Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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User’s Reference Guide

TravelMateTM 4000M

Notebook Computer

P/N 9793374-0001, Rev. A

August 1994

Preface

Chapter 1 Using the Setup Programs

Accessing the Setup Programs .................................1-2

Date and Time Parameters....................................... 1-7

Disk Drive Parameters ............................................. 1-8

Input/Output (I/O) Parameters................................1-9

Keyboard Parameters ............................................... 1-12

Memory Parameters ................................................. 1-13

Power Management Parameters ............................... 1-14

Power Savings.......................................................... 1-15

Activity Monitoring................................................... 1-19

Contents

Screen Parameters .................................................. 1-21

System Configuration Parameters ........................... 1-23

Chapter 2 Installing and Using Applications

Guidelines for Installing Applications ....................... 2-2

Setting Up a Password ............................................. 2-11

Setting Up a Non MS-DOS Environment .................. 2-15

Restoring MS-DOS System Files............................... 2-16

Chapter 3 Custom Windows Utilities

Overview of Windows Utilities................................... 3-3

Information Utilities ................................................. 3-4

Productivity Utilities................................................. 3-6

Video Utilities........................................................... 3-9

Drop N’ Go Utility..................................................... 3-10

Change Cursor Utility .............................................. 3-14

Super Shutdown Utility............................................ 3-19

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Chapter 4 Laptop Manager

Laptop Manager Features......................................... 4-2

LM Main Menu......................................................... 4-3

Adding Applications to the Menu.............................. 4-5

Adding Items to the Application Menu...................... 4-14

Changing LM Menu Colors....................................... 4-15

LM_Setup................................................................. 4-16

Chapter 5 Power Saving Utilities

Optimizing Battery Operation................................... 5-2

SETPOWER Utility ................................................... 5-10

SMARTDRV.EXE Disk Caching Utility...................... 5-11

SPEED Utility........................................................... 5-12

Chapter 6 Palette Utilities

Color Display Utilities .............................................. 6-2

PAL Utility................................................................ 6-3

PALSET Utility .........................................................6-11

Chapter 7 Laptop File Manager

Getting Started with LFM ......................................... 7-3

Using the Main Menu............................................... 7-5

Function Key Commands ......................................... 7-6

Character Key Commands........................................ 7-15

Multiple File Operations........................................... 7-28

Restoring Laptop File Manager ................................. 7-30

Contents

Chapter 8 VGA External Monitor Utilities

Capabilities.............................................................. 8-2

VGA Utility............................................................... 8-5

Advanced Monitor Operations .................................. 8-13

External Monitor Troubleshooting............................ 8-17

Chapter 9 Other Utilities

ALARM Utility .......................................................... 9-2

GETSTAT Utility....................................................... 9-3

RAMDRIVE.SYS Device Driver.................................. 9-6

SETCMOS Utility...................................................... 9-7

SETKEY Utility......................................................... 9-10

Chapter 10 Sound

Features................................................................... 10-2

Pocket Recorder ....................................................... 10-3

Pocket Mixer .......................................................... 10-7

Editing, Playing, and Recording................................ 10-8

Pocket CD ............................................................. 10-9

Chapter 11 TravelMate Options

List of Options.......................................................... 11-2

Battery Options........................................................ 11-4

PCMCIA Options ...................................................... 11-5

RAM Expansion ....................................................... 11-6

Using the AC Adapter............................................... 11-9

External Numeric Keypad......................................... 11-10

Carrying Cases......................................................... 11-11

Microphone/Headphone Kit ..................................... 11-12

Other Options .......................................................... 11-13

External Monitor...................................................... 11-14

Contents

Chapter 12 Portable CD-ROM Docking System

Features................................................................... 12-2

Docking Your Notebook ............................................ 12-6

Undocking the Notebook .......................................... 12-8

Using the Portable CD-ROM Docking System ........... 12-10

Options .................................................................... 12-15

Appendix A Specifications Appendix B Character Sets Appendix C Keyboard Layouts Appendix D Diagnostics Appendix E Power Consumption Values Appendix F Configuring Memory Appendix G Connector Pin Assignments Appendix H Screen Standards Appendix I Creating Help Displays Glossary Index

TravelMate 4000M Notebook User’s Reference Guide TI Part No. 9793374-0001, Rev. A Original Issue: April 1994

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Preface

Your TravelMate 4000M computer comes with a variety of standard features and options that maximize system performance and ease of operation. This manual acts as a reference for software utilities and hardware included with your notebook.

Chapter 1- Shows you the basics of system setup using the supplied Setup programs.

Chapter 2 - Provides information on system software configuration and utility installation.

Chapter 3 - Describes custom Windows utilities.

Chapter 4 - Describes the functionality of Laptop Manager

in managing your application programs.

Preface

Chapter 5 - Describes Power Saving utilities.

Chapter 6 - Describes utilities designed to enhance and

customize your display.

Chapter 7 - Describes Laptop File Manager, a program that helps you manipulate files and directories stored on the hard disk.

Chapter 8 - Describes utilities that allow you to connect an external VGA to your system.

Chapter 9 - Describes miscellaneous utilities for configuration and system enhancement.

Chapter 10 - Describes the Sound utilities provided with your notebook.

Chapter 11 - Describes options you may purchase for your TM4000M computer.

Chapter 12 - Describes the optional Portable CD-ROM Docking System.

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Preface

Appendix A - Provides system specifications for the TM4000M.

Appendix B - Displays character sets used by the TM4000M.

Appendix C - Displays domestic and international keyboard

layouts.

Appendix D - Describes diagnostics and error codes for your TM4000M.

Appendix E - Describes the power consumption values for your TM4000M.

Appendix F - Describes memory configuration for your TM4000M.

Appendix G - Describes connector pin assignments for the TM4000M and Portable CD-ROM Docking System.

Appendix H - Describes screen stardards supported by the TM4000M internal display adapter.

Appendix I - Describes how to custom design your own Help displays.

A glossary and index are also provided for your reference.

Using the Setup Programs

This chapter explains:

❑ How to access the Setup Programs ❑ How to select and save parameters

Contents

Accessing the Setup Programs.........................................1-2

Initial Startup Procedure .............................................1-2

Startup Menu ..............................................................1-3

Creating Backup System Diskettes ..............................1-4

System Recovery Diskette............................................1-4

Accessing Disk-Based Setup........................................1-5

Accessing ROM-Based Setup .......................................1-6

Accessing Windows-Based Setup .................................1-6

Defining Setup Parameters ..........................................1-6

Date and Time Parameters...............................................1-7

Disk Drive Parameters .....................................................1-8

Input/Output (I/O) Parameters .......................................1-9

Keyboard Parameters.....................................................1-12

Memory Parameters.......................................................1-13

Power Management Parameters ....................................1-14

Power Savings................................................................1-15

Activity Monitoring ........................................................1-19

Screen Parameters ........................................................1-21

System Configuration Parameters .................................1-23

Using the Setup Programs 1-1

Accessing the Setup Programs

Your computer has three setup programs to assist you in selecting required hardware and software parameters:

❑ Disk-based Setup ❑ ROM-based Setup ❑ Windows-based Setup

Accessing the Setup Programs

Initial Startup Procedure

The first time you boot up your notebook, your system automatically runs Setup. The following questions are asked:

1. You are asked which country your keyboard is designed

to support.

Once this information is provided, the Windows Setup program automatically runs.

2. You are prompted for your name and program serial

number.

3. You are asked which printer you would like as a default

printer.

You exit Windows. System files are automatically

unzipped and the system build begins. When complete, a video greeting appears. After it runs, the following options appear:

No Change - keep the video and allow it to run each time you boot the computer

Remove - removes the video entry from the startup file so that you keep the video, but it does not run each time you boot the computer

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Startup Menu Options

Option Description

Standard Windows for Workgroups (def ault)

Loads PCMCIA drivers

Docking System Windo ws for Workgroups

Loads PCMCIA and CD-ROM (SCSI) drivers

Minimum Windows for Workgroups

No drivers loaded (leaving more memory)

Minimum Docking System Windows f or Workgroups

Loads SCSI drivers (leaving more memory)

System Maintenance Deletes demo games and allows you to

create back up system diskettes

Games Demonstration Allows you to vie w or play pre-loaded

games on the notebook.

Accessing the Setup Programs

Delete - delete the video (the video takes up 12 MB of

hard disk space)

5. Make your selection.

The system reboots to the Startup Menu.

Startup Menu

Each time your system boots, the Startup Menu appears. You have ten seconds to make selections from this menu, otherwise the boot process continues with previously configured parameters. The following is a description of the Startup Menu:

To select an option, use the up and down arrow keys or press the number key of the option you desire. This highlights the option. Press Enter to select the desired configuration.

Using the Setup Programs 1-3

Accessing the Setup Programs

Creating Backup System Diskettes

You should create your back up system diskettes as soon as possible after purchasing your notebook. To create backup system diskettes, complete the following steps:

1. Ensure that you have 17 (for U.S.A.) or 18 (all other

countries) high density, 1.4 MB, 3.5" diskettes.

2. Boot your system.

System startup begins. A DOS Startup Menu appears.

3. Select option 5, SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND BACKUP.

The system backup menu is displayed. You can select

files from the left column to back up by using the up and down arrow keys to highlight the files. As filenames in the left column are highlighted, a description of them appears in the right column and the number of diskettes required for these files is displayed.

4. To begin creating the system backup diskettes, insert the diskette into the floppy drive and press ENTER to back up highlighted files. Backing up all files requires 17 to 18 diskettes. Each diskette will automatically be formatted.

You may access the Setup program at a later time to reset previously configured parameters.

System Recovery Diskette

You should have received a System Recovery diskette with your notebook. This is a bootable diskette with backup software and enables you to restore minimum system files. After the computer boots for the first time, you are prompted to insert your System Recovery diskette. Ensure that you make two additional copies of this diskette.

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Accessing the Setup Programs

You should keep your System Recovery diskette updated with your latest Windows configuration. To do this, complete the following steps:

1. The first time you complete a new addition or change to Windows (such as adding a new software icon), manually copy all *.GRP and *.INI files to the first copy of the System Recovery diskette. These files are located in the C:\Windows directory.

2. The next time you complete a new addition or change to Windows, you should manually copy over all of the *.GRP and *.INI files to the second copy of the System Recovery diskette.

3. After each subsequent change, you should alternate making the backup of *.GRP and *.INI files to the first and second copy of the System Recovery diskette.

Accessing Disk-Based Setup

This Setup program, which resides on the hard disk under

UTILS directory, defines all default and most

the user-selectable parameters. Disk-based Setup contains four screens, or pages, with onscreen prompts plus a context-sensitive online help.

