That's correct - recent VP2 firmware versions do automatically exit setup. TBH I thought the time was 10 minutes, but it's one of those details that's not documented anywhere prominent, though it may possibly be in the firmware changelog. I've got a vague recollection that it may be different on mains and battery power, but may be mis-remembering. The Vue console has always done this IIRC.RayProudfoot wrote:Knowing the console will exit setup mode after 30 mins means...
It's one of those issues where Davis can't win either way. The reason for doing it is that otherwise if the users don't put batteries into the console (and many don't) or if the batteries have run down then if/when there's a mains outage the console gets stuck in setup mode and a large amount of data may be lost if the problem isn't noticed for days/weeks (perhaps at remote sites). A secondary reason is that it helps stop the support calls that complain 'my console is completely broken - it's showing no readings at all, just a 'Receiving From' message at the bottom'. Often even the ticker message wasn't noticed - it's just a dead console as far as the user is concerned! And it's actually not uncommon as a support call with older consoles.