Omron NT31 NT31C manual Setting the Screen Saver Start-up Time

System Settings Section 6-9

6-9-8 Setting the Screen Saver Start-up Time

The NT31/NT31C has a function to maximize the service life of the backlight and prevent the formation of an afterimage by turning off the screen display and the backlight if no operation is performed for a certain period of time.

The Screen Saver Start up Time setting determines the time interval before the screen saver function operates.

The setting range is 0 to 255 minutes. The default (factory) setting is 10 minutes.

If 000 is set, the screen saver function does not operate.

The screen saver can be canceled, and previous screen redisplayed, by any of the following operations.

•Touching any part of the touch panel

•Screen switching due to PT status control area operations

•Screen switching due to bit memory table operations

•Execution of any of the following PT status control bit operations:

•Changing the backlight mode

•Screen printing (change from OFF to ON)

•Screen display (change from OFF to ON)

Reference: S It is possible to display the character string stored in character string memory table No. 0 at random positions and in random colors while the screen display is off. For details, refer to 6-9-7 Setting Screen Saver Movement (page 175). Note however that, when this feature is used, the backlight does not go off.

SFor details on the screen saver function, refer to 2-15-4 Screen Saver Function in the Reference Manual.

SScreen saver function is enabled only through RUN mode of NT31/NT31C. In System Menu or System Installer mode, this function is not started.

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