old Atwood water heater help

Please accept my humble obeisances.

happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

we got an older camper with this identical manual light water heater control Atwood/robertshaw. We would like to know, if the none ignitor models, turns off and on, automatically?
thanking you all in advance. God bless you all and your linage, for sharing your knowledge from your experiences.

respectfully and your well wisher

shakti