Power Management
CEC Power Management
With Vivi firmware 2.5 and greater you can now use CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) with Vivi to power your devices ON and OFF via Vivi Central or the Vivi Web Console.
Compatibility
We recommend before using this feature on mass, that you test the feature compatibility with your display. To do so, plug a Vivi Box into the display and navigate to the Box's Web Console.
Once in there select "Power Management" on the left hand side.
Next select "HDMI CEC" from the Mode option and select Save at the bottom of the page.
Now click the Power Off button
If your display then turns OFF - the CEC functions of Vivi are compatible with your display.
If the display doesn't turn OFF - turn the display off and press the Power On button.
If the display then turns ON - this means your display only supports CEC Power On with Vivi and we recommend using "Disable HDMI Output" in conjunction with CEC to turn the display OFF.
If neither option works - Vivi CEC is not compatible with your device.
Active Period
With Vivi CEC you can set a display to be turned ON at the beginning of an active period and OFF at the end of the active period. Displays will remain ON during the active period. Outside of the active period, displays will be turned OFF when idle.
Configuring this in the web console
On the "Power Management" page Enable HDMI CEC under "Mode".
Next select your active time using the slider.
Following this select the days you want this active period to cover (Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday).
Finally select the "Idle Timeout". This is the amount of time that needs to elapse before the screens turn OFF. This can be set at either five minutes, fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, one hour or two hours.
Click Save at the bottom of the page and your settings with be applied to the Box.
Configuring this on the portal (Multiple Boxes)
Click the Devices tab, then navigate to Configure Devices.
Select the Boxes you would like to apply the settings to.
Click the three dots in the right hand corner and select "Power Management".
Select "HDMI CEC" from the mode dropdown.
Next select your active time using the slider.
Following this select the days you want this active period to cover (Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday).
Finally select the "Idle Timeout". This is the amount of time that needs to elapse before the screens turn OFF. This can be set at either five minutes, fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, one hour or two hours.
Click Apply and your settings will be applied to the selected Boxes.
Power On Events
You can also use Vivi CEC to power ON the display when certain events occurs if the display has been turned OFF.
Configuring this in the web console
On the "Power Management" page Enable HDMI CEC under "Mode".
Set-up your "Active Period'.
Choose which Power On Events you want enabled (Join Room, Present Screen/Play Video Direct, Signage Schedule Start and Emergencies).
Click Save and these settings will be applied to the Box.
Configuring this on Vivi Central (Multiple Boxes)
Click the Devices tab, then navigate to Configure Devices.
Select the Boxes you would like to apply the settings to.
Click the three dots in the right hand corner and select "Power Management".
Select "HDMI CEC" from the mode dropdown.
Set-up your "Active Period".
Choose which Power On Events you want enabled (Join Room, Present Screen/Play Video Direct, Signage Schedule Start and Emergencies).
Click Apply and your settings will be applied to the selected Boxes.
Disable HDMI Output Timeout
If the display does not support the CEC standby command, this functionality can be used in conjunction with the display's auto-standby feature.
Configuring this in the web console
On the "Power Management" page Enable HDMI CEC under "Mode".
Set-up your "Active Period'.
Set-up your "Power On Events".
Choose the amount of time you need to pass before the Vivi will disable HDMI Output (This timeout value needs to be higher than the display's auto-standby timeout.)
Click Save and these will be applied to the Box.
Configuring this on Vivi Central (Multiple Boxes)
On the "Power Management" page Enable HDMI CEC under "Mode".
Set-up your "Active Period'.
Set-up your "Power On Events".
Choose the amount of time you need to pass before the Vivi will disable HDMI Output (This timeout value needs to be higher than the display's auto-standby timeout).
Click Apply and your settings will be applied to the selected Boxes.
