Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 7 - Schedules
4 The Home Control Assistant
These three examples illustrate the needs for each type of schedule entry: example 1 is a good use
for an On entry; for example 2 you would need an Off entry; and for example 3 an On-Off entry
would be appropriate.
Selecting days
When creating a schedule entry, you may be asked to select the day, date, or type of days that you
want this schedule entry to apply to. There are several options. This schedule entry can apply:
 Every day
 Only on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
 Only on Saturday and Sunday
 Only on the days you select
If you choose the
These days option, you must select at least one day.
 Only on a particular date each month
This option creates a schedule entry that applies only once each month, on the same date.
The choices for this option are 1 to 31. If you choose a day that the current month does not
contain (like choosing 31 and the current month is November) this schedule entry won’t
happen this month.
 Only on the date you select
This option creates a schedule entry that happens only once. Once the date you select is in the
past, this schedule entry will not be again be used until next year.
Each date type has its use.
Every day entries are useful for things like turning outside lights on at
dusk.
Monday - Friday entries are good for controlling your house on days that you are off to
work or school
. Saturday and Sunday entries are for those days when you are home. These days
entries may be useful for things like automatic watering systems that you want to run only a few
selected days a week. The last two entry types are used for special purposes that you may have.
Selecting times
You may also be asked to enter the time you want the on (or off) command to be sent. This step
provides many different options for specifying the time. You can create an entry that happens:
 At a specific time (like 6 p.m., 4 a.m., 12:32 p.m., etc.)
 At Sunrise
 At Sunset
 Before sunrise by so many minutes
 After sunrise by so many minutes
 Before sunset by so many minutes
 After sunset by so many minutes
If you choose one of the options based upon sunrise or sunset, the time at which this schedule entry
happens changes each day as the times for sunrise and sunset change. These times are calculated
based on the location properties – latitude and longitude - that you set when you created your home
file.
Using Vary
If you choose a specific time (say 6 p.m.), then the command is sent at that time each day. If you
are creating schedule entries in order to make your house appear lived in (perhaps for security
reasons), you may not want that time to appear so exact. The last options in this step are for that
purpose.
 If, for example, you have chosen 6 p.m. as the time, and you select Exactly, then this entry
happens at 6 p.m.