From the Setup in two ways:

❑ Press FN-ESC (SETUP) ❑ Type SET_UP and press ENTER.

After Setup has loaded, you can define parameters based on the information in the online help or in this chapter

C:\> prompt, you can access Page 1 of disk-based

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Accessing the Setup Programs

Accessing ROM-Based Setup

ROM-based Setup resides in internal ROM. It is identical to disk-based Setup except it does not have any online help.

To access Page 1 of progress, and press CTRL-ALT-ESC. You can then select parameters as you do for disk-based Setup. The system reboots even if changes are not made.

ROM-based Setup, save any work in

Accessing Windows-Based Setup

To access Windows-based Setup, select the Windows Control Panel in the Main Windows group. Then double-click the WSetup icon. You can then define parameters based on the information in the online help and in this chapter.

Changes to many of the Setup parameters take effect only at system startup. If you change one of these parameters, when you save the new Setup parameters, you are prompted that you need to exit Windows and restart the computer. To put these changes into effect, double-click on the Super Shutdown icon to exit Windows, then press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart the computer.

Defining Setup Parameters

The three Setup Programs adequately describe what you need to do to navigate through the menus, use cursor keys, save parameters, and exit.

Note: The Setup Programs are customized for each model computer and for any given model may not support all of

the selections described in the following pages.

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Date and Time Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Time

Date

Date Display (Time Display)

Pressing the space bar when seconds are highlighted rese ts seco nd s to 00 .

The day-of-week value is set automatically when you set the da te.

Determines whether the time is displayed in 12-hour or 24-hour format.

Values:

US (12-hour) (default) European (24-hour)

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 1 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

International

Time Format

Control Panel

International

Date/Time

Control Panel

International

Time Format

⇓

Using the Setup Programs 1-7

Disk Drive Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Diskettes Drives Drive A, Drive B

Do not change from defaults unle ss external floppy drive configured as floppy drive

Values:

3.5", 1.44 MB (default, Drive A)

3.5" 720 KB, 5.25", 360 KB,

5.25", 1. 2 MB Not installed (default, Drive B)

Hard Disk 1 & 2

Do not change . Pa ge 1 Cannot change.

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Access Path

(Windows)

Page 1 Cannot change.

Use disk- or

ROM-based Se tup

Use disk- or

ROM-based Se tup

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Input/Output (I/O) Parameters

The input/output (I/O) parameters define how the computer treats the following I/O devices:

❑ SerialPort ❑ Parallel port ❑ SCSI ❑ PCMCIA ❑ Game Port ❑ PS/2 Port

You can use these parameters to enable and define the ports.

Input/Output (I/O) Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Standard Comm (Serial Port)g11

Port

Defines whether the port is enabled

Values:

Enabled (default) Disabled

Determines whether port is COM1 or COM2.

Values:

COM1 (default) COM2

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 4 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

I/O Ports

Serial Ports

Control Panel

WSETUP

I/O Ports

Serial Ports

⇓

Using the Setup Programs 1-9

Input/Output (I/O) Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Baud Rate

Data Bits

Stop Bits

Parity

Parallel Port

Values:

7, 8 (default)

Values:

1 (default), 2

Values:

Odd, Even, None (default)

Defines whether parallel port enabled

Values:

LPT 1 (default) LPT 2 LPT 3 Disabled

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 4 Refer to your

Page 4 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Windows

documentation

Windows

documentation

Windows

documentation

Windows

documentation

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

I/O Ports

⇓

Par alle l

EPP Mode

Values:

Disabled SPP (default) EPP and SPP ECP ECP and EPP

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Page 4 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

I/O Ports

⇓

Para llel Port

⇓

Extended Mode

Input/Output (I/O) Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

SCSI BIOS

PCMCIA

Values:

Disable (default) Enable

Selects status for PCMCIA option

Values: Hardware-

OFF ON

BIOS-

OFF ON

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 4 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

I/O Ports

SCSI BIOS

Control Panel

WSETUP

I/O Ports

PCMCIA

⇓

Main

⇓

Game Port

PS/2 Port

Selects status for MIDI/Jo y Port

Values:

OFF ON

Selects de vice for PS/2 port

Values:

Disabled, Mou se, K eyboard Auto (default)=detect s whethe r keyboard or mouse attache d

No access. Use Windowsbased Setup or the SETKEY command in

MS-DOS.

Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

I/O Ports

⇓

Game Port

Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

I/O Ports

⇓

PS/2 Port

Using the Setup Programs 1-11

Keyboard Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Caps Lock

Num Lock

Startup status of Caps Lock ind icat or

Values:

On Off (def au lt)

Startup status of Num Lock indica to r

Values:

On (default) Off

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 3 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

Keyboard

Lock Key State

Control Panel

WSETUP

Keyboard

Lock Key State

⇓

Scroll-Lock

Repeat Rate

Startup status of Scroll Lock ind icator

Values:

On Off (def au lt)

Speed at which a char act er repeats when key pressed and held

Values:

Slow Normal (default) Fast

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

Keyboard

⇓

Lock Key State

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

Keyboard

⇓

Repeat Rate

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Memory Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Memory Parameters

Access Path

(Windows)

Standard

Shadow ROM

not

change Pa ge 1 Cannot change.

Set to default for maximum perf ormance of B IO S and Extended RAM unless your application requires the 384 KB that Sh adow ROM uses.

Values: Internal (default)

All, None

Use disk- or

ROM-based Se tup

Page 1 Cannot change.

Use disk- or

ROM-based Se tup

Using the Setup Programs 1-13

Power Management Parameters

If you use your computer frequently on battery power, the

Power Management Parameters

amount of productive time you can get out of a single battery charge is important. Although the default values for the Setup parameters do an adequate job of conserving power, you can adjust the values of the parameters to achieve even greater savings and a resulting longer battery life.

Setup has two groups of power management parameters:

❑ Power-savings parameters that define what the

computer does to save power

❑ Activity-monitoring that determines when the

computer goes into and comes out of some of the power conservation modes.

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Power Savings

The power-savings parameters define a variety of ways the computer can modify its activity to affect the drain on the battery. There is also a parameter called Power Savings that determines when, if ever, the computer implements the defined power savings.

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Power Savings

Timeout Interval

Defines how power-savings parameters as a group are enabled

Values:

Auto (default)—Enab le d batt ery only On (or Enable)—Enabled both battery and ac Off (or Disable)—Disabled

Number of minutes of inactivity on monitored devices before implementing defined timeout actio n

Values:

1, 2 (default), 5, 10, 15, Always on

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 2 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

System Timeout

Power Savings

⇓

Interval

Timeout Action

What happens when defined timeou t interval exceeded on monitored devices.

Values:

Auto Suspend (De fault)—bac klight off and goes into low power mode Backlight Off—o nly ba cklight off

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Page 2 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

P ower Sa vings

⇓

System Timeout

⇓

Action

Power Savings

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Wakeup Interval

Wakeup Action

Number of minutes in auto -suspend mode bef ore waking up

Values:

, 10 (default), 15, 20

What happens when wakeup interval expires and auto-suspend enabled; applies to battery operations only

Values:

Backlight On and CPU normal (default) Backlight Remains Of f an d CPU normal

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 2 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

Auto Wakeup

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

Wakeup Action

⇓

Interval

⇓

Cover Closed Action

What happens when the cover i s closed while the computer is on.

Values:

Suspend (default)= backlight and hard disk off and CPU suspended Backlight Off= only backlight off

Page 2 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

P ower Sa vings

⇓

Cover Closed

Action

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Power Savings

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

HDD Motor Timeout

Default CPU Speed

Number of minutes with out reads or writes before hard disk off

Values:

1, 2, 5 (default), 10, Al w ays on Hard disk access may be delay ed

while the hard disk reaches operating speed. If an applica tion has frequent hard disk access, a low setting may actually use more pow er because of the power required to bring the hard disk up to speed.

CPU speed at startup

Values:

Low, Medium, High Auto (default)—high spee d for AC and medium speed f or b at tery

CPU speed can be changed by pressing CTRL-ALT- ↑ or CTRL-ALT-↓ (except on DX4 mod els). You can also execute the SPEED utility on all systems.

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 2 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

HDD Motor

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

Default CPU

⇓

Timeout



⇓

Speed

LCD Power

Advanced OS Power

Defines brightness of backlighting; the lower the settin g, the dimmer th e backlightin g an d the lower th e power requirements. This parame ter is not supported on color units.

Values:

Low, Medium, High Auto (default)—high for AC and medium for ba tt ery

On (default) Auto Off

Using the Setup Programs 1-17

Page 2 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

P ower Sa vings

⇓

LCD P ower

Page 2

Power Savings

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Power Level

Level of savings activated under BatteryPro utility.

Values:

Disabled 1–Low 2–Medium (def au lt) 3–High 4–Maximum

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

No access. Use

SETPOWER

command in

MS-DOS.

Access Path

(Windows)

Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

P ower Sa vings

⇓

Power Level

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Activity Monitoring

The computer can monitor activity on up to three groups of devices depending on the model:

❑ Comm—includes the standard serial port ❑ Disks—includes the hard disk, floppy drive, and

CD-ROM

❑ External PS/2 keyboard, numeric keypad, or mouse

connected to the PS/2 port

If no activity occurs on the monitored devices for the defined Timeout Interval, the computer implements the defined Timeout Action. The computer resumes full operation automatically as soon as activity occurs on any of the monitored devices.

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Activity Monitoring

Access Path

(Windows)

Pointing Device

Disks

Yes (default) No

Monitors hard disk and floppy drive

Values:

Yes (or On) No (or Off) (def ault)

Page 2 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

P ower Sa vings

⇓

Activity Monitor

⇓

P oin ting Device

Page 2 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

P ower Sa vings

⇓

Activity Monitor

⇓

Disks

Using the Setup Programs 1-19

Activity Monitoring

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Comm

Monitors COM port

Values:

Yes (or On) (defaut) No (or Off)

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 2 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

P ower Sa vings

Activity Monitor

⇓

Comm

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Screen Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Reverse

Expanded Mode

Specifies startup status of video

Values:

On= White on black for text and graphics Off (def au lt)=B lack on white for text and graphics Text Only= Text only Graphics Only= Graphics only

Not supported on color models Specifies whether all video mod es can

use the entire video area.

Values:

On (default) Off

In some video modes , viewing area at the top and bottom of the display area.

Off

restricts the

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 3 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

Control Panel

WSETUP

Expanded Mode

⇓

Screen

⇓

Reverse

⇓

Screen

⇓

Block Cursor

Display

Specifies whether the curso r is always a block cursor, reg ardless of the application.

Values:

On (default) Off

Selects the display device.

