--- title: "Configure Power Management" slug: "configure-power-management" updated: 2026-02-23T11:56:52Z published: 2026-02-23T11:56:52Z canonical: "documentation.lakesidesoftware.com/configure-power-management" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.lakesidesoftware.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Configure Power Management SysTrack Power Manager allows organizations to substantially reduce their energy costs and eliminate negative environmental impacts through the agent’s regular monitoring of active vs. idle states of a system and putting the system into hibernate or sleep modes during those idle time periods. There are two factors that determine if a system should be on or off. - A calculated schedule - A set of conditions is met for the given power saving mode ## Configure Power Management Settings 1. In System Configuration click **Roles**. 2. In the drop-down list select **Power Management**. 3. Click **Automated Power Management Enabled** . ![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/roles_power_management.png) 4. Click on the arrow toggle to the left of any of the power setting categories to view the items listed in each category in the **Settings** pane. 5. Optionally, click the **Display only non-default values.** 6. You can change the Power Management Settings as follows: | Category | Setting | Value/Description | | --- | --- | --- | | AC Power Settings | ACPowerScheme | Select the following values from the drop-down list: **Never** (default); **Always**; **If less than current**. | | ACMonitorOff Time | Select a time from the drop-down menu at which the monitor should go into power-saving mode. Default is 15 minutes. | | ACDiskOffTime | Select a time from the drop-down menu at which the disk should go into power saving mode. Ranges are from 1 minutes to 5 hours. | | ACInactivityStandby | Select a time of inactivity from the drop-down menu after which the system should go into standby mode. Ranges are from 1 minutes to 5 hour. | | Calculate Schedule | Use Daily | Calculate a power saving schedule on a daily basis when power saving history is insufficient. Default is for this to be selected. Deselect the check box if desired. | | Power Data | Calculate a schedule for power data to be collected. Select from **Weekly** or **Daily**. | | Minimum History required | The minimum number of power schedule data points to be collected by the SysTrack Agent. | | End User Actions | Allow end users to set overrides | Default is to allow. Deselect the check box if desired. | | Maximum override time (hours) | Maximum time in hours that a user can override power saving. Default is 24. Enter a different value if desired. | | Shutdown message | Shutdown message when the system goes into power saving mode. Enter an alternate message if desired. | | Options | RDP | Include Remote Desktop systems in power management. Default is off. | | Warmup (mins) | Time in minutes for a system to warm up after going into power saving mode. | | Record Power Events | Record power events. Select or de-select the check box. | | Power Saving Modes | First action | Select from the following options: **No Action; Sleep; Hibernate; Shutdown** | | Second action | Select from the following options: **No Action; Sleep; Hibernate; Shutdown** | | Last action | Select from the following options: **No Action; Sleep; Hibernate; Shutdown** | | Tree Window | Default is **Never Run**. Optionally select the desired number of hour and days from the drop-down menu: 12x5; 8x6; 24x7 | | DisableHibernate | Select the check box to disable hibernation. | 7. Adjust various options for the Sleep, Hibernate, and Shutdown power saving modes in the Power Saving Options pane by selecting or deselecting the options listed for each mode as desired. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/roles_power_saving_options.png) 8. When you are done with adjusting Power Management settings, click the **Save Changes** button on the top right of the page.