In my installed setup the surface has a few inputs that are needed 24/7, this means the surface has to be left on 24/7. It would be nice if there was a sleep mode that would turn the screens and LED’s off, but leave the inputs active and giga-ace connection active. Even if I didn’t have the inputs on the surface side, this would still be useful as my network connection to the Driverack uses the network traffic portion of the giga-ace connection.
A question for the A&H team: I know the driverack is designed to be able to be left on 24/7, is there any potential risk of damage by doing the same with the Surface? Thanks!
You can always add an Allen & Heath IP controller to allow people a way to control those inputs 24/7. Or you could use the CustomControl software with a computer, mobile device, tablet, etc that is set up for this purpose. Then you can turn off the surface when it is not needed for a larger event.
You could make a ‘sleep’ scene with all dimmers at their lowest position then put it on a softkey and block everything except surface illumination. Then put a scene with regular lighting on another softkey.
Apparently I misread the OP. They need the physical I/O that is being connected to the Surface to be available 24/7, not (just) control of those inputs. Obviously the surface has to be powered on for those inputs to work, and my suggestion is not helpful in anyway!