
PC/VDT PROGRAMMING - TIME SCHEDULES
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System 2 Installation / Programming Manual
Programming Time Schedules (Option #3)
Before we talk about programming schedules, we need to understand just what schedules are
and how they work. If a schedule is assigned to a user, the schedule dictates when that user
can access a door. For example, you may want to limit the office staff to entering the front
door from 8:00 AM through 5:00 PM. Not only can a schedule be assigned to a user, but a
schedule can also be assigned to a door to dictate when that door will be unlocked for public
access. Example: A retail store would want to automatically unlock the front door at 10:00 AM
and lock it 18:00 PM.
The System 2 supports eight schedules so that you can tailor the system to meet a variety of
needs. On the user schedule side, you might have one schedule for the office staff, another for
the maintenance staff, and yet another for management. On the door side, you might want one
schedule for the front door and a different schedule for the back door.
Note: If you have a two-door System 2 (2016) , the amount of schedules available is 16,
and the amount of time cells in each schedule increases to 64.
Each of the System 2's eight schedules is made up of 32 time cells. A time cell lets you define
WHEN you want WHAT to happen. The WHEN is a time of day and the day or days of the
week (or even a holiday date). The WHAT is a user being granted or denied access or a door
being automatically locked or unlocked. Let's take a look at a schedule and then work through
a sample application.
Here's a schedule:
CELL 1 M T W T F S S
HOLIDAY DATE TIME STATE
CELL 2 M T W T F S S
HOLIDAY DATE TIME STATE
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CELL 32 M T W T F S S
HOLIDAY DATE TIME STATE
What we're interested in first are time cells. You can see from the diagram that there are 32
cells. Let's take one apart from left to right.
On the left you'll see the DAY or HOLIDAY DATE BOX which, on top, contains a day-of-
week box and, below, a holiday date box. For any given time cell only one of these two boxes
can be active. In other words, for a given cell, you pick the day or days of the week you want
something to happen or the holiday date on which you want something to happen, but not both.
Moving to the right, we see the TIME BOX. Once you've pick the days or date you want
something to happen, you use the TIME BOX to specify when on those days or on that date you
want something to happen.
Finally, on the extreme right, you'll see the STATE BOX. The STATE BOX lets you specify
what you want to happen, i.e. START (a user gains access or a door is unlocked) or END ( a
user is denied access or a door is locked). Got it? Let's do an example.
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