ER1 User Guide 6-7
Time Condition
times begin with a number from 1 to 12, have a colon, then a number from
0 through 59.
• The second drop-down menu lets you specify A.M. and/or P.M. (Note: Standard
Military Time is not supported.)
• The third drop-down menu lets you choose when and how often you would like the
associated action(s) repeated: Once, hourly, twice a day, daily or weekly.
A couple of tips:
• If the time specified in the upper combo box is not valid, or you do not select A.M.
or P.M., then the behavior will not trigger unless you specify a repeat interval. If
you do specify a repeat interval, the behavior will trigger every time the repeat
interval is reached after you press the Run it button. For example, if you leave the
upper combo box blank, then specify Every 10 minutes in the bottom one, the
behavior will trigger 10 minutes after you press the Run it button, then every 10
minutes after that.
• If the time specified in the upper combo box is valid and you choose A.M. or P.M.,
then the timed behaviors are initially triggered as follows: If the time at which you
press Run It is already later than the time at which the behavior would run on that
day, the behavior is scheduled for the next instance of the repeat interval after the
missed time. If you do not choose a repeat interval or select Once, then the behavior
occurs 24 hours after the missed time. If the time has not yet occurred that day, the
behavior is first triggered when the time is reached. Here are some examples which
will clarify these rules for you:
• You schedule a behavior to run at 10:00 A.M. with a repeat interval of Hourly.
You press the Run it button at 10:05 A.M. Since the initial time for the behavior
to run has already passed for the day, the behavior will next run at 11:00 A.M.
• You schedule a behavior to run at 10:00 A.M. with a repeat interval of "Once".
You press the Run it button at 10:05 A.M. Since the initial time for the behavior
to run has already passed, the behavior will next run at 10:00 A.M. the
following day.
• You schedule a behavior to run at 10:00 A.M. with a repeat interval of Hourly.
You press the Run it button at 7:55 A.M. Since the initial time for the behavior
to run has not passed for the day, the behavior will next run at 10:00 A.M. and
then at 11:00 A.M., 12:00 P.M., etc.
When you press the Stop button, all scheduled behaviors are abandoned. The next time
you click on Run it, they are rescheduled based on the above rules, starting from the time
you pressed the Run it button.
Information about the scheduling of timed behaviors is written to the log file in the ER1
folder of your program files, so it is easy to see when your behaviors will run next. Also, if
another behavior is in progress when a time triggered behavior is scheduled to run, the
time triggered behavior is postponed until after the current behavior (and any behaviors
sequenced to run after it) are done.
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