Planar Dome Md4/PCI, Installation Manual

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54 Chapter 2
How the screen saver works
Like other Windows screen savers, the DOME DPMS
screen saver is invoked after the system has received no
user input for a specified number of minutes. Unlike other
screen savers, however, the DOME DPMS screen saver
does not display anything on the monitor itself. Rather, it
launches another screen saver that you select to protect the
display. Then, after a predetermined number of minutes, it
uses DPMS to shut off the video power to the display.
There are two delay periods before DPMS is invoked. The
first is the standard screen saver delay from the last user
input until the screen saver launches. The second delay is
from the time the screen saver launches until DPMS shuts
off the video power to the monitor. After the second delay,
DPMS places the monitor in power-off mode.
The DOME DPMS screen saver allows you to select the
other screen saver to use before it invokes power-off mode.
It also allows you to specify up to four time periods during
the day, with different settings for when or if power-off
mode is invoked during each period.