User guide

PC Moderator ™ Installation and User Guide 11

User 1 – 8 Operation

While a user is logged in, the amount of time used for that day and the current time are

continually being monitored against the limits and range settings for the user for that day

of the week and available allowance and bonus time (if enabled). In order to provide

warning that time is running out, the display will flash in various ways. At 10 minutes

remaining, the display will flash once and at 5 minutes twice to alert the user of the

upcoming time limit. With only 1 minute remaining, the display will flash once per

second. After the minute has elapsed, the keyboard attached to the PC Moderator will be

shut off except for the [Esc] and the Hotkey and the display will continue to flash for

another minute. The [Esc] key allows full screen applications to be closed. It is during

this time that the computer should be shut down (using the mouse and if required the

[Esc] key) if the computer is not going to be used by another user. After the minute has

elapsed, the display will turn off, the attached PS/2 keyboard will be disabled and the

display will return to the Login Prompt as described in the previous section.

While the user is logged in, they may access the PC Moderator to find out how much time

they have left to use the computer (until the display shuts off), output a period usage

report, output a report of today’s usage (status report) or log out. These four options are

accessed from the User Control Prompt as shown in the following operating chart.

Remaining Time Graphic Display

While a user is logged in (the computer may be running any application), the PC

Moderator can be prompted to provide a simple graphic display of remaining time until

shutoff. The time remaining reported is the amount of time until the next time the display

shuts off due to 1) running out of total time (daily limit), 2) reaching an end of day range

3) impending lock-out period or 4) bonus time is running out.