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Schedules are set up and managed in two separate steps. The Configurator, described here, is used to
perform initial setup to create, name and provide the basic structure for schedules. The Viewer, which is
described later in Section 3, is used to change the actual start times and the setpoints and work with
schedules on a regular basis.
Schedules are used to change the desired temperature at different times of the day and for different days
of the week. This section provides an overview of how schedules are organized in the System Controller,
and then provides an example of the configuration in a typical office.
There are two types of schedules in the System Controller: Master Schedules and Individual Schedules.
Master Schedules can be applied to several thermostats at the same time. Master Schedules are a good
way to set many thermostats to the same schedule, so that you can make a change to the schedule in
one place and have the change automatically apply to many thermostats. In an office building, for
example, the Office Master Schedule could be used to control all the offices in a building, where
comfortable temperatures are maintained during normal business hours, while the Conference Master
Schedule could be used to control meeting spaces, where the temperatures are set to conserve energy
until the space is needed and someone temporarily adjusts the setting while the space is used.
Individual Schedules are local to each specific thermostat. Making changes to an Individual Schedule on
one thermostat does not change the settings on any other thermostat.
Both Master Schedules and Individual Schedules control settings for a one week period. Examples of
Master Schedules include the "5-2", where Monday-Friday are the same and Saturday and Sunday share
the same settings, and the "5-1-1" where Monday-Friday are the same, and Saturday and Sunday get
their own program. Within any schedule, the week is split into one, two or three individual weekly
programs, which consist of those days that have the same settings.
Each weekly program is further broken down into periods for the day: a day can have up to four periods.
Periods are typically occupied or unoccupied.
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To handle holidays, such as New Year's or the 4
of July, weekly programs have an extra day of the
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week. This special "8
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if desired. Normally, however, the holiday is simply set to have the same settings as the weekend days.
The following images are taken from the Configurator, and show two typical schedules graphically. The
left image shows the "5-2" schedule, where Monday through Friday share one program, and Saturday /
Sunday / Holiday share a different program. The image on the right shows the "5-1-1" where Saturday
and Sunday / Holiday have separate programs.
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