How Schedules and Holidays work together
A Schedule is either active or inactive. When you configure a Schedule, you select the days of the week that the Schedule is Active, and you select the Start Time (when the Schedule becomes Active on a day) and the End Time (when the Schedule becomes inactive on a day).
When a Schedule is active, objects that reference that Schedule perform any behaviors that are configured to occur.
For example, if you configure an Event to Arm an Intrusion Zone and you configure a Schedule called “All Weekend” in the Activate on Schedule field, the Event arms the Intrusion Zone when the Schedule becomes Active, and the Intrusion Zone remains Armed while the Schedule is active.
Similarly, Holidays are either active or inactive. Holidays can affect Schedules if the Holidays are members of a Holiday Group that applies to the Schedule.
You can add Holiday Groups to a Schedule so that the Schedule’s Activation and Inactivation can be adjusted to meet your needs.
- A Holiday is active during the periods that are specified on the Holiday General tab.
- A Holiday Group is active if any Holiday that is a member of the group is active.
- Only Holiday Groups may be referenced in a Schedule, so Holidays can only be referenced in a Schedule if they are part of a Holiday Group.
- A Holiday Group can be referenced in a Schedule by adding it to the When These Holiday Groups Are Active, do not Activate Schedule section of the Schedule General tab. When any Holiday in the Holiday Group is active, the Schedule is treated as inactive.
- You can create a “Holiday override” that changes the behavior of a Holiday Group that would normally apply to the Schedule. A Holiday override is created by adding a Holiday Group to the When These Holiday Groups Are Active, Activate Schedule Only During Times Specified Below section of the Schedule General tab and specifying a Schedule Start Time and Schedule End Time. During the time duration specified, the Schedule is active. Outside the override interval, the Schedule is inactive.
- The pre-configured “Always”, “Never”, and “Nightly” Schedules are never overridden by Holidays. The ‘Always” Schedule is always active. The “Never” Schedule is never active. The “Nightly” Schedule is active every night between 2:17 AM and 2:41 AM.
- All Controllers and the C•CURE 9000 Server can process partial-day holidays provided the holiday is a non-recurring type. You cannot configure partial-days for recurring holidays. A partial-day holiday is defined as any holiday that does not cover a full 24-hour period, from midnight to midnight.