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By default this feature is disabled. When enabled, feature works as follows:
x While the Panel is on, a timer keeps track of the elapsed time between button presses.
x Whenever a Panel button is pressed, the timer is reset to zero.
x If the timer ever reaches the time specified by the installer, the Panel turns itself and the
projector off, exactly as if the Panel Off button were pressed.
Like the lockout timer, inactivity shutdown is a bulb saving feature.
Configuring the Inactivity Shutdown Timer
The Inactivity Shutdown Timer is configured with the Configuration Utility as shown in Figure
12. By default the timer is disabled.
The delay before automatic shutdown is configurable in minute increments. The timer can be
configured to shut off the projector as long as 500 minutes (eight hours and twenty minutes) after
the last Panel button is pressed.
As a rule of thumb, the timer should be configured with a delay at least half an hour longer than
any anticipated projector use. For example, if the projector will be used during ninety minute
classes, the timer should be set for at least two hours.
How the Inactivity Shutdown Timer affects users
It is important to discuss the Inactivity Shutdown Timer with your client before enabling it, since
when it is enabled the Panel shuts off the projector when the timer expires even if a source is
being projected.
We recommend letting your client decide how this feature should configured. Making sure the
client knows how this feature works minimizes the chance of unpleasant surprises and support
calls. It is particularly important to discuss whether situations will arise when projectors will be
used for long periods without control being necessary (for example, to project a campus network
feed).
Note: Shutdown cannot be configured to occur based on time of day.