Values:

LCD= All display outpu t on the LCD CRT= All display output on an e xte rnal monitor; defaults to LCD if no external monitor (default) Both=Simultaneous display on the LCD and on the external monito r; defaults to LCD if no external monitor

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

Screen

⇓

Block Cursor

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

Screen

⇓

Display

Using the Setup Programs 1-21

Screen Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Monitor Type

LCD Palette

Selects the monitor device driver appropriate for your external monitor and application.

Values:

VGA , 8514 Comp atible, Supe r VGA, Ext. Super VGA (default), Multifrequency, Extended Multifrequency, Super Multifrequency, Ext. Super Multifreque ncy

Must match external monitor Specifies the startup palette .

Values:

Default Palette 0=Standard Palette 0 (default) 1=Text P ale tte 2=Standard Palette 1 3=Standard Palette 2 4=User Palette 1 5=User Palette 2 (default on some color models)

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 3 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

Monitor Type

Control Panel

WSETUP

⇓

Screen

⇓

Screen

⇓

Palette

User Palette 1,2

Can be changed with RPAL utility or PALSET

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System Configuration Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

System Configuration Parameters

Access Path

(Windows)

Battery Alarm

Cover Alarm

Defines whether the alarm sounds for low-battery condition

Values:

On (default) Off

Can be delayed in Windows with P ower utility

Defines whether the alarm sounds when the cover closed

Values:

On (default) Off

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

System

Configuration

⇓

Alarms

⇓

Battery Alarm

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

System

Configuration

⇓

Alarms

⇓

Cover Alarm

Speaker (Standard)

Defines whether the speaker is on or off.

Values:

Enabled (default) Disabled

Using the Setup Programs 1-23

Page 3 Main

⇓

Control

Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

System

Configuration

⇓

Speakers

System Configuration Parameters

Paramete r Definitions and Va lues

Speakers (Multimedia)

Quick Boot

Values:

Enabled (default) Disabled

Defines extent of self-test performed at startup

Values:

On (default)=bypasses some tests, including memory tests Off= runs all self tests

Page No.

(Disk/ROM)

Page 4 Main

Page 3 Main

Access Path

(Windows)

Control Panel

WSETUP

I/O Ports

Configuration

Speakers

WSETUP

Configuration

Quick Boot

⇓

System

⇓

Control

Panel

⇓

System

⇓

Internal Cache

Defines cache memory

Values:

On (Enabled) (default) Off (Disabled)

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Page 3 Main

⇓

Control Panel

⇓

WSETUP

⇓

System

Configuration

⇓

Internal Cache

Installing and Using Applications

This chapter explains:

❑ Guidelines for loading IBM AT-compatible application

programs

❑ How to set up a password

❑ How to restore

MS-DOS system files

Contents

Guidelines for Installing Applications .............................. 2-2

Installation Considerations ......................................... 2-2

AUTOEXEC.BAT File................................................... 2-3

Default CONFIG.SYS Files........................................... 2-7

Setting Up a Password .................................................. 2-11

Loading the Password Utility..................................... 2-11

Installing a Password ................................................ 2-12

Changing a Password................................................ 2-12

Removing a Password................................................ 2-13

Entering the Password .............................................. 2-14

Setting Up a Non MS-DOS Environment .......................2-15

Restoring MS-DOS System Files.................................... 2-16

If COMMAND.COM is Missing ................................... 2-16

If .SYS Files are Missing............................................ 2-16

Restoring Windows.................................................... 2-18

Restoring BatteryPro Utilities .................................... 2-18

Installing and Using Applications 2-1

Guidelines for Installing Applications

Your TravelMate Computer is fully compatible with IBM AT computers. All applications written for AT computers will execute on your computer. However, consider these guidelines before installing applications.

Installation Considerations

The following configuration items will influence how you install application programs.

Display

When installing an application, select the highestresolution monitor configuration possible. This depends on your usage of the internal LCD or external analog monitor, since an external monitor can support higher resolutions.

Guidelines for Installing Applications

Keyboard

The computer keyboard emulates all functions of an IBM AT-101 enhanced keyboard. When installing an application, select the configuration.

IBM 101- or AT-enhanced keyboard

The Point

The Point is compatible with the Microsoft PS/2 mouse. When installing an application, select the Microsoft PS/2 mouse configuration.

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

Processing Speed

Some applications cannot execute at the high speed available with your computer. Check the application documentation for the required processing speed and, if necessary, change the speed using one of the following methods:

❑ Setup Program (see instructions in this manual)

❑ CTRL-ALT-↑ or CTRL-ALT-↓ (except on DX4 models) ❑ SPEED utility

Note: On DX4 models, memory managers such as

EMM386 cannot be loaded when using the SPEED utility.

❑ Laptop Manager Change menu

Note: Some applications may require the internal cache to be disabled. This is done through the System Setup program.

You can configure Laptop Manager to load the programs with necessary speed settings. Then you do not have to change the Setup Program settings each time you load an application that requires a different processing speed.

Memory

A standard computer has 4 MB of memory, 640 KB of system memory, plus extended memory. You may purchase optional memory to upgrade your system to 8 or 20 MB of memory.

AUTOEXEC.BAT File

The AUTOEXEC.BAT file configures system software automatically when you boot the computer. If your

Installing and Using Applications 2-3

Guidelines for Installing Applications

application requires additions or changes to the

AUTOEXEC.BAT file, carefully consider the consequences.

Please read and understand this file before you change it. (See the MS-DOS User’s Guide and Reference furnished with your computer for more details on constructing this file and its significance.)

Note: If you need to restore the default AUTOEXEC.BAT file to your hard disk, it is included on the System Recovery

diskette.

Each line of the default are defined in the following file listing and table. Since this file changes, the following example and your file may look slightly different.

AUTOEXEC.BAT file and its purpose

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

1. @ECHO OFF

2. REM ================================

3. PROMPT $P$G

4. PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;C:\UTILS;C:\JAZZ;C:\PCMPLUS

5. SET TEM P=C:\ W INDOW S\TEM P

6. SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM

7. SET MFILE=C:\UTILS

8. SET BLASTER= A220 I5 D1 H5 T4

9. SET MOUSE=C:\MOUSE

10. C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDR V.EXE /L

11. C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /Q

12. GOTO %CONFIG%

13. :G

14. REM =======GAMES/DEMONSTRATIONS============

15. CD DEMOS

16. EXECUTE

17. REBOOT

18. :SM

19. REM =======SYSTEM MAINTENANCE=============

20. CD IMAGES

21. EXECUTE

22. REBOOT

23. :S 24: REM =======SCSI DRIVERS/UTILS===============

25. :SP

26. REM ====SCSI AND PCMCIA DRIVERS/UTILS= ==========

27. C:\SCSI\MSCDEX.EXE /D:ASPICDO /M12

28. :P

29. REM =======PCMCIA DRIVERS/UTILS=============

30. DOSKEY

31. :N

32. REM =======NO SYSTEM DRIVERS/UTILS===========

33. WIN

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

TravelMate 4000M Factory Default AUTOEXEC.BAT File

Line Purpose 1 turns off echoing (displaying) of commands on screen

2 comment block

3 tells MS-DOS to display the current drive and directory

4 defines the directories and order in which to search for

files entered on the command line; you can add additional directories to this line as required

5 tells MS-DOS where to find the temporary files

6 tells MS-DOS where to find the command processor

7 tells MS-DOS where to find the Laptop Manager data file

8 sets interrupt and DMA parameters for sound compatibility

9 tells MS-DOS where to find the mouse driver

10 installs memory manager device driver

11 loads the mouse driver

12 selects the setting selected in CONFIG.SYS

13 sends the user to the games/demonstrations utility

14 comment block describing games/demonstrations

15 goes to the demos directory

16 displays a games/demonstrations menu

17 reboots the system

18 sends the user to the system maintenance utility

19 comment block describing system maintenance utility

20 goes to the images directory

21 displays a system maintenance menu

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

22 reboots the system

23 loads system and PCMCIA drivers

24 comment block describing SCSI drivers/utilities

25 loads system, PCMCIA, and SCSI drivers

26 comment block describing SCSI and PCMCIA drivers/

utilities

27 executes the MSCDEX so the CD-ROM is accessed

28 loads system and PCMCIA drivers

29 comment block describing PCMCIA drivers/

utilities

30 edits command lines, recalls MS-DOS command, and

creates macros

31 tells the system the user doesn’t want to load any drivers or

32 comment block that says there are no system drivers or

utilities to be loaded

33 runs Windows

Default CONFIG.SYS Files

If your application requires additions or changes to the

CONFIG.SYS file, carefully consider the consequences. The

factory-installed (default) file is listed and described in this section. Please read and understand this file before you change it. (See the MS-DOS User’s Guide and Reference for more details on constructing this file and its significance.)

Each line of the default

CONFIG.SYS file and its purpose are

defined in the table following the file listing. You can add commands required by your application, but do not delete the existing default commands.

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

1. [MENU]

2. MENUCOLOR=11,0

3. MENUITEM = P,STANDARD WINDOWS FOR WO RKG RO UPS

4. MENUITEM=SP,DOCKING SYSTEM WINDOWS FOR WORKGRO UPS

5. MENUITEM=N,MINIMUM WINDO W S FO R WO RKGROUPS

6. MENUITEM=S,MINIMUM DOCKING SYSTEM WINDOWS FOR WORKGRO UPS

7. MENUITEM =SM,SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND BACKUP

8. MENUITEM =G,GAMES DEM ONSTRATION

9. MENUDEFAULT= P,10

10. [COMMON]

11. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF

12. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM 386.EXE /NO EM S

13. DOS=HIGH,UMB

14. FILES=40

15. BUFFERS=30

16. STACKS=9,256

17. LASTDRIVE=D

18. SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P

19. [P]

20. INCLUDE=SYD

21. INCLUDE=PD

22. [S]

23. INCLUDE=SYD

24. INCLUDE=SCD

25. [SP]

26. INCLUDE=SYD

27. INCLUDE=PD

28. INCLUDE=SCD

29. [SYD]

30. REM ========SYSTEM DRIVERS================

31. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER

32. DEVICE=C:\UTILS\BATTERY.PRO /L2

33. DEVICE=C:\JAZZ\JAZZ.SYS P220 I5 D1 E5 T330 Q2

34. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS

35. [PD]

36. REM ========PCMCIA DRIVERS================

37. DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSS.EXE

38. DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMCS.EXE

39. DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMRMAN.EXE

40. DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSCD.EXE

41. [SCD]

42. REM ========SCSI DRIVERS=================

43. DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPI2DOS.SYS /D /Z

44. DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPICD.SYS /d:ASPICD0

45. [SM]

46. REM ======SYSTEM MAINTENANCE DRIVERS=========

47. DEVICE=C:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 2048 /E

48. [N]

49. REM =======NO SYSTEM DRIVERS==============

50. [G]

51. REM =======GAMES/DEMONSTRATIONS==============

52. DEVICE=C:\JAZZ\JAZZ.SYS P220 I5 D1 E5 T330 Q2

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

Factory Default CONFIG.SYS File

(Modify but do not delete these command lines)

Line Purpose 1 calls the menu subroutine and displays

2 sets the color of the menu

3 - 8 displays the menu

9 if no menu item is selected after 10 seconds, the p

subroutine is called

10 calls the common subroutine that is run each time the

system boots

11 loads Windows into high memory

12 doesn’t allocate memory for expanded memory

13 loads MS-DOS into extended memory

14 tells MS-DOS how many files can be open at any one time.

