System status indicators

Symbol

 

 

 

Color

 

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Battery

status

Green

 

Enough

battery

power

remains

for

operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

orange

The

battery

pack

 

needs

to

be charged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange

 

The

battery

pack

 

is

being

charged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

 

Standby

mode

Green

 

The

computer

is

in

standby

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

green

The

computer

is

entering

or

resuming

from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hibernation

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

 

Drive

in

use

Orange

 

Data

 

is

being

read

from

or

written

to the

hard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk.

Do

not

enter

standby mode or power off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the

 

computer

when

this

indicator

is

on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4)

 

Numeric lock

Green

 

The

numeric

keypad

on

the

keyboard

is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enabled. You enable or disable the keypad by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressing and holdingShiftthekey, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressing

 

theNumLk

 

key.

For

details,

see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Numeric

keypad”

on

page 15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5)

 

 

Caps lock

 

Green

 

Caps

 

Lock

mode

is

 

enabled.

All

alphabetic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

characters(A-Z)are entered in capital letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

without

theShift

key

being

pressed.

You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enable or disable the Caps Lock mode by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressing

 

theCaps

Lock

 

 

key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6)

 

Scroll

lock

Green

 

Scroll

 

Lock

 

mode

is

enabledArrow. Thekeys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

can be used as screen-scroll function keys. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cursor

cannot

be

moved

withArrow

thekys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not all

application

 

programs support this func-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tion. You enable or disable Scroll Lock mode by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressing

 

theScrLk

 

key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7)

 

Power

on

 

Green

 

The

computer

is

operational.

This

indicator is

on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when

 

the

computer

is

on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM i Series 1200, i Series 1300 manual Color, Not all Application Programs support this func

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