Creating a Management Station Schedule
Scenario: You need to create a management station schedule on the Desigo CC server and define an exception to the schedule for a specific time period.
In this scenario, we have defined an exception for a specific time period. You can also create a calendar and set it as an exception to the schedule.
This ensures that you do not have to specify the time periods for multiple schedules and can use the same calendar for all schedules (if the time period is the same).
Reference: For background information, see Management Station Schedules.
Workflow diagram:
Prerequisites:
- System Browser is in Application View.
Steps:
1 – Setup the Type and Time Period of the Schedule
- You have created a Management Station schedule containing a data point that you want the management station schedule to control.
- It is available in Schedules > Management Station Schedules in System Browser.
- Select Applications > Schedules > Management Station Schedules > [Management Station Schedule].
- Click the Setup tab and perform the following steps:
- In the Sub-Type drop-down list, select Weekly or Daily to create a weekly management station schedule or a daily management station schedule.
- From the Start date drop-down list, select the start date for the schedule. Selecting the Any date check box defaults to the current date.
- From the End date drop-down list, select the end date for the schedule. Selecting the Any date check box defaults to an infinite date.
- For every linked object, map values to the Schedule Active/Inactive state in the Output values section.
In case of daily schedules the Output values section is located in the Schedule Entries section.
- The management station schedule of the selected type is created and a time period is assigned to the schedule.
2 – Create Schedule Entries
- Select Applications > Schedules > Management Station Schedules > [Management Station Schedule]
- Perform either of the following steps to add a new schedule entry.
- Navigate to the Day/Week view, right-click, and select Add Weekly Entry.
- Click New in the Schedule Entries tab.
NOTE: In case of weekly schedules, the Output values section is located in the Setup tab.
- Specify the time from when you want to start executing the schedule.
- Click Save
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- The weekly schedule entry is created.
3 – Add an Exception with Entries
- Select Applications > Schedules > Management Station Schedules > [Management Station Schedule]
- Perform either of the following steps to add an exception.
- In the Day/Week view, right-click the day from which you want to add an exception and select Add Exception.
- In the Exceptions tab, click New.
- Select the Date exception type and define the time period when the exception shall be active.
- In the Exception Times section, define the periods and the related schedules states for the days in the defined period (that will override the definitions of the weekly schedule).
The exception periods are marked in red color.
- In the Active Values section, map the exception active value to a value of the linked outputs.
- Click Save .
NOTE: Before the exception block can appear in the daily or weekly view, you must create at least one time and value pair, and one of the values must be ON.
- An exception period is now defined for the management station schedule.
Next, you can configure an Organization Mode as the Output of a schedule.
