Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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Device drivers, NPOWER.EXE and NORAPM.EXE, are part of the Advanced

Power Management (APM) system when running under DOS.
NPOWER broadcasts APM events to applications, notifies the APM BIOS when

the system is busy performing DOS calls, and provides a command line interface

for configuring APM settings (most of which are managed by NORAPM).
NORAPM.EXE is the interface between applications and the APM BIOS.  It

installs an APM BIOS; then gathers information from this BIOS and broadcasts

the information to APMĆaware applications.  It also monitors DOS function calls

and notifies the APM BIOS when the system is busy.
For more information, see Section 4.

To run NPOWER.EXE and NORAPM.EXE, they must be installed as device

drivers, in the CONFIG.SYS file, at system startup time.  NORAPM.EXE takes

no parameters and must be installed prior to NPOWER.EXE.
These would be a typical entry in the CONFIG.SYS file:

device=norapm.exe
device=npower.exe
device=clock.exe

After installation, NPOWER displays the program name and version, similar to

the following:

NORAND Power Monitor Extension
Version n.nn
Copyright (C) nnnn by Norand Corporation

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NPOWER provides switches for both installation and command line operation.
The table on the next page enumerates the states that are valid for certain

switches, as per the APM BIOS specification.  Remember, as you read the

installation descriptions that follow for any particular INT 15h call, NPOWER

may report an error, based on the configuration of the HHC.
For example, if a command to set the POD power on a 6200 Computer is issued,

NPOWER does not report an error because that option is not supported on the

6200 Computer.

States

0  Ready

1  Standby

2  Suspend

3  Off