You can adjust the value as required by your application

15 tells MS-DOS how many buffers are used for file input/

output. You can adjust the value as required by your application to maximize processing speed

16 reserves memory for MS-DOS to process hardware

interrupts

17 displays the last valid drive number

18 calls the command.com file

19 - 21 the p subroutine calls the subroutines for system drivers

and PCMCIA drivers

22-24 the s subroutine calls the subroutines for system drivers

and SCSI drivers

25-28 the sp subroutine calls the subroutines for system, PCMCIA,

and SCSI drivers

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Guidelines for Installing Applications

29-30 defines the system driver subroutine

31 assigns memory manager to a double buffer space for more

efficient performance

32 runs BatteryPro utility?

33 sets the IRQ and DMA for the sound driver

34 a device driver that loads Network software

35-36 defines the PCMCIA driver subroutine

37-40 runs PCMCIA drivers

41-42 defines the SCSI driver subroutine

43-44 runs SCSI drivers

45-46 defines the System Maintenance driver subroutine

47 installs RAM-resident disk space

48-49 defines the No System Drivers subroutine

50-52 defines the Games/Demonstrations subroutine

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Setting Up a Password

The computer provides the Password utility to limit access to your computer to only those who know the password. The password is valid until you remove or change it.

Be sure to select a password that you can remember. If you forget your password, you will not be able to access files. If this occurs, contact TI Technical Support. You

will be required to send your computer to the TI manufacturing facility for service. This service is not covered by warranty.

Loading the Password Utility

1. The Password utility is located on the System Recovery

diskette provided with your notebook. To load this utility, insert the diskette into the floppy drive and go to the MS-DOS A: prompt. Type

Setting Up a Password

INST_PW

The password is automatically installed in the following directory:

C:\UTILS\PASSWORD

2. At the MS-DOS

UTILS\PASSWORD\PW

and press ENTER. The Password Utility menu ap- pears. From this menu you can install, change or remove a password, or you can exit the menu.

3. To select a Password command, press the initial

character of the prompt, or press ↑ or ↓ to highlight to

the desired command, and then press ENTER.

C:\> prompt, type

Installing and Using Applications 2-11

Setting Up a Password

Installing a Password

1. Highlight Install Password on the Password Utility

menu and press ENTER. You are prompted for a password.

2. Type a password of up to eight characters, and press

ENTER.

3. Press ENTER again to install the new password, or

press ESC to cancel the action and return to the Password Utility menu.

If you have already installed a password, when you select Install Password, the computer displays the following message:

Password already exists

Press any key on the keyboard to return to the Password Utility menu.

Changing a Password

1. Highlight the Change Password command on the

Password Utility menu and press ENTER. The Change Password menu appears.

2. Type the current password, and press ENTER.

If you type the correct password, the message

Password check OK

displays on the next line, and you are prompted to enter a new password.

If you type the wrong password, the message

Incorrect Password

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Setting Up a Password

displays on the next line, and you are prompted to press any key to return to the Password Utility menu. You can try to change the password again, or you can exit the Password Utility menu by selecting EXIT.

3. Type a new password of up to eight characters, and

press ENTER.

4. Press ENTER again to install the new password, or

press the ESC key to abort the process and return to the Password Utility menu.

Removing a Password

1. Highlight the Remove Password command on the

Password Utility menu, and press ENTER. The Remove Password menu appears.

2. Type the current password, and press ENTER. If you

type the correct password, the message

Password check OK

displays on the next line. Press ENTER to remove the current password, or press ESC to abort the process and return to the Password Utility menu.

If you type the wrong password, the message

Incorrect Password

displays on the next line, and you are prompted to press any key to return to the Password Utility menu. You can try to remove the password again, or you can exit the Password Utility menu by selecting EXIT.

Installing and Using Applications 2-13

Setting Up a Password

Entering the Password

Once you install the password, you will be prompted to enter a password each time you start the computer. See the User’s Guide.

Caution: Be sure to select a password that you can remember. If you forget your password, you will not be able to access files. If this occurs, contact TI Technical

Support at 1-800-TI-TEXAS. You will be required to send your computer to the TI manufacturing facility for service. This service is not covered by warranty.

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Setting Up a Non MS-DOS Environment

To install an operating system other than MS-DOS, you must complete the following steps:

1. At the MS-DOS prompt, press FN+ESC or type

C:\UTILS\SET_UP.EXE

The Setup Program appears.

2. Press FN+PGDN to go to the page that displays

Advanced OS Power: ON.

3. Using the Up and Down arrow keys, select the

Advanced OS Power field.

4. Using the Left and Right arrow keys, select the word

OFF.

5. Press ESC.

6. Press F4 to save the change.

The system reboots.

7. Continue loading your operating system according to

documentation that came with your software. For any additional drivers, call 1-800-TI-TEXAS.

Installing and Using Applications 2-15

Restoring MS-DOS System Files

You cannot restore system files without having first created the backup diskettes. If your system is down, you cannot create these diskettes. It is very important to create backup system diskettes as soon as possible after the purchase of your computer. Refer to Chapter 1, Creating Back Up System Diskettes.

MS-DOS files COMMAND.COM, IO.SYS, EXTMSDOS.SYS, and

The

MSDOS.SYS are necessary for the operation of your

computer. If any of these files is accidentally deleted or modified, your computer will not function as designed. This section describes the procedure for restoring these files without affecting the applications and data files that may be on your hard drive.

If you need more information, see the MS-DOS User’s Guide and Reference.

Restoring MS-DOS System Files

Note: IO.SYS, EXTMSDOS.SYS, and MSDOS.SYS are hidden files. You will not see these files if you view a directory of drive C using the

DIR command.

If COMMAND.COM is Missing

If COMMAND.COM is missing from your hard disk, the screen displays this message during the boot process:

Bad or missing Command Interprete r

The computer then becomes inactive. Complete the steps in the next section to restore disk.

COMMAND.COM to your hard

If .SYS Files are Missing

If the IO.SYS, EXTMSDOS.SYS, and/or the MSDOS.SYS files are missing from your hard disk, the screen displays the following message during the boot process:

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Restoring MS-DOS System Files

Non-System disk or disk error Replace and press any key when ready

This message is repeated when any key is pressed.

Complete the following steps to restore the hard disk:

1. Turn off the computer, and insert the 3.5-inch Microsoft

MS-DOS, Disk 1 floppy into the floppy drive.

2. Turn on the computer and when the computer displays

the "Welcome to Setup" menu, press ENTER, and follow the directions.

You will be asked to verify date/time, country and

keyboard layout, and the directory to which you will be installing DOS.

3. Press ENTER.

DOS begins installing and prompts you for all three

diskettes. A supplemental DOS diskette is provided. This diskette includes optional utilities such as AccessDOS, keyboard utilities, and MS-DOS 6.2 utilities.

.SYS files to your

4. To install the supplemental DOS diskette, insert it into

do drive A and type

A:SETUP

During installation of the fourth diskette, the system will prompt you for a directory in which to place system files.

5. Type:

C:\DOS

Installing and Using Applications 2-17

Restoring MS-DOS System Files

Restoring Windows

After you restore the MS-DOS files, you will be instructed to restore the remaining software (Windows, BatteryPro, mouse, SCSI, PCMCIA, and TM4000M display drivers).

1. Place the Windows backup diskette you should have

created after you purchased your computer in Drive A and from the MS-DOS C:\> prompt type

A:SETUP

You are prompted to use either Express Setup (recommended) or Custom Setup and to indicate the directory to which files will be copied.

2. Enter C:\Windows as the default.

You are prompted to load each of the Windows diskettes.

3. When installation is complete, reboot your computer.

Restoring BatteryPro Utilities

After you restore the MS-DOS and Windows files, install the BatteryPro utilities from the backup diskette you should have created after you purchased your computer:

1. Insert the correct backup diskette into drive A, and at

MS-DOS A:\> prompt, type

the

INSTALL

and press ENTER.

You will be asked to verify the default directory of

C:\UTILS and to specify files to be installed.

2. Follow the instructions on the screen.

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Restoring MS-DOS System Files

See more information on the BatteryPro utilities elsewhere in this manual.

Installing and Using Applications 2-19

Custom Windows Utilities

This chapter tells you about

❑ Utilities designed for your computer to enhance your

performance while using Windows

Contents

Overview of Windows Utilities.......................................... 3-3

Information Utilities ........................................................ 3-4

Battery Level (Wbattery) .............................................. 3-4

BatteryPro APM...........................................................3-4

Battery Saving Tips (Battips) ....................................... 3-5

Dosnotes..................................................................... 3-5

Productivity Utilities........................................................ 3-6

Alarms Off (Walarms) .................................................. 3-6

Drop N’ Go .................................................................. 3-6

Change Cursor Icon .................................................... 3-6

Laptop Manager .......................................................... 3-6

LFM (Laptop File Manager).......................................... 3-6

Power Icon .................................................................. 3-7

Super Shutdown Icon.................................................. 3-7

PCMCIA Information ................................................... 3-7

Sound Mapper ............................................................3-7

MIDI Mapper............................................................... 3-8

Video Utilities.................................................................. 3-9

Drop N’ Go Utility.......................................................... 3-10

Basic Operations....................................................... 3-10

Adding/Changing Applications.................................. 3-10

Deleting Applications ................................................ 3-12

Copying Applications................................................. 3-12

Enable/Disable Menu ............................................... 3-12

Icon Placement.......................................................... 3-13

Change Cursor Utility ...................................................3-14

Change Cursor Menu................................................ 3-14

Creating a New Cursor .............................................. 3-15

Change Cursor Menu Bar ......................................... 3-17

File Menu.................................................................. 3-17

Configure Menu ........................................................ 3-18

Custom Windows Utilities 3-1

Contents

Super Shutdown Utility................................................. 3-19

Shutdown Options .................................................... 3-20

Icon .......................................................................... 3-21

Passwords................................................................. 3-21

Exit Modes ................................................................ 3-22

Contents

3-2 Custom Windows Utilities

Overview of Windows Utilities

The TravelMate 4000M Series custom Windows utilities are accessible from Windows by double-clicking individual icons. Most of these utilities are found in the Notebook Group, but some are in the Startup Group, and still others are in the Control Panel of the Main Windows Group.

