D3 Pro Scheduler - Crestron D3 PRO Reference Manual

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D3 Pro Scheduler

The D3 Pro Scheduler allows you to trigger events at a specific time of day and to
create basic, periodic, or custom "by date" schedules. In addition, users can adjust the
properties of scheduled events via a touchpanel.
Before building a system that includes Scheduler programming, you must specify the
location where the run-time data will be stored. In System Properties (on the Edit
menu), select either Compact Flash or NVRAM from the RunTime Data Storage
section of the General tab. If you select Compact Flash, be sure that you have a
formatted Compact Flash card installed in the control processor.
You can trigger events according to two clocks: Standard or Astronomic. The
Standard clock allows you to select any time (in one-minute increments) from 12:00
A.M. (midnight) to 11:59 P.M. and assign an event to that time. For example, you
can create an event for 8:30 A.M. and name it "Front Exterior Lights Off". At 8:30
A.M. on the specified dates, this event will be triggered and any programmed actions
will be executed.
The Astronomic clock works in a similar manner, except that events are triggered at
a time of day relative to sunrise or sunset. The Scheduler calculates sunrise/sunset
times given the latitude and longitude of the location, as set in System Properties.
You then enter an offset from sunrise or sunset. For example, you can schedule an
event for "1 hour before sunrise". If the Scheduler calculates sunrise for a given day
to be 5:05 A.M., then the scheduled event will be triggered at 4:05 A.M.
Basic events can be marked to occur on certain days of the week, during certain
months of the year.
Periodic events occur first on the designated start date, and then re-occur at a fixed
period until the stop date is reached. The period can be a certain number of days,
weeks, months or even years from the date the event last fired. For example, if a
periodic event is set to occur every 4 days and the start date is March 3rd, then the
event will occur on March 3rd, 7th, 11th, etc., until the stop date is reached.
By Date events are the most flexible, allowing you to select one or more Event
Calendars to determine when the event should be triggered. Each calendar can have
an arbitrary number of dates marked off, and each calendar is globally available to all
By Date events. For example, you might create a Calendar named "National
Holidays" that has all the major holidays marked off. Another Calendar might be
called "Vacation" and has all planned vacation dates marked off. Each By Date event
can then use either or both of these Calendars.
To create schedules
1. In Programming View, select the Scheduler
2. Click New to add a new event to the Scheduled Events list. As shown in the
following diagram, this will open the Scheduled Event Details dialog,
allowing you to edit the event settings.
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