Schedules

Create Schedule

Navigate to the Schedules tab, and click the Create button to create a sound masking schedule. Schedules only affect sound masking in zones, not the volume levels for background music or paging. 

Name the Schedule, choose Zones, Days, Ramp (duration), Attenuation, Behavior, Start and End times. Also check if it should be enabled. Press Save to send the schedule to the device.

IMPORTANT: A zone may only follow one schedule at a time - it does not matter if a schedule is enabled or running, or how many days are selected. Additional schedules will not be able to select a zone which follows another schedule. The ability for a zone to follow multiple schedules will be enabled in a future release.   

Note: If both Soft Start and Schedules are running, the one applying the most attenuation for a given zone will always take priority. 

Start and End Times: These values mark where an attenuation Ramp (up or down) will begin. Therefore, in the example shown below with a 60 minute duration:  

• Sound masking begins to reduce in level beginning 7pm until full attenuation is achieved at 8pm. 
• Sound masking begins to advance in level beginning at 5am until no attenuation is applied when 6am is reached. 
  

Ramp: Duration of the attenuation change from the original setting in minutes (15, 30, 60, 90, 120). 

Attenuation: Values in 0.5 dB increments (0 to -10 dB) and Mute. 

Behavior: Every scheduled attenuation change has a Start Time and an End Time. The Behavior setting allows a zone to be attenuated for part of a day, overnight, or for multiple days.

• Ends same day (Unlisted/Control Disabled) - If the Start Time is before the End Time, the Behavior box will be disabled and read “Ends same day.” For example, attenuation that is scheduled to start at 5am, and end at 9am would not require one of the other options.
  
• Ends next calendar day - The End Time will be interpreted as falling on the next calendar day. A schedule configured for Thursday only, with a Start Time of 5pm and an End Time of 7am will result in attenuation being applied from 5pm Thursday until 7am Friday at which time it will ramp back to the normally designated attenuation.
  
  
  
  
• Ends next scheduled day - The End Time will be interpreted as falling on the next scheduled day. A schedule configured for Monday through Friday, with a Start Time of 7pm and an End Time of 5am will result in attenuation being applied from 7pm until 5am Monday -Thursday, and on Friday attenuation starts at 7pm and will not end until Monday morning at 5am of the following week. This option could be used to keep masking in an office building attenuated over the weekend. 
  

Schedule Changes

Changes can be made by choosing the schedule from the drop-down and pressing the Edit button. You will see Running "Yes" if the schedule is currently enabled and running. Once changes are made, press Save to transmit the change back to the device. A message will show on the bottom of the screen to indicate the change was transmitted and saved to the device.