Section 14: Event Scheduling; Date Schedules; Holiday Groups; Open/Close Suppression - DSC Maxsys PC4020 Installation Manual

Section 14: Event Scheduling

Event scheduling allows for a variety of timed events to occur on specific dates and at specific times. Openings and clos-
ings can be suppressed during high traffic times, outputs may be programmed to follow date schedules and partitions may

14.1 Date Schedules

Ref #: [001001]
The panel uses date schedules to control the period during
which an event will occur. There are 99 date schedules,
each containing four intervals. Date schedules are used by
open/close suppression schedules, holiday groups, arm-
ing/disarming schedules and output schedules (see 11.3
'Programmable Output Options').
To disable a date schedule, set all the days of the week and
all the holiday groups to N.
NOTE: Date schedules 00 and 01 are special purpose
schedules used to control events for the PC4820 Access
Control module. For information regarding these
schedules, see the PC4820 Installation Manual.
Interval Programming
Ref #: [001001XXYY] where [XX = date schedule 02-99]
and [YY = interval 01-04]
Every date schedule contains four intervals. Each interval
contains the time and days that the schedule will be active.
Intervals also contain holiday groups as well as automatic
arming/disarming options. The following items can be
programmed for each interval:
Set Start Time
Program the time of day that the schedule interval will start
(HHMM). The default time is 0000 (midnight). Valid entries
are 0000-2359 and 9999 (no start time). If two intervals in a
schedule are programmed for the same start time, the
schedule will follow the interval with the longest end time.
Set End Time
Program the time of day that the schedule interval will
end (HHMM). The default time is 0000 (midnight). Valid
entries are 0000-2359 and 9999 (no end time).
Select Toggles
The following toggle options are available for each inter-
val. Select either [Y]es or [N]o for each option by pressing
the [*] key. The default for each option is No (off).
• Sunday-Saturday: Select on which days of the week
the interval will be active.
• Holiday 1-4: Select the holiday group(s) that the inter-
val is to follow. See 14.2 'Holiday Groups' for holiday
programming.
• Auto-arm: Select whether the interval will be used to
automatically arm any partition(s) selected by the arm-
ing and disarming schedule. See 14.4 'Arming/Dis-
arming Schedules' for auto-arm programming.
• Auto-disarm: Select whether the interval will be used
to automatically disarm any partition(s) selected by
the arming and disarming schedule. See 14.4 'Arming/
Disarming Schedules' for auto-disarm programming.
NOTE: Do not program an interval with both auto-arm-
ing and auto-disarming enabled. In order for these fea-
tures to work, they must be programmed as separate
intervals
Activating Outputs for Less than One Minute
When programming an output to activate for less than
one minute, program the output's pulse time between 01
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be auto-armed and auto-disarmed at specific times
and 59 seconds. The output will remain active for the
number of seconds programmed. If the pulse time is pro-
grammed as 00, the output will remain active until the end
time of the interval (see 11.3 'Programmable Output
Options').
Activating Outputs for Longer than One Day
If a schedule is required to extend past 24 hours, two inter-
vals will be required. Program the start time of the first
interval and select the day of the week on which the
schedule should start. Program the end time of the first
interval and the start time of the second interval as [9999].
Program the end time of the second interval and select the
day of the week on which the schedule should end.
Activating Schedules on Specific Days
You may have an application that requires a schedule to
only be active on holidays. Program an interval with the
desired start and end time. Select [N] for every day of the
week. Select [Y] for the correct holiday group. Normally,
the schedule will never activate except on the holidays
programmed in the selected holiday group.
NOTE: To properly disable an interval, you must return
all of the interval settings to the default state.

14.2 Holiday Groups

Ref #: [001002]
Holiday Groups allow for days when scheduled events
should not occur. There are four Holiday Groups. Up to two
years of dates can be programmed per holiday schedule.
To program a holiday schedule, select the Holiday Group
from 1 to 4 and the display will read 'Enter Date'. Enter the
month, day and year—this year or next—as a 6-digit entry
(MMDDYY). Once the date has been entered, the keypad
will beep and another date can be entered using the same
format. Use the [<] [>] keys to scroll through the pro-
grammed dates. To erase a selected date, press the [*] key
when the date is displayed on the keypad. Once a holiday
has occurred, the holiday will be erased from the panel's
memory.
Holiday Groups 1-4 can be enabled for any interval of any
Date schedule.
NOTE: The system time and date (including year) must
be set before holiday schedule programming can begin.

14.3 Open/Close Suppression

Ref #: [001000]
Open/Close Suppression will prevent the communication
of openings or closings for the partitions following a pro-
grammed date schedule. When an Open/Close Suppres-
sion schedule is active, openings or closings for the
selected partitions will be logged to the event buffer but
no transmission will be made to the central station.
There are 99 Open/Close Suppression Schedules. Each is
capable of suppressing openings or closings for the
selected Partitions, but not both. To suppress openings
AND closings, two separate Open/Close Suppression
schedules must be programmed.
The following options are programmable for each Open/
Close Suppression schedule: