Wireless Access

I am in a process of introducing 802.1X authentication for IAP access points. To be clear - IAP when connected to a switch port must authenticate. While configuring the feature on IAPs, I notices a CLI command - ap1x-timeout <seconds>. 

Description

This command configures a timeout duration for the 802.1X authentication. If the authentication is not successful within the configured duration, the AP terminates the process until a reboot occurs.

What timeout does this command actually set? I there more detailed information on how supplicant works on IAP? Does it initiate authentication only once and if there is no authenticator response, to triger it once again you have to reboot AP?

I think the AP will wait the timeout period to attempt 802.1X and will then move forward from there.  Allows the AP to operate on a switch where 802.1X hasn't been configured.