Apple Remote Desktop Help
Index

# Changing Energy Saver Preferences

You can get and change the settings found in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences. You can change the computer sleep time, as well as other Energy Saver Options. You can set all the clients to have the same sleep time and even turn on the preference necessary for them to respond to the Apple Remote Desktop Wake command ("Wake for Ethernet network administrator access").

Changing the Energy Saver preferences requires the use of Apple Remote Desktop's Send UNIX Command, and its built-in systemsetup command-line tool. See Built-in Command-Line Tools for more detailed information about the systemsetup tool.

1. Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2. Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3. Choose Manage > Send UNIX Command.
4. Use the provided Templates for Send UNIX Command to set the energy saver preferences.
   1. Select any one of the following Energy Saver items from the System Setup group:

      Restart After Freeze

      Restart After Power Failure

      System Sleep Time

      Display Sleep Time

      Wake On Network Access

      Wake On Modem Activity

   2. Change the template values to the desired values, and click Send.
5. Alternatively, manually enter the UNIX command.
   1. Type or paste the following UNIX command:
      systemsetup -setsleep minutes number_of_minutes_to_sleep -setwakeonmodem (on | off) -setwakeonnetworkaccess (on | off) -setrestartpowerfailure (on | off) -setrestartfreeze (on | off)
   2. Set the permissions for this command to root.
6. Click Send.

For other maintenance tasks, see:

- Maintaining Systems