The DS280DF810 receiver contains a signal detect circuit. The signal detect circuit monitors the energy level on the receiver inputs and powers on or off the rest of the high-speed data path if a signal is detected or not. By default, each channel allows the signal detect circuit to automatically power on or off the rest of the high speed data path depending on the presence of an input signal. The signal detect block can be manually controlled in the SMBus channel registers. This can be useful if it is desired to manually force channels to be disabled. For information on how to manually operate the signal detect circuit refer to the DS280DF810 Programming Guide.