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If you accidentally enter a star for every input field, that appointment cannot be
processed. You will receive an error message describing this problem.
5.1.3.4 A Few Notes on Entering Appointments
There are a few things to keep in mind when entering appointments:
Any dates that are in the past cannot be processed, which also includes the lead
time for notification. The Scheduler will inform you that the time of the appointment
or reminder has already passed.
The Scheduler checks for any overlap between appointments for the lead time, both
before and after the new appointment. Of course, any conflicts with variable
appointments are also taken into account in this conflict check. If there are
conflicting appointments, you will receive the message: "Appointment already
scheduled, continue (yes/no)?". If you answer yes, your new appointment will be
entered into the Scheduler's database. If you respond no, you will be able to edit
the appointment.
If two appointments fall at exactly the same time, a warning will appear
("Appointment already scheduled"). As before, you will now have the option of
either confirming the appointment and entering it into the database, or changing the
appointment by answering no.
Every editable input field except for the lead time can contain either the star symbol
(*) or else a valid numeric value. The star symbol indicates a variable. An incorrect
entry (e.g., appointments with too many variables) will result in an error message
("Too many variables for this appointment").
If you edit appointments that contain variables later, the variable input fields will
show the original variables instead of the current data values for those fields.
If the time input field is filled entirely with star symbols, then that appointment is
considered as occurring upon power up of the Braille System on the specified date.
The time input field can contain either all numerical data or all star symbols. No
other kinds of input are valid.
The weekday can be specified only if one of the input fields for the day, month, or
year is variable. Otherwise, the weekday is calculated automatically based on the
date.
For all variable appointments, the calendar week is not calculated.
5.1.3.5 The Appointment Schedule
The appointment schedule shows all the appointments, sorted by date. As already
mentioned, when you open the Scheduler, you will first see "New Entry". If you press the
{Cursor Down} key now, the Scheduler will display the next appointment due, if the
database contains any scheduled appointments. If there are only past appointments in the
database, the appointment schedule will begin with the appointment that is the longest
past. If there are no appointments in the database, you will remain at "New Entry".
The sequence of the data fields shown on the schedule corresponds to the sequence of
data input fields, except that the calendar week and the lead time are not displayed. The
first column of the display contains a symbol indicating the type or status of the
appointment.
The following list explains the meaning of these symbols:
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