TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual Working with Channel Profiles 95To configure power saving1. Open the Add or Edit Channel Profile dialog box for the profile whosepower saving you want to configure.2. Select the Power Saving tab.3. For each power saving mode, follow these steps:a. Select the check box to enable the mode (Sleep and Deep Sleep only).b. In the Rx cycling box, select a time from the drop-down list. This spec-ifies how long the receiver is turned off before being turned on again. Ifyou select ‘off’, there is no receiver power saving in this mode.c. In the Tx keyup time box, select a time from the drop-down list. Thisspecifies the amount of time that the transmitter will need to key up. Thelonger the time, the more circuitry can be switched off. (In Sleep andDeep Sleep modes, the Tx keyup time is fixed.)d. In the Start after box, specify a length of time. When the base stationhas been idle for this length of time, it switches from Normal to Sleepmode, or from Sleep to Deep Sleep mode. ‘Idle’ means not operating asa talk through repeater or line-connected base station. A base station stillcounts as idle, even if it makes scheduled CWID transmissions or trans-missions using the front panel microphone.Tip: Use the Task Manager action Disable Power Saving to disablepower saving when it is not needed.For example:IF Battery voltage low THEN Enable power savingIF NOT Battery voltage low THEN Disable power savingEditing a Channel ProfileThe Edit Channel Profile dialog box lets you view the details of the selectedchannel profile and modify them.Next Profile and Previous Profile let you move from one profile to anotherwithout leaving the dialog box.Important: If you have made changes to the current profile, clickOK to confirm them before moving to another profile.Some items in the Default channel profile display ‘See channeltable.’ You specify them individually for each channel in the channel table(Configure > Base Station > Channel Table).
