IntroductionChapter —1
6 700Series Color Mobile Computer User’sManual
If your computer shuts down because of low battery conditions, your com-
puter does not operate. This is done to ensure that data is prote cted. Al-
though the battery does protect the data against loss for se veral hours, you
should connect your computer to a power source when you first detect a
low battery condition.
Your computer contains an internal super capacitor, a temporary power
storage device, that protects data for up to ten minutes. T his is to give you
time to replace the main battery pack before that data is lost. Be sure to put
the computer in a suspend mode before doing so.
If you have at least one device in your 700 Color Computer (radio, scan-
ner, imager, or Ethernet),the battery power fail level is set so that afterthe
system shuts down in a low battery condition, there is still suffici ent charge
to allow the unitto remain configured, keep proper time, and maintain
DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) for at least 23 to 32 hours at
room temperature if the main battery remains in the mobile compute r.
The configuration and time are lost if:
SThe battery discharges beyond this level.
SThe batteryis removed when the computer is not in suspend mode.
SA cold reset is performedon the computer.
You can modify RAM maintenance in a limited way. On the 700 Color
Computer, tapStart >Settings >theSystem tab>thePower icon > the
Battery tab. Dragthe top slider bar to the right to change the suspend
voltage to favor suspend time over rundown time, then click ok to e xit.