OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Year schedules

The Year schedules panel is located on the right side of the Schedules Manager and contains controls used define Year schedules by selecting Week schedules that have been entered for the Project or from the System definitions.

SettingDescription
Schedule type Year schedules can be based on one of the following Schedule types:
  • On/Off — Defines the Year schedule by selecting On/Off Week schedules for week periods totalling an entire year.
  • Percentage — Defines the Year schedule by selecting Percentages based Week schedules for week periods totalling an entire year.
  • Value — Defines the Year schedule by selecting Value based Week schedules for week periods totalling an entire year.
  • Temperature — Defines the Year schedule by selecting Temperature based Week schedules for week periods totalling an entire year.
  • Control — Defines the Year schedule by selecting Control based Week schedules for week periods totalling an entire year.
Note: The Schedule type control is only enabled when a new Year schedule is being created. It is disabled for existing Year schedules.
Week schedules Used to select Week schedules of the same Schedule type as the active Year schedule. The Week schedules drop-down list is used with the From and To options to define the annual periods the selected schedule will be in use.
From Used to define the start date for the selected Week schedule. Clicking on the From date opens a pop up calendar to use for changing the date.
To Used to define the end date for the selected Week schedule. Clicking on the To date opens a pop up calendar to use for changing the date.
Add week Used to add a new Week schedule to the Year schedule being defined. Clicking the Add week button adds a new Week schedule entry to the Year schedules panel with its own From and To dates.
The Add week button is enabled only for a calendar year that has not been completely filled with Week schedules. The illustration above shows the end date for the first week schedule is followed by the next week schedule starting on the next calendar day.

Tip: By default, when weeks are added, the end date is always the last day of the year, which disables the Add week button.

X icon (Delete week) Used to delete Week schedule entries from the Year schedule being defined.