Smart Technologies 3000i - Manual (Page 22)

3000i Installation Guide
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NOTE: We recommend that you leave the computer and projector on at all times.
However, you can set the computer to save power during periods of inactivity. The
following section describes how to do this.
Adjusting Computer Power Settings
You may prefer to shut down and power off the computer inside the 3000i completely at the
end of the day. In this case, you must open the front door and power up the computer every
day.
For greater ease of use, we recommend that you keep the computer on all the time.
However, to help preserve the computer's hard drive(s), and to conserve the life of the
projector lamp (if users neglect to press the Projector Standby button on the Control Panel
at the end of their session), we would also recommend that you change the Windows
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Power Management feature of the internal computer so that the monitor and hard drive(s)
automatically turn off after a specified period of inactivity. If you decide to adopt this
recommendation, you should occasionally reboot the computer to reload the operating
system.
Shutting off the monitor after a period of inactivity will also shut down the 3000i's projector
lamp
− but only if it has been configured to shut down five minutes after no new input signal
is received. This has been done for you at our factory. However, if anyone changes the
projector settings, the projector settings we've configured for you may be inadvertently
toggled off. In the event the 3000i-optimized settings are lost, follow the procedure on page
48 to restore them.
If both the computer and projector are configured properly, a five-minute projector shutdown
period will follow the designated period of computer inactivity. During the shutdown period,
the interactive whiteboard screen will turn blue. If you change your mind and want to use the
system again, you can restore the computer image by simply touching the screen. At the
end of the five-minute shutdown period, the projector lamp shuts down completely and the
screen will turn black.
We further recommend that you not activate a screen saver, regardless of whether you
power the computer down daily or not. The benefit provided by the screen saver – to avoid
image burn-in either in monitors or plasma displays – has no bearing on a projected system.
NOTE: You can't adjust the power settings on Windows NT 4.0 systems, so the computer
must be left on with full power or shut down at the end of the day and started up again.
To adjust the computer's default power settings
1 Click the Start button on the Windows Task Bar, point to Settings and select Control
Panel.
2 Double-click Display and click the Screen Saver tab.
3 Click the Settings button in the Energy saving features of monitor section of the
dialog box.
The Power Management Properties dialog box appears.
4 Select After 1 hour in the Turn Off monitor list.
NOTE: This is a recommended setting. You can select any other duration you prefer.
5 In the Turn off hard disks list, select a time for the inactivity period that must elapse
before hard-disk shutdown.