The Windows utilities can be divided into the following categories:

❑ Information ❑ Productivity ❑ Video ❑ Cursor

Custom Windows Utilities 3-3

Information Utilities

The information utilities provide you information you need quickly. Your computer has the following information utilities:

Battery Level (Wbattery)

Double-click on Wbattery in the Notebook Group to display the battery level dialog box for your TravelMate computer. This dialog box displays the approximate charge left in your computer based on user-specified settings. You may customize Battery Level settings by selecting SETTINGS from the Control-Menu box in the upper left-hand corner of the Battery Level dialog box. This displays the Battery Level Settings dialog box. At this point, you may modify the following parameters:

Information Utilities

❑ The position of your Battery Level dialog box or

Battery Level icon

❑ The elapsed time (in seconds) before the Battery Level

dialog box reappears automatically on your screen

❑ Use of color or monochrome ❑ Minimizing the application

Selecting OPTIONS from the Battery Level Settings dialog box allows you to specify when the application should indicate low battery levels (for instance, when the battery reaches 50% power).

BatteryPro APM

Double-click on this icon in the Notebook Group to display information about the battery-savings software in your computer: Texas Instruments BatteryPro Power Management software and Microsoft Advanced Power Management (APM) software.

3-4 Custom Windows Utilities

Information Utilities

Battery Saving Tips (Battips)

Double-click on this icon in the Notebook Group for information about actions you can take to maximize the life of a battery charge.

Dosnotes

Double-click the Dosnotes icon in the Notebook Group to run the

DOS-level utilities.

NBHELP program that describes many of the the

Custom Windows Utilities 3-5

Productivity Utilities

The productivity utilities help you function more efficiently while in the Windows environment. The computer has the following productivity utilities.

Alarms Off (Walarms)

Double-click the Walarms icon in the Notebook Group to disable the cover-closed alarm and the low-battery alarm.

Drop N’ Go

Drop N’ Go takes advantage of the Drag and Drop capabilities of Windows. To learn more about Drop N’ Go, refer to the Drop N’ Go Utility section of this chapter.

Change Cursor Icon

Productivity Utilities

Double-click on this icon in the Notebook Group to optimize the Windows cursors. To learn more about the Change Cursor Utility, refer to the Change Cursor Utility section of this chapter.

Laptop Manager

Double-click on the Laptop Manager icon in the Notebook Group to load the Laptop Manager (LM) utility. LM is a

DOS-level program that manages access to DOS-level

applications. LM is described elsewhere in this manual.

To return to Windows from the LM main menu, press Esc.

LFM (Laptop File Manager)

Double-click the LFM icon to load the Laptop File Manager utility. view, and edit directories and files on the hard disk or on floppies. rename, and perform other common file management functions using single-key commands. elsewhere in this manual.

LFM is a DOS-level program that helps you manage,

LFM enables you to copy, delete, edit, print,

LFM is described

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Productivity Utilities

To return to Windows from the LFM main menu, press Q. You are asked if you are sure you want to Exit. Enter Y.

Power Icon

Double-click the Power icon in the Control Panel of the Main Windows Group to access the interface to Microsoft’s Advanced Power Management (APM) and Texas Instruments BatteryPro Power Management system.

Super Shutdown Icon

Double-click the Super Shutdown icon to exit Windows faster than the standard Windows exiting procedure. If you have made any changes to Windows applications, they display “save” prompts that ask if you want to update your files before exiting the Windows session. Refer to the Super Shutdown Utility section of this chapter.

Note: Shutdown is unable to close DOS applications. If any DOS applications are active, the application will be brought to the foreground and the user will be prompted to close it.

PCMCIA Information

This icon is located in the Control Panel window and provides status on the PCMCIA slots in the notebook. For further information on PCMCIA, refer to your Phoenix PCMCIA User’s Manual.

Sound Mapper

This icon is located in the Control Panel window. Double-click on the icon to display the Sound Mapper Configuration screen. From the Sound Mapper Configuration screen, you can:

❑ configure, change, disable, and get information about

sound drivers

Custom Windows Utilities 3-7

Productivity Utilities

❑ indicate preferred playback and recording file formats ❑ specify whether to use preferred devices only

For further information, refer to online Help provided with this application.

MIDI Mapper

This icon is located in the Control Panel window. Double-click on the icon to display the MIDI Mapper screen. From the MIDI Mapper screen, you can:

❑ select a MIDI setup for a sound device ❑ create a new setup ❑ edit existing key maps, patch maps, and channel

mappings

For further information, refer to online Help provided with this application.

3-8 Custom Windows Utilities

Video Utilities

The display utilities allow you to customize your notebook display for your operating environment. The following utilities are available from the Notebook group menu:

❑ Panel - sends output to the panel on the notebook ❑ CRT - sends output to an external VGA monitor ❑ SIMUL - Sends output to both panel and CRT

Video Utilities

Custom Windows Utilities 3-9

Drop N’ Go Utility

Drop N’ Go is an application that allows you to display frequently run applications as icons on your desktop or as menu items under the File Manager application. This bypasses the usual file-finding process and keeps your most useful applications at your fingertips. Applications loaded in Drop N’ Go appear as boxed icons to differentiate them from normal Windows icons.

Basic Operations

The following sections cover adding/changing, deleting, copying, and other application-specific functions relating to Drop N’ Go. To start Drop N’ Go, select the Exit button from the Drop N’ Go Setup menu and follow any instructions that appear on the screen.

Drop N’ Go Utility

Adding/Changing Applications

To Add or Change applications listed in Drop N’ Go, complete the following steps:

1. Double click on the Drop N’ Go icon in the Notebook

group on your desktop.

The Drop N’ Go Setup menu appears.

2. If you are adding an application, place the cursor under

Icon Applications and single click. If you are changing an application, single click on the application you want to change.

3. Select the ADD or CHANGE button.

The Icon Application dialog box appears.

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Drop N’ Go Utility

4. Enter required information on the application you

wish to add. This very similar to the Run... dialog box used in the Program Manager.

Note: The quickest way to Add or Change applications is to select the down arrow next to the Title box. Selecting from the list that appears quickly and automatically places all information.

5. Select OK.

6. To add the application as a menu item in File Manager,

select Enable Menu from the Drop N’ Go Setup menu.

7. Place the cursor under Menu Title, click, and type the

title of the menu you wish to use in File Manager (for instance, Drop N’ Go).

8. If you are adding an application, place the cursor under

Menu Applications and single click. If you are changing an application, single click on the application you want to change.

9. Select the Add or Change button.

10. Enter required information on the application you wish

to add. This very similar to the Run... dialog box used in the Program Manager

11. Select OK.

12. Close the Icon Application Setup dialog box.

A message appears stating that your menu changes will not take effect until File Manager is restarted.

13. Close and reopen File Manager.

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Drop N’ Go Utility

You should now see the selected applications as icons on your desktop. When you open File Manager, you should see the menu created in steps 6 through 9.

Deleting Applications

You can delete applications from Drop N’ Go by completing the following steps:

1. From the Drop N’ Go Setup menu, select the application

you want to delete by clicking on the filename under Icon Applications or Menu Applications

2. Select the DELETE button.

A message appears asking if you want to delete the specified file.

3. Select OK.

The file is deleted from the list.

Copying Applications

Normally you will want to have the same applications listed under Menu Applications that are listed under Icon Applications. The simplest way to set this up is to add or change applications under either Menu Applications or Icon Applications and select the Copy button. For instance, if you add Calendar under Icon applications, you can select the Copy button to automatically copy the application to the Menu Applications list (or vice versa)

Enable/Disable Menu

This feature of Drop N’ Go allows you to enable/disable the menu you created for the File Manager (see Adding/ Changing Applications). To enable or disable the menu, select the Enable or Disable Menu button and restart File Manager.

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Drop N’ Go Utility

Icon Placement

You can control Icon placement on your desktop through Drop N’ Go as follows:

Single click on the Drop N’ Go icon and select Save All Positions to save all icon positions as they currently appear on your desktop.

From the Drop N’ Go Setup menu, select Stay on Top so that your icon always appears on top of open windows.

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Change Cursor Utility

The Change Cursor utility in the Notebook Group lets you design or edit the shape and appearance of the following seven cursors used by Windows:

❑ The arrow is the primary pointer when using a

pointing device

❑ The hourglass signals that Windows is saving work,

loading a program, or otherwise performing work that cannot be interrupted

❑ The I-beam, called a selection cursor, indicates where

your typing or drawing will appear. Usually the I-beam can be moved using your pointing device or mouse

Change Cursor Utility

❑ The four double-arrow cursors are used by Windows to

denote box sizing. The cursors east-west, north-south, northeast-southwest, and northwest-southeast are named for the directions to which they point.

Note: Custom cursors designed specifically for the TravelMate 4000M Series automatically load when Windows loads. Although these cursors were designed for visibility on the furnished by Windows instead.

LCD, you can use the default cursors

Change Cursor Menu

On the Notebook Group menu, double-click the Change Cursor icon, and Windows displays the Change Cursor menu, described in the following subsections.

Detail Window — The left half of the Change Cursor menu is a 32-by-32 element grid, called the detail window, on which you can create your own new cursors or edit cursors that you then can use instead of the default cursors

Left Button Box — The two stacked boxes to the right of the detail window, labeled Left Button and Right Button, let

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Change Cursor Utility

you assign one of four editing functions to the left and right buttons on your pointing device. Clicking on the circles within the boxes causes the following when you subsequently move the pencil-shaped editing cursor to the detail window.

White causes the button to change the grid element to white

Black causes the button to change the grid element to black

Screen causes the button to change the grid element to the

current screen background color: dark gray on the

LCD or blue on a color display or an external color

monitor. Used to cancel a changed element

Inverse causes the button to change the grid element to

display the inverse of the current screen background color: darker gray on the LCD or green on a color display or monitor

Note: The current setting of the computer’s standard/ reverse video switch may cause the images to appear reversed.

At the far right of the menu is a stack of eight boxes of various shades of gray (in color if you are using an external color monitor or a color notebook), called the preview window. You can move the cursor you are editing or designing into the boxes to judge the cursor’s appearance against different backgrounds.

Creating a New Cursor

Creating a cursor involves three primary processes:

❑ Using the File menu to open a new file or load a

previously designed cursor. You may also recall default cursors from the Cursor menu.

