yes N/A Yes, through BIOS
battery charge enable/disable status v1.0 Yes N/A Yes
Network card power management v 1.0 Yes Yes (Intel LOM) No (some Broadcom LOMs)
Extended Battery Life/ All Day Battery Life.
(ADBL)
v1.0 Yes N/A No
Dell Enhanced Performance Plans (User
Selectable Thermal Tables for Performance,
temperature and sound levels)
v1.4 Yes N/A No
Digidesign Audio/Video mode v1.3 Yes N/A Yes, thru individual settings in BIOS/OS
Display settings
Inactivate display and system timeouts when
activating an external display using FnF8.
v1.0 Yes N/A No
Fn+F2 to enable Battery Charge disable v1.0 Yes N/A Yes, but with No screen pop-up display
Fn+F3 launch DCP w/ Battery Status v1.0 Yes N/A No
Fn+F7 to enable/disable DCP v1.0 Yes N/A No
Fn+F8 to switch between display settings v1.0 Yes N/A Yes, but with No screen pop-up display
Hot Key customizaton
User hot key customization ability (also Fn+D
functionality which is set to toggle display by
default).
v1.0 Yes N/A No
Keyboard backlighting
Keyboard backlighting options (to be able to
set the intensity, inactivity timeout values
and input triggers.)
v1.0 Yes N/A Yes, but with No screen pop-up display
Ability to Adjust Brightness Level v1.0 Yes N/A Yes, but with No screen pop-up display
feedback through on screen display v1.0 Yes N/A No
Ability to enale/disable ALS v1.0 Yes N/A Yes
ALS Feedback through on screen display v1.0 Yes N/A No
Reporting of Ambient Temp log information
at OS presence (PWS only)
v1.2 Yes N/A Through BIOS
Reporting of CPU Temp log information at OS
presence (PWS only)
v1.2 Yes N/A Through BIOS
Reporting of SMART Alerts log information at
OS presence (PWS only)
v1.2 Yes N/A Through BIOS
Reporting of ECC Alerts log information at OS
presence (PWS only)
v1.2 Yes N/A Through BIOS
Privacy Screen - Discreet Graphics Fn+E to enable/disable Privacy screen v1.0 Yes N/A No
Privacy Screen - UMA Graphics Fn+E to enable/disable Privacy screen v1.2.01 Yes N/A No
"Color Space" Panel Settings for
RGB LED Displays (17" only)
Provides system level controls for NTSC,
sRGB, Pro Photo RGB/Kodak or Adobe color
settings (certain panels only)
v1.3 Yes N/A No
Brightness
Function Keys
Hardware Monitoring for Desktops
Power Manager