Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 10
Schedules, modes, and events
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Table 84. Mode Email form fields (continued)
Field
Email Body
Description
Enter the body of the email here.
For example, if you are changing to Normal mode from Holiday mode, enter text describing this change.
Changing modes by scheduling a mode event
Use the Mode Event form to schedule a mode change, such as from Normal to Holiday. To have the
system return to normal operations when the mode event is over, schedule another mode event that
activates Normal mode.
When the system enters a new mode, it does not execute events for the new mode that are
scheduled to occur before the new mode starts. For example, if an event scheduled for 7 a.m. in
normal operating mode unlocks the lobby doors, but the system does not return to normal mode until
8 a.m., then the lobby doors will remain locked until the next day at 7 a.m.
Exception: If communication with the micro is lost, when the micro resets, it goes back to midnight
and executes all events scheduled to begin from midnight until the current time. If the event that was
in progress when the micro reset was scheduled to start before midnight, the micro does not
recognize it and defaults to the normal mode. To ensure that a schedule is restored when a micro
resets, schedule events to begin after midnight, for example 00:01.
If you schedule or command the system to return to normal operating mode after the time when
scheduled runtime events for normal mode are supposed to occur, it is a good idea to schedule start/
end events such as unlocking (or locking) the lobby doors. See Start/end events on page 193.
If there are three or more modes in the system, activating an event at mode end does not determine
the mode to which the system is switching. For example, assume the following three modes are in
the system, Normal, Holiday, and Emergency. If the system is currently in Holiday mode, at the end
of Holiday mode, the system could switch to either Normal or Emergency mode. Therefore, it is
recommended that you activate an event at mode start if there are three or more modes in the
system.
Example
The New Year Holiday mode could be triggered by a New Year Start mode event scheduled at 5 AM
on New Year’s Day, then returned to Normal mode by an New Year End mode event scheduled at 7
AM on the day after New Year’s Day.