Intermec 6100 Reference Guide

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NORDOSPM.EXE, which is part of the Advanced Power Management (APM)

system when running under DOS, is the DOS power management driver interĆ

face between applications and the APM BIOS.  NORDOSPM.EXE must be

installed as a device driver at system startup time.
NORDOSPM.EXE gathers information from the APM BIOS and broadcasts it to

APMĆaware applications.  It also monitors DOS function calls and notifies the

APM BIOS when the system is busy.  In addition, NORDOSPM.EXE allows the

configuration of certain power management settings at installation time.
Figure 2Ć1 below is a simplified diagram of Power Management Software:

Figure 2Ć1

NORDOSPM.EXE, which is installed as a device driver in the CONFIG.SYS file,

requires ELANAPM.EXE and must be installed after ELANAPM.EXE.  The

following would be a typical entry in the CONFIG.SYS file:

device=elanapm.exe
device=nordospm.exe

Refer to the APM BIOS Interfaces: ELANAPM.EXE paragraph, in the ConverĆ

sions and Interfaces section for a detailed description of ELANAPM.EXE, the

APM BIOS driver.

Refer to the Microsoft documentation for the APM applications command line

switches.