User Guide

Schedules
Schedules Reference
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User Guide Version 3.0
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Building Technologies
2017-11-30
6.2.3 Timeline Viewer Reference
This section provides background information for using Timeline Viewer. For
related procedures, see Working with Timeline Viewer [➙ 163].
6.2.3.1 Overview of Timeline Viewer
Timeline Viewer allows you to view the details of multiple management station and
field panel schedules simultaneously, spanning a range of time. To do this, System
Manager must be in Operating mode.
Adding Schedules
For automatic navigation, you select the schedules you want to view from System
Browser, and the Timeline tab displays them by default. For manual navigation,
you select the schedules you want to view from System Browser, and then click the
Send button to have them display in the Timeline tab. While in manual navigation,
you can also drag and drop schedules in the tab. Schedule names in the Timeline
Viewer display in the same order as the schedules in System Browser.
Preset Time Periods
You can click the Zoom to Preset Time Period icon on the Timeline Viewer toolbar
to select how much of the timeline is visible at once. The choices are 12 hours, 1
day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month.
The Timeline Viewer accepts a maximum of 50 schedules. The fewer schedules
you view, the more options you have with the preset time periods. The more
schedules you view, the fewer options you have with the preset time periods.
Viewing Details in the Timeline Viewer
By moving your cursor over an entry in the Timeline Viewer, you can view schedule
details, but you cannot edit them. Double-clicking a schedule’s details, however,
sends the selection to the Default tab where you can edit the schedule.
Color Indicators
A gray interval indicates that nothing has been scheduled for that period, and the
schedule is in its default mode of operation. Other colors in the intervals indicate
that something has been scheduled.
● If colors are assigned to the schedule from the text table, they will appear in the
Timeline Viewer.
● If colors are not assigned to the schedule from the text table, they will default to
blue.
Interval Types
Intervals are classified as one of four types:
● Default—not scheduled intervals (gray)
● Normal—scheduled intervals (solid colors)
● Exception—scheduled overrides to the normal schedule intervals (color-coded
hatch marks)
● Inactive—not active interval (gray hatch marks)
Time Range Scrollbar
The Time Range scrollbar offers another way to control the displayed time span of
schedules. The shorter the time span—one day, for instance—the more detail you
can view. The longer the time span—one month, for instance—the less detail you
can view.
The Time Range scrollbar contains a repeat function to make working with time
ranges easier. Clicking to the left or right of the slider on the scrollbar moves it in
the selected direction for the corresponding time range.