Defining a Timeplan

The Channel Manager provides the automatic connection to a device at a specific time or after a defined interval. The information whether a connection could be established is sent to the driver automatically after the connection try. Summary, timeplans trigger a regular poll cycle.

A timeplan is configured in the configuration file "config" in the [channelmanager] section (see Possible Config Entries of the Channel Manager) and can be assigned to 1 - N devices.

There are two types of timeplans - "INTERVAL" and "TIMES".

INTERVAL

An "INTERVAL" timeplan is defined as:

<name> INTERVAL <time in minutes>

<name>

Name of the timeplan. After definition this can be selected in the General ChannelManager settings to assign a timeplan to a Channel Manager device.

INTERVAL

Fixed keyword indicating type of timeplan.

Time in minutes for the interval. The device will be contacted every <time in minutes> minutes calculated from midnight 00:00.

Example:

timeplan = "INTERVAL2MINUTES INTERVAL 10"

TIMES

A "TIMES” timeplan is defined as :

<name> TIMES <time1> <time2> .. <timeN>

<name>

Name of the timeplan. After definition this can be selected in the General ChannelManager settings to assign a timeplan to a Channel Manager device.

TIMES

Fixed keyword indicating type of timeplan.

List of times specified as hh:mm (in 24 hour notation).

Example:

timeplan = "TIMES1 TIMES 17:12 17:14"