SilhouetteStar 2 Sleep Timeouts

The SilhouetteStar 2 timers can be adjusted in SilhouetteCentral. There are three values that can be adjusted to effect the behavior of the SilhouetteStar 2 when operating in Wireless mode.

Idle time before sleep (no images)	Sets the time that the SilhouetteStar 2 device will wait with no user interaction before going into sleeping Kiwi mode. Set in seconds between 60 and 1200 seconds. The default value is 120 seconds.
Idle time cycles before sleep (with images)	The time before entering sleeping Kiwi mode can be extended by up to 10 cycles of the idle timer if there are images waiting to upload. The default setting is 5 cycles. This means that, given the Idle time before sleep (no images) is set to 120 seconds, the device will wait 5 x 120 seconds before going into sleep mode.
Sleep time before turning off	Sets the time the device is in sleeping Kiwi mode before turning off. Set in seconds between 60 to 3600 seconds. The default value is 900 seconds (15 minutes).

 

To optimize the device battery shift life, set the timers to their minimum values.

To optimize the device for operational convenience, set the timers to higher values.

The Silhouette application lock time must also be considered when setting the Idle time before sleep. If the application lock times out, the user is logged out and the SilhouetteStar 2 will need to be manually reconnected.

The sleep time of the end user computing devices being used to browse to the SilhouetteCentral web site and connect the SilhouetteStar 2 must also be considered. If the device being used to browse to SilhouetteCentral goes to sleep (or locks the screen in the case of a tablet), the SilhouetteStar 2 will need to be manually reconnected.

It is recommended that the SilhouetteStar 2 timers be set shorter than the application lock and the computing device timers.