Configuring i-Vu® Open Link Driver Properties   
 
 
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After you find and upload the i-Vu® Open Link in the i-Vu® or Field Assistant interface, you may want to customize 
the i-Vu® Open Link's settings for your applications. You can change settings on the Driver Properties page.  
1  In the i-Vu® or Field Assistant interface, right-click the i-Vu® Open Link in the navigation tree and select 
Driver Properties. 
2  Adjust the driver as desired.  
 
 
 
Driver 
On the Driver page, you can change the following properties: 
•  Backup battery conservation settings. See table below. 
•  Module clock synchronization and failure. See table below. 
•  Network Input microblock communication properties. 
 
Turn off internal backup 
battery after ___ days to 
conserve battery life (shutoff 
date/time) 
How long backup battery should run after power loss.   
 TIP Downloading activates the battery backup. To conserve battery life 
when you know the i-Vu® Open Link will be without power for an extended period 
after downloading (for example, during shipment):  
1 
Verify the Archive Valid
 LED is lit, then set this field to 0. 
 
2  After you install the i-Vu® Open Link and apply power, enter a number 
greater than 0. 
Keypad inactivity timeout 
(minutes) 
Log out the user (if a user-level password is required), turn off the backlight, and 
display the standby screen after this period of inactivity. 
Keypad user
-level password 
Numeric password user must enter to access system through a BACview® 
device.
 
TouchScreen Schedule Edit 
Enable 
Check this field to allow a user to edit this controller's schedules from an 
Equipment Touch's Schedules screen. 
Date and time the control program uses when controller's real-time clock is 
invalid. 
 TIP Use an occupied date and time (such as a Tuesday at 10 a.m.) so the 
equipment does not operate in unoccupied mode if the controller loses power 
during occupancy. 
Configuring i-Vu® Open Link Driver Properties