❑ Drawing new cursor(s) on the detail window or editing

existing cursor(s)

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Change Cursor Utility

❑ Using the Configure menu to install (or remove) the new

cursor(s) to load automatically when you load Windows

You can start creating a new cursor as soon as you load the Change Cursor menu. Move the cursor into the detail window—it then assumes the shape of a pencil. Now click the left or right pointing device button on the grid elements you want to color. After you have completed designing the cursor to your satisfaction, you can save it by using the File menu described later in this section.

If you want to restore a grid element to its original shade or color, click on the Screen option. Move your pencil cursor to the grid element you want to erase, and click to the left or right button you just changed to a Screen.

You can also select one of the seven default cursors from the Change Cursor menu bar (described below) and edit it to create a new cursor shape.

Note: Change Cursor must always run in background so the custom cursors are available for other Windows applications. Always exit the Change Cursor menu by clicking on the Exit command in the File menu. This keeps Change Cursor running in the background. Do not use the Close command in the Control menu box unless you want to stop running Change Cursor and revert to the Windows default cursors.

After you complete your cursor, you can save it as a new cursor under a new filename and/or install it as one of the active cursors as described under "File Menu" and "Configure Menu" later in this chapter.

Note: The Mouse control panel can override the Change Cursor selection in other pointer options, such as "growing

cursor."

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Change Cursor Utility

Change Cursor Menu Bar

Select Cursor at the Change Cursor menu bar to display the Cursor menu. The following items are available at this menu.

Note: Changes made to the cursors are temporary unless you save them to a file using the File command on the menu bar.

Set hotspot sets the exact spot where the cursor actually points,

defined on the detail window as an x. Select this item and a block cursor with a +(cross) in its center appears on the detail window instead of the pencil. Move the + cursor to the square in the detail window where you want the hot spot and click once. The x then appears on that square.

Use this cursor as ...

Get default . . .

saves the cursor displayed in the detail window as the indicated cursor, no matter what shape you have made it.

displays in the detail window the factory default for the indicated cursor.

File Menu

The File menu provides several options for manipulating the cursor files.

New erases any cursor currently in the detail window and

displays a clean grid.

Open displays a menu at which you can type a new

filename at the Open File Name box, or double-click the filename of a previously designed cursor.

Save saves the cursor shown in the detail window under its

existing filename. If you have not yet named the file, the program displays the Save As menu described below.

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Change Cursor Utility

Save As displays a menu where you can type a new filename

for your cursor, or you can double-click an existing filename listed in the Files: window. If you select an existing filename, the program displays a menu asking you to verify that you want to replace (overwrite) an existing cursor file. Click on the OK button if you still want to replace an existing file.

Exit minimizes the Change Cursor program (runs it in

background) and returns control to Windows. If you have created or edited a cursor without saving it, the Exit command displays a menu asking if you want to save current changes. If you click on Yes, the program displays the Save As menu described above if the cursor is new or saves the changes if the file already existed.

Configure Menu

The Configure command enables you to save and install the cursor using the following options.

Save cursor settings

Load cursor settings

Install for automatic setup

Uninstall Change Cursor

displays a dialog box listing the filename and path for the seven cursors used with Windows. If the listing is correct, click on the OK button.

restores cursor settings after you save them and automatically loads them for use in Windows. This function is automatically done if you use the Install

for automatic setup

modifies Windows so that it always boots (if CHCURSOR also is loaded) with the cursor(s) you select, either the default cursors or your own design. Clicking on this option presents a display asking you to OK or cancel the action.

removes the CHCURSOR utility from Windows, which then uses the default cursors.

option described next.

Scheduling

relates to power-savings features. Do not change the value unless advised by your authorized TI representative.

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Super Shutdown Utility

Super Shutdown is an automatic shutdown configuration utility available from the Notebook group. With this utility, your system exits Windows faster than the standard Windows exit procedure. You can also select from a variety of user-specified shutdown features that will customize the way your computer shuts down and reboots. Examples include automatically closing all Windows and DOS applications as well as saving files.

To use Super Shutdown, single-click on the Super Shutdown icon so that the Shutdown Configuration Menu appears.

Note: If the Super Shutdown icon did not automatically load when entering Windows, you may need to re-install it from the BatteryPro backup diskettes you should have created after you purchased your system.

This menu allows you to set the following as defaults for system shutdown:

❑ Options that allow customized software configuration

upon system shutdown

❑ The position you want the Shutdown icon to appear on

the LCD

❑ Options that customize the LCD ❑ Use of the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) to

communicate with Windows applications that support it

❑ Schedule times for automatic system shutdown

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Super Shutdown Utility

❑ Maximum power savings for your computer during

battery operation

Shutdown Options

Shutdown options allow you to:

❑ Terminate Windows applications unconditionally ❑ Terminate DOS applications unconditionally

Caution: These two methods may result in files not be-

ing closed properly and could cause disk errors.

❑ Allow any applications that support DDE (such as

Microsoft EXCEL) to save and close any open files.

❑ Send keystrokes to DOS and Windows applications to

close and save any open files.

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Super Shutdown Utility

Icon

The icon options allow you to select whether or not you want the Shutdown icon to stay on top of any overlapping windows or to automatically appear in the position in which it was located at the time of system shutdown.

Passwords

You may set, enter, or change a password using the Super Shutdown Utility.

Setting Passwords

You may set or reset a password for Super Shutdown. To set or reset a password, complete the following steps:

1. Select PASSWORD PROTECTED on the Shutdown

Configuration menu.

2. Select the SET PASSWORD button.

The Change Password dialog box appears.

Entering a Password

To enter a new password,

1. Type the new password at the New Password line.

2. Retype the new password in the Retype New Password

line.

3. Press ENTER.

Changing a Password

To change a password,

1. Type the old password in the Old Password line.

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Super Shutdown Utility

2. Type the new password at the New Password line.

3. Retype the new password in the Retype New Password

line.

4. Press ENTER.

Exit Modes

To select an exit mode for Shutdown:

❑ Single-click on the Super Shutdown icon and select

the exit mode from the menu, or

❑ Select the Default Exit Mode from the Shutdown

Configuration menu

The following table explains exit modes available from the Super Shutdown Utility:

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Shutdown Method Description

Exit to MS-DOS (default) Takes you to the MS-DOS

prompt after shutdown

Suspend Enters the power saving mode

Exit to MS-DOS and Suspend Takes you to the MS-DOS

prompt and enters the power saving mode

Exit to MS-DOS and Eject Takes you to the MS-DOS

prompt and then ejects the notebook from the Docking Station.

Restart Windows Exits and then restarts

Windows (useful when configuration changes have been made or application errors must be cleared.

Reboot System Exits Windows and reboots the

system

Super Shutdown Utility

Shutdown Method

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Application DDE Information Dialog Box

Super Shutdown Utility

Application Setup

The Application Setup button allows you to use the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) to communicate with Windows applications that support it. Such applications are called DDE Servers. When selected, the Application DDE Information dialog box appears as shown in the following figure.

From this dialog box, the following information is required:

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Selection Description

Window Name The window title that appears in the title bar.

Clicking on the button next to the text box in the Application Close Information dialog box drops down a list of applications that are currently set up.

Keystrokes String The DDE command or the string of

keystrokes used to close any open files. For instance, to close an open Winword file, the keystrokes are ALT+F4.

DDE Server Name The name that the application responds to for

DDE communication (such as Winword).

DDE Command The command sent to the DDE from the

application. The Application Close Information dialog box checks this line if Keystrokes String does not function. To obtain DDE Command information, refer to the User’s Manual for your specific application or call the manufacturer.

Super Shutdown Utility

Application Setup

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Super Shutdown Utility

The DDE Server and command string must be specified by the application software. If this is not documented in the software applications user manual, contact the software vendor for this information

Scheduling

The Scheduling feature of Shutdown is used during battery operation of your computer. If a power savings driver is active on your computer, Shutdown works with it to reduce power consumption while running Windows. The lower the value, the greater the savings. See the following figure for an example of the Scheduling dialog box.

Scheduling Dialog Box

Suggested Values:

❑ Microsoft Word for Windows v 1.1 or lower or Microsoft

PowerPoint - value = 100

❑ Games - value = 130 to 200

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Laptop Manager

This chapter tells you about

❑ How to use the Laptop Manager utility to supervise

your application programs

❑ How to configure the Laptop Manager utility to load

your application programs at the touch of a key

Contents

Laptop Manager Features................................................ 4-2

LM Main Menu................................................................ 4-3

Loading LM ................................................................. 4-3

Exiting LM .................................................................. 4-3

Quick Commands Box ................................................ 4-3

Single-Character Quick Commands ............................ 4-4

Adding Applications to the Menu..................................... 4-5

Quick Commands Program Setup Menu...................... 4-5

Exiting the Quick Command

Program Setup Menu ............................................... 4-13

Testing Your Menu ................................................... 4-13

Adding Items to the Application Menu........................... 4-14

Changing LM Menu Colors............................................ 4-15

LM_Setup...................................................................... 4-16

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Laptop Manager Features

The Laptop Manager (LM) utility is an application control program that provides quick access to your applications. LM has two submenus on one screen on which you can list the names of applications installed on the hard disk. You can then load applications from one of the submenus with a function key, and from the other submenu using the arrow keys and Enter.

LM enables you to specify unique operating parameters for each application under its control:

❑ Fixed and prompted parameters that are passed to the

application as it loads

❑ Working directory

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❑ Password protection, to any or all applications ❑ Individual color palettes for each application ❑ Power-savings level for each application ❑ Screen background during execution (not available on

color models)

❑ CPU processing speed for each application

Using these features you can select the parameters and operating environment that maximize battery-charge life and performance for each application you load under LM.

Note: Do not confuse LM with the Laptop File Manager

LFM) utility also furnished on your computer and described

( elsewhere in this manual.

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LM Main Menu

LM is installed on the hard disk at the factory and is also stored on the the backup diskettes you should have made after you purchased the notebook. LM displays its main menu when you load it from the Windows Notebook group menu or from the MS-DO

Loading LM

You can load LM from the Windows Notebook group menu by double-clicking the Laptop Manager icon.

S prompt.

LM Main Menu

You also can load LM at the

and pressing ENTER. LM loads and displays its main menu.

The main menu enables you to select your application. Procedures for adding items to the Applications list and Quick Commands box are described later in this chapter.

Pressing F12 at the LM main menu loads the Change Menu screen. It enables you to add, delete, or modify items on the main menu. Procedures for using the Change Menu screen are provided later in this chapter.

MS-DOS C:\> prompt by typing

Exiting LM

You can exit LM and return to Windows control by pressing ESC at the LM main menu. Or if you entered LM from the

MS-DOS prompt, the MS-DOS prompt reappears.

Quick Commands Box

You can select applications added to the Quick Commands box by pressing the assigned function keys (F5 to F11).

