4Drivers Universal Scheduler and Timer

Schedules created by the homeowner, right from the Navigator, for lights, lighting scenes, shades, air conditioning and room audio/video.

Overview

The driver adds a button with its own screen to the Navigator (touch screens, app and Composer). Each schedule defines:

• When: a fixed time, sunrise or sunset (up to 6 hours before or after);
• Days of the week, or Run only once: the schedule runs the next time its time comes and then disables itself. To repeat it, just enable it again on the screen (it runs once more and disables itself again). The "Run now" button does not disable the schedule;
• Actions: one or several devices, each with its own action.

At the top of the screen, the Active only button (filter icon, the same as in the Control4 app) shows only the active schedules and timers, and the theme selector lets the homeowner switch between Default, Classic and Light (the choice applies to all screens and changes the Interface Theme property).

Devices are found automatically in the project and can be browsed by room or by type. Rooms follow the project order, and hidden rooms are not shown.

Available actions

In the editor, the ▶ button next to each action sends the command immediately, for testing.

Timers

On the Timers tab, the New timer button creates a countdown of up to 23 hours and 59 minutes that, when it ends, runs the same actions as a schedule (lights, scenes, shades, climate and audio/video).

• The screen shows the remaining time and the approximate end time.
• The actions may run a few seconds (up to about 10 s) after the countdown ends.
• When it ends, the timer stays in the list, stopped. To use it again, just turn it on: the countdown restarts from the full time.
• Turning off a running timer cancels the countdown without running anything. "Run now" runs the actions without touching the countdown.
• The countdown survives a controller restart. If the time ended while the controller was off, the timer is stopped without running any action.
• If schedules are paused (or the scheduler is disabled) when the timer ends, it finishes without running the actions.

Control4 scheduler

Each schedule also appears in the Control4 scheduler, which handles the timing. This allows sunrise and sunset, calculated from the project location.

If the Control4 scheduler is not available on the system, the driver keeps track of the clock itself and runs fixed-time schedules only. The Scheduler Agent Status property shows this condition.

Requirements

• Correct project date, time, time zone and location (the location is used for sunrise and sunset).

Installation

1. Add the driver to the project and add its button to the rooms where the homeowner should access the schedules.
2. Set Language.
3. Check Devices Found to confirm the project devices were found. If devices are added later, use the Refresh Device List action or the Refresh list button on the Devices tab.
4. Open the button in the Navigator and create the schedules.

Properties

Driver actions

Programming

Commands: run, enable or disable a schedule by name; start or stop a timer by name; pause and resume all. The name is picked from a list of the schedules and timers created on the screen; if one is renamed later, programming made with the previous name keeps working.

Events: Schedule Executed, Schedules Paused, Schedules Resumed, Timer Expired.

Variables: name of the last executed schedule, name of the last finished timer and whether schedules are paused.

Troubleshooting

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