1. Intel® WiDi can connect with or without a WAP/router.
2. What makes you think the system is entering a lower power state or power saving mode when it is connected to Intel® WiDi? Does the CPU utilization decrease compared to the playback via HDMI?
3. Enabling Session Runtime Logging:
- Exit Intel® WiDi application
- Launch Regedit.exe
- Navigate to: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel Corporation\Intel WiDi
- Create a new DWORD (32) key named LogEnable
- Set the value of LogEnable = 1
- Exit Regedit.exe
Log files are created for each Intel® WiDi session: the duration of the Intel® WiDi application being launched and then closed.
The log file is created immediately after launching the Intel® WiDi application and can be opened at any time.
The log files are stored in C:\Users\<userID>\AppData\Local
The name of the log files is WiDiLog.<date>.<time>.wdl