The following utilities are installed on the computer at the factory:

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LM Main Menu

❑ F1 — Help screens ❑ F2 — (Laptop) File Manager ❑ F3 — Save Config(uration) described under the

SETCMOS utility elsewhere in this manual

❑ F4 — Reset Config(uration), which is part of the

SETCMOS utility

Single-Character Quick Commands

At the bottom of the LM menu Quick Commands box are two commands:

❑ Pressing D (for

prompt at the bottom of the screen where you can enter

MS-DOS commands of up to 67 characters. Pressing

ENTER starts the command. When the command is executed, pressing any key returns you to the LM main menu.

❑ Pressing P (for path) causes LM to display a prompt at

the bottom of the screen where you can change drives or directories. For example, you can change from the

C:\ (root directory) to the C:\UTILS directory by

pressing P, typing C:\UTILS, and pressing ENTER.

You can change from the pressing P and A, and then pressing ENTER.

DOS command) causes LM to display a

C:\ drive to the A:\ drive by

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Adding Applications to the Menu

You can add your own IBM AT-compatible applications to the LM main menu for easier access; you can also alter or move current menu items. After you have installed your own applications on the hard disk, you are ready to insert listings into the Laptop Manager menu.

You can put the application name into either the Applications list or the Quick Commands box. Put the applications you use most often into the Quick Commands box. Put less frequently used programs and those requiring a longer name under the Applications list.

Quick Commands Program Setup Menu

1. At the LM main menu, press F12. LM displays the

Change Menu screen.

Laptop Manager-Change Menu vn.nn Tue Oct 15 12:15 pm Applications List F1 - Help

F2 - Insert Appl F3 - Delete Appl F4 - Modify Appl F5 - Cut Appl F6 - Paste Appl F7 - Modify Fkey F8 - Cut Fkey F9 - Paste Fkey F10 - Exit Password F11 - Screen Colors F12 - Save

C:\ ESC = Exit

Texas Instruments Incorporated

TravelMate Series

Microsoft Windows n.n

Change Menu Commands

2. Press F7 to access the Modify Function Key.

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F1=Help

Adding Applications to the Menu

3. In response to the Modify Function Key prompt, press

the function key (F5 through F11) you want to assign to your application.

LM then displays the Quick Command Program Setup menu.

Laptop Manager - Change Menu Vn.nn Tue Oct 15 12:15 pm

Quick Command Program Setup - Fn

Display string: [ ]

Program pathname: [ ] Parameter string: [ ] Working directory: [ ]

Password required? [ N ] Password: [ ] Use color palette? [ N ] Filename: [ ]

Power savings level to use?........ [Current]

Screen background during execution? [Current] CPU speed during program execution? [Low ]

Keep Laptop Manager resident?...... [ Y ]

Prompt after program execution?.... [ N ]

C:\

The Quick Command Program Setup menu helps you configure the Quick Commands box on the LM main menu. Press ENTER after you answer each prompt.

Display String

Type up to 15 alphanumeric characters (including spaces) to identify the name you want displayed beside your selected function key on the main menu. For example, type

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Communication

Adding Applications to the Menu

and press ENTER. Thereafter, the word Communication will be displayed in the main menu Quick Commands box, opposite the function key number you selected.

You also can type line graphics characters to appear on the function key display. (Press F1 for a list of graphic characters you can use.) Press and hold FN-ALT, and then type the three digits for each graphic character on the embedded numeric keypad (blue key fronts). Then release FN-ALT.

Program Pathname

In response to the Program pathname prompt, type up to 67 characters for your application pathname. This is the command your application tells you to use to load the program at the

MS-DOS C:\> prompt.

For example, if your communication program (named

COMPROG) is installed under the UTILS directory on the hard

disk (drive C), to load the program you would type

UTILS\COMPROG at the C:\> prompt. Therefore, you would

type that same command at the Change Menu Program pathname prompt:

C:\UTILS\COMPROG

and press ENTER.

The more complete your pathname, the faster LM can find and load your program.

Refer to the MS-DOS User’s Guide and Reference for discussions of paths, pathnames, and directories. See your application documentation for directions on how to install the program on the hard disk and what command to use to load the program.

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Adding Applications to the Menu

Parameter String

The Parameter string prompt enables you to set up your menu so it does more than call applications. It enables you to define parameters passed to the program when it is loaded.

For example, if your communications program requires a telephone number as a parameter when the program loads, you would type the number at the Parameter string prompt.

In addition, you can create a prompt to solicit a typed input that is passed to the application as a parameter by using the string flag %S. In the previous example, you would type the Parameter string as:

%S,"Enter phone n umb er to call:"

When you press the selected function key, the prompt

Enter phone number to call: [ ]

displays at the bottom of the LM menu. You would then type a phone number between the square brackets. When you press ENTER, LM loads the program into memory and passes the telephone number to the program.

If you want the data you type in response to the prompt stored and used as a default value each time you load the program from LM, you can use the buffer flag %A in the Parameter string. In the previous example, you would type the Parameter string as

%S="%A","Enter ph one number to call:"

With the buffer string in the Parameter string, the telephone number you typed is saved in the %A buffer and used as the default value the next time you load the program from LM.

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Adding Applications to the Menu

You can use up to four optional parameter string buffers (%A, %B, %C, and %D); however, the %D buffer is assigned for use by the LM single-character command D ( can use all four, but the information in the %D buffer will change every time you enter a string for either the application or the D (

DOS) command.

Working Directory

A working directory is one that is currently in use. Many applications require that the program reside in the current directory if it is not in the path. The Working Directory prompt enables you to change the working directory to meet the program’s requirements.

This prompt’s primary purpose is for use with applications that use data files (for example, Lotus 1-2-3

Excel name the directory that stores the associated data files. For example, if you are installing a word processing program named directory you call hard disk, your working directory prompt could be

, and most word processing programs) so you can

LETTERS and it might store data files under a

DOC under the LETTERS directory on the

DOS). You

, Microsoft

C:\LETTERS\DOC

Note: If your application does not need or use a data-file working directory, leave the Working Directory prompt absolutely empty; that is, be sure there are no spaces or characters in the prompt field.

Password Required?

In response to the Password required? prompt, select Yes or No by pressing Y or N. If you choose not to use a password, the highlight skips the Password prompt.

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Adding Applications to the Menu

Password

If you choose to assign a password, type up to 19 alphanumeric characters (including spaces) for the password you want to use. To protect the secrecy of the password you type, the characters are not displayed; asterisks are displayed. Carefully memorize your password, and record it in a secure place away from where you store or use your computer.

If you change your mind and decide to delete the password (before exiting the Setup menu), press Del until all asterisks are erased.

Caution: Once you assign a password, you have to use it every time you want to run the application to which the password is assigned. This caution is particularly pertinent if you assign a password to the Exit to DOS

function (the Exit Password — F10 — key choice on the setup menu). If you forget the password for this function, you cannot get to the Menu screen.

MS-DOS prompt or the Change

Case is important in your password; to be accepted, a password must be typed exactly the way you entered it during setup. For example, if your password is all uppercase letters, you must type it that way to gain access to your program.

Use Color Palette?

If you have used the RPAL utility (see instructions elsewhere in this manual) to create individual color or gray-shades settings for each of your applications and stored them in data files, select Y(es) at the Use color palette? prompt and press ENTER.

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Adding Applications to the Menu

Then, at the Filename prompt, type the pathname of the palette data file associated with this application, and press

ENTER.

Note: Your UTILS directory has several color palette files

configured as examples for use with individual applications. These files end with the

sample palette for Lotus 1-2-3 3.0 is Lotus3.

install your applications, examine the available palette files.

Power-Savings Level to Use?

.PAL extension (for example, the

PAL). When you

UTILS directory for

Note: This prompt does not function if the BATTERY.PRO device driver is omitted from the CONFIG.SYS file.

When operating on battery power, some applications work more efficiently and still conserve battery power at different power-savings levels. If your applications are running satisfactorily at their current power-savings level, choose the Current selection at the Power savings level to use prompt.

After reviewing instructions about power savings elsewhere in this manual, if you determine that a particular power-savings level works best for an application, press the Space Bar to select the level number (1 – 4). Or you can select 0 (zero) to disable the power-savings feature.

Screen Background During Execution

If you want the screen image reversed from the normal black-on-white image, you can select Reverse at this prompt. Select Normal for the standard black-on-white image, or select Current for the image in effect when you enter the program from LM.

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Adding Applications to the Menu

CPU Speed During Program Execution?

In response to the CPU speed during program execution? prompt, select the system speed you want to use during program execution by pressing the Space Bar to toggle among High, Low, and Auto. Select Low for optimum battery-charge conservation. Auto uses high speed if the computer is on AC power or medium speed if the computer is on battery power. Your application may specify a processing speed; check your application documentation. If you are running this application on a DX4 model, ensure that EMM386 or other memory managers are not loaded.

Keep Laptop Manager Resident?

If you want to keep LM in memory (resident) while your application is running, select Y in response to the Keep Laptop Manager resident? prompt. You may not want to keep LM resident when executing large programs; it uses approximately 130 KB memory space.

You may want to select Y if you are running an application that does not use the entire memory and if you want to avoid wasting the time needed to reload LM from the disk after running your application. LM uses only 2.5 KBof memory if not resident.

Prompt After Program Execution?

In response to the Prompt after program execution? prompt, select Y if you want LM to display the following prompt when you exit your application program:

Press any key to return to Laptop Manager

If you select N, the LM main menu automatically returns with no prompt when you exit your application.

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Adding Applications to the Menu

Exiting the Quick Command Program Setup Menu

When you complete all your Quick Command Program Setup menu selections, press Esc. LM prompts you at the bottom of the screen:

Keep changes? [Y]

Press ENTER, ESC, or Y if you want to keep your changes or additions. Press N if you want to exit the Quick Commands Program Setup menu without keeping the changes you just made. In either case the LM Change Menu returns.

At this point you can either select another Quick Command to program or press Esc to exit the Change Menu. If you made changes and previously elected to keep the changes, LM again prompts you at the bottom of the screen:

Save changes? [Y]

Press ENTER, ESC, or Y if you want to keep your changes or additions. Press N if you want to exit the Change Menu without saving the changes you just made. In either case the LM main menu returns.

Testing Your Menu

At the LM main menu, test your new application setup by pressing the newly assigned function key. Does it load the application program for you? If you get an error message, press F12, F7, and the newly assigned function key again. Check your entries for correctness. Be sure you specified the correct pathname and working directory and that the color palette file exists.

You can add both information display strings and applications to the LM Applications list in the LM main menu.

