Scheduling an Action
An action can be regularly performed at a preset time interval instead of
being triggered by a specific event. For example, you can make the HPDU
report the reading or state of a specific sensor regularly by scheduling the
Send Sensor Report action.
When scheduling an action, ensure you have a minimum of a 1-minute buffer
between the action creation and first execution time. Otherwise, the
scheduled action is not performed at the specified time when the buffer time
is too short. For example, if you want an action to be performed at 11:00
am, finish scheduling it at 10:59 am or earlier.
If the needed action is not available yet, create it first.
An example of the scheduled action is available in the section titled Send
Sensor Report Example (on page 94).
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Select Device Settings → Event Rules → + New Action.
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To select any action(s), select each one in the Available Actions
list, or select all available actions by clicking Select All.
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To remove any action(s) from the Selected Actions field, click the X
for that action, or to remove all actions, click Deselect All.
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Select the frequency in the Execution Time field, and specify the time
interval or a specific date and time using the frequency settings in the
following table.
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Minutes
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Click the Frequency field and select an
option.
The frequency ranges from every minute, every 5
minutes, every 10 minutes, and continues in 5 minute
increments to a maximum of every 30 minutes.
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Hourly
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Type a value in the Minute field, which is set to
either of the following:
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0 (zero) value – For example, the
action is performed on the hour at 1:00 AM, 2:00
AM, or 3:00 AM.
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Non-zero value – For example, if it is
set to 30, the action is performed on the half
hour at 1:30 AM, 2:30 AM, 3:30 AM.
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Daily
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Type the values or click the Up or Down
arrow.
The time is measured in 12-hour format and so you
must correctly specify AM or PM by clicking the
AM/PM button.
For example, if you specify 01:30 PM, the action
is performed at 13:30 pm every day.
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Weekly
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Both the day and time must be specified for the
weekly option.
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Monthly
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Both the date and time must be specified for the
monthly option.
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Yearly
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