• A weekly schedule—Provides an ongoing day-of-the-week, time-of-day schedule, with 7 days (Sunday through Saturday. Days hold schedule events • A holiday schedule—Defines the schedule events that occur on any day defined as a holiday (the schedule must be linked to a calendar. A holiday schedule overrides the weekly schedule. • (Optional) special events—Special event actions that you define for any number of special-event days, typically non-repeating days, or ranges of days. A special-event day overrides the weekly schedule and the holiday schedule. E VENTS Schedule events are the building blocks of schedules. Each event defines a schedule action of either inactive (off) or active (on. Each day in the weekly schedule can be configured to have up to 10 schedule events, meaning up to 5 event cycles per day. Special-event days and the holiday schedule can also have up to 10 events each. Typically, most schedule days are configured with only two events, or a single event cycle. For example, events are active (on) at 8:00 and inactive (off) at 17:00 (5:00pm). Although not typical, an active cycle in a weekly schedule can be configured to span across days. For example, you can set an active event to occur at 18:00 (pm) on Monday and last through Friday at 7:30, when the next (inactive) event is configured. H OLIDAY SCHEDULE Each schedule includes a day (hour) holiday schedule. It defines the schedule events that occur on any calendar day that has been defined as a holiday. Some schedules may have a holiday schedule where the only event is inactive (off. When the schedule encounters a holiday, the normal weekly schedule day is overridden and the holiday schedule is followed for that day. S PECIAL E VENTS Special events accommodate special scheduling needs, based upon defined calendar days. When the schedule encounters a special-event day, both the weekly schedule-day and any holiday, if in effect) are overridden by the events for that specific special-event day. Many special events can be defined fora schedule. You can define a special event as a single day, consecutive days, or a special combination of days.