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Adding Items to the Application Menu

The procedure for adding items to the Application menu is the same as described previously for the Quick Command Program Setup menu, except you can use several function keys to insert, delete, modify, or cut and paste an item. On the Applications list, you must also designate whether the item is for display only or is to run an application. Press the Space Bar at the Application Type prompt on the Application Setup menu to select Display Only or Application.

In other respects, the Application Setup menu works the same as the Quick Command Setup menu. You can enter up to 40 characters in response to the Display string prompt. If you need more space to enter a label or title than is available on one Display string prompt line, you can leave the Application Type prompt set to Display only, enter the line of type you want to have displayed, and move down a line at time, inserting lines by pressing F2 (Insert Application) for each line you want to insert.

Adding Items to the Application Menu

When finished inserting lines, toggle the Application Type prompt to Application by pressing the Space Bar when you get to the line on which you want to have LM run the application.

Note: If you press ↓ when the highlighted item is at the

bottom of the Application List, the Change Menu automatically appears for you to create another entry.

You can continue inserting entries—at the beginning, end, or between existing lines—in your Applications List up to a total of 255 lines. After you insert the seventeenth line,

succeeding lines require you to use PGDN or PGUP (or ↑ and ↓) to view all lines on your list.

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Changing LM Menu Colors

Pressing F11 at the LM Change Menu causes LM to display the Screen Color Setup menu where you can change the colors of the LM menus displayed by an external monitor connected to your computer. This menu also affects the gray shades or colors displayed by the

The menu is self-explanatory and also provides a Help display.

LCD.

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LM_Setup

This application executes when you press F12 at the Laptop Manager main menu. It allows you to change the current applications list, The Quick Key definitions, or the Screen Colors. Changes made are written to a data file (default is MFILE.DAT). The following table displays selections available from the LM_Setup menu:

Key Name Description

F2 Insert Appl Insert a new application at the

F3 Delete Appl Delete the current application

F4 Modify Appl Change the currently selected

LM_Setup

current cursor location

application

F5 Cut Appl Remove the current application from the list, retaining the

information

F6 Paste Appl Place a previously cut application

in a new location

F7 Modify FKey Modify the data for a function key

F8 Cut FKey Remove FKey data and place in

buffer

F9 Paste FKey Place FKey data in the buffer in

the FKey description

F10 Exit Password Define or change Exit password

F11 Screen Colors Modify current screen colors

F12 Save Save application and FKey

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updates

Power Saving Utilities

This chapter tells you about

❑ How to get the most work from a battery charge ❑ BatteryPro controls for optimum power savings; and

SETPOWER utility that enables you to control

the BatteryPro power levels

❑ SMARTDRV.EXE, a hard disk drive performance

enhancement utility

❑ SPEED, which lets you change CPU operating speed for

optimum performance and battery power savings

Contents

Optimizing Battery Operation.......................................... 5-2

Suspend/Standby Modes ............................................ 5-3

Auto-Suspend Mode.................................................... 5-4

Real-Time Power Savings ............................................5-5

Power-Saving Levels.................................................... 5-5

Configuration Power Savings....................................... 5-7

SETPOWER Utility ........................................................5-10

SMARTDRV.EXE Disk Caching Utility........................... 5-11

SPEED Utility................................................................ 5-12

Show Speed Switch................................................... 5-12

Using the SPEED Utility............................................ 5-12

Power-Saving Utilities 5-1

Optimizing Battery Operation

Your computer has three ways to save battery power:

❑ Manually turning off the LCD and hard disk by

pressing STANDBY or setting up the computer to enter auto-suspend mode

❑ Saving power, in real time, while running your

applications, through user-selected power-saving levels

❑ Specifying hardware and software configurations that

best match your applications and battery-savings performance

The following table summarizes the power saving modes; the sections following describe the modes in more detail.

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Power Saving Modes Summary

Foreground/

Background

Activate

Mode

Cover Closed

Suspend Standby Standby Standby No Yes No No 2.0 - 5.0

Auto Suspend

Closing

cover

pointing

device & keyboard inactivity

Resume

Opening

cover

Activity Yes, after

Tasks

Active?

No No No No 2.0 - 4.2

wakeup timeout for duration of

inactivity

timeout

Service

Interrupts

Yes No,

Backlight

except

after wakeup timeout

user-

specified

on/off

HDD/FDD

Accesses

Drives

Yes, has

independent

timer

Power

Used

(watts)

2.5 - 6.0

Typical Operation

Hard disk on 6.0 - 12.0

Hard disk off 5.0 - 11.0

Max. usage, all functions on 20.5

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Optimizing Battery Operation

Foreground/

Background

Activate

Mode

Battery Capacity 28.8

Resume

Tasks

Active?

Service

Interrupts

Backlight

Suspend/Standby Modes

The computer has three suspend/standby modes you can select as needed. The three modes, listed in order of power-saving capabilities, are the cover-closed suspend mode, the manual standby mode, and the auto-suspend mode. All three modes are effective in the two Windows operating modes, including the 386-enhanced mode.

HDD/FDD

Accesses

Drives

Power

Used

(watts)

watt-hour

The modes differ in the manner they are enabled and disabled:

❑ Task execution ❑ Task interrupt servicing ❑ LCD ❑ Hard disk and floppy drive accessing

Caution: Using the suspend/standby modes for too long can discharge the battery to the point that it can no longer power both the curs, your computer will not come out of standby mode and you must either recharge your battery or plug in AC power.

LCD and the hard disk. If this oc-

Cover-Closed Suspend Mode

This mode, which you can invoke simply by closing the cover, saves the most battery power. In this mode (if enabled in the Setup Program), the computer suspends all tasks, does not service interrupts, and disables the

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LCD,

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hard disk, and floppy drive. This mode overrides other standby/suspend modes.

You also can use this mode to transport the computer short distances without turning it off.

The computer instantly resumes normal operation when you open the cover. All operations continue where left off when suspended; however, time-dependent tasks may have lost time, and tasks dependent on device input/output may have lost data that overflowed buffers.

You may want to avoid this mode with tasks that depend on real time, such as scheduling applications with audible or visual reminders and communication tasks that depend on input/output.

Manual Standby Mode

Pressing STANDBY puts the computer into standby mode, which turns off the tasks, and activates the orange light on the PWR indicator. Use this mode when you want to leave the computer for some time and do not want to turn off or reboot the computer.

This mode saves about as much battery power as cover-closed mode.

To resume normal operation, press STANDBY again. The computer displays the data in effect when it entered standby mode and resumes all tasks. This mode also is useful for transporting the computer for short distances.

LCD and both disk drives, suspends all

Auto-Suspend Mode

In this mode the system suspends all tasks and turns off

LCD. The disk drives are controlled by the Hard Disk

the Timeout parameter in Setup, and the system services task interrupts as needed. The PWR indicator turns orange in

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Optimizing Battery Operation

this mode. The system remains in auto-suspend mode until activity is detected on a monitored device defined in Setup or until the Auto Wakeup Interval (selected in Setup) expires.

When the Auto Wakeup Interval expires (5 to 20 minutes), the system returns to normal operation for the duration of the selected System Timeout Interval (1 to 15 minutes), at which time the system again enters the auto-suspend mode.

Real-Time Power Savings

Your computer has a special power-saving feature that can activate in real time while you are running your application. This feature is implemented by a special device driver called

BATTERY.PRO in the CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=C:\UTILS\BATTERY.PRO [/Ln] [/Sn] [/MAP]

where:

/Ln specifies the power-savings level (0 through 4) described elsewhere in this chapter. If the /Ln switch is omitted, the default value of 2 is used.

/Sn similar to /Ln but tells the system what to use under Windows when the computer is powered by AC. Mainly for sound software that doesn’t use Application Program Manager (APM).

/MAP moves the extended 640 KB system memory. The upper 1 KB of system memory is mapped to provide a corrective 640 KB of system memory. This

QEMM to enable them to manage the high memory area

as more efficiently. in the

CONFIG.SYS file to effectively use this switch.

switch should be used with applications such

BATTERY.PRO must be the first device driver

BIOS data area within the base

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Optimizing Battery Operation

Power-Saving Levels

The power-saving level you should use to optimize battery-charge life depends on the operations you are performing and how the application is written. Use Setup to define power-savings levels.

BatteryPro does not usually conflict with applications. However, some applications may fail or suffer performance degradation. Try your applications at the highest level of savings, and evaluate their performance. If degradation occurs, try the next lower level until performance is satisfactory.

The power-savings levels, 0 through 4, used by the BatteryPro and

SETPOWER utilities are defined as follows:

Level 0 Level 0 (zero) disables the battery power-savings

feature. BatteryPro performs no real-time active power savings. Some programs that run well at more optimal power-savings levels require level 0 for installation.

Level 1 Level 1 conserves battery power when the processor is

idle, for example, when waiting for keyboard activity and device input/output. Level 1 features are also active in levels 2 through 4. Microsoft Excel and Windows perform well using level 1. Operating system enhancement programs such as DESQview also work well at level 1.

Level 1 is the highest level you can use without affecting processor performance using Lotus PrintGraph or serial printer interfaces.

Note: Some application programs such as Lotus

1-2-3 do not use standby mode for keyboard and other device inactivity. You must use a level higher than 1 to conserve battery power during keyboard activity.

Level 2 The factory default, level 2, induces more idle time

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between keyboard activations and MS-DOS access. Performance is degraded slightly, but the difference

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should be unnoticeable. This level is the optimum compromise between program performance and battery charge life.

Most applications work well at level 2, for example, Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft PaintBrush®, Word, and Works. Many programs that work well at level 1 also work well at level 2 (for example, Microsoft Windows).

Level 3 Level 3 induces less idle time in the keyboard and

MS-DOS access areas than level 2 but induces idle time

in hard disk and video input/output. This level saves more power overall with applications that access the hard disk often.

Programs with high disk read/write rates increase battery-power consumption. Level 3 “smooths” disk read/write power consumption over longer access periods, thus reducing peak power needs. Using level 3 (and level 4) permits more frequent disk access while using little more power than standby mode.

Note: Generally, use level 3 only if level 4 is not

acceptable. Try level 4 first. Levels 3 and 4 function identically, with increased power savings at level 4.

Level 4 Combining all techniques used by the lower levels at a

slightly higher value, level 4 produces the highest power savings—from 10 to 30 minutes extra battery life, depending on your application. This level also affects performance more than the other levels, but you do not notice this with most applications.

Note: You can use the Dates or SETPOWER/S utility

to display the current power level of BatteryPro.

Configuration Power Savings

Use the Setup Program to configure the system to best meet your power/performance requirements.

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Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

User’s Reference Guide

Contents

Preface

Using the Setup Programs

Installing and Using Applications

Custom Windows Utilities

Laptop Manager

Power Saving Utilities