Time Control

Open the Time Tasks dialog to define tasks that the camera performs at specific points in time (most often recurring periodically). A typical example would be to update an image on a website every 10 minutes between 7 am and 9 pm every day.

Note: In order to properly test the time task, make sure that the first occurrence is at least one minute in the future. If this is not the case, the time task will not be executed!

Configuring Time Tasks

Actions and messages that can be executed as time tasks

Action/Message	Description
Restore last configuration	The last permanently stored configuration is retrieved. Temporary setting are lost. Use this action to reset all cameras periodically which can be accessed by several persons at user level (e.g. for testing purposes).
Reboot the camera	In order to ensure that the camera functions operate as desired, it is recommended to reboot the camera periodically. By its factory default settings, the camera will reboot every morning at 3:36 am.
Reboot randomly within one hour	As opposed to a regular reboot, the camera can execute the reboot randomly within one hour. This method prevents the camera from rebooting at the same time and thus prevents exploiting the camera's downtime during the reboot.
Trigger a Time Task (TT) event	Triggers an event following a certain time scheme. Note: In case this action is not be displayed, activate the Time Tasks (TT) option in the Event Settings dialog and reload this dialog.
FTP "<profile name>": Current image FTP "<profile name>": Event Archive	Select one of the FTP profiles that you have created in the FTP Profiles dialog and set the action of your choice: Current Image: Stores the current image on the FTP server. Use this action to store periodic images on a website, for example. Event Archive: Downloads all events as compressed archive file on the FTP server. Note: After the images have been transferred, they are deleted in the RAM. The compressed archive file can be several MB in size. If these actions are not displayed, create a profile in the FTP Profiles dialog and reload this dialog.
E-Mail "<profile name>"	Select one of the e-mail profiles that you have created in the E-Mail Profiles dialog in order to send e-mails periodically. Note: If this action is not displayed, create a new profile in the E-Mail Profiles dialog and reload this dialog.
Phone call "<profile name>"	Select one of the profiles you have created in the Phone Profiles dialog and the camera will call periodically. Note: If this action is not displayed, create a new profile in the Phone Profiles dialog and reload this dialog.
IP Notify "<profile name>"	Select one of the IP Notify profiles that you have created in the IP Notify Profiles dialog to send the IP message periodically. Note: If the desired IP message is not displayed, create a new profile in the IP Notify Profiles dialog and reload this dialog.
Play audio message "<file name>"	Select one of the audio files that you have created in the Manage Audio Messages dialog in order to play back the audio file over the camera's speaker periodically. Note: If this action is not displayed, record a new audio file in the Manage Audio Messages dialog and reload this dialog.

Numeric Values of the Time Fields

Time Field Possible Values

minutes Minutes from 0 .. 59

Hours

Hours from 0 .. 23

Attention:	This field is evaluated without considering the minutes. This may lead to the camera transferring images from 7 am until 7:59 pm if you have entered `7-19` in this and "" in the Minutes* field. See also: Examples.

Days of Month Days of the month from 1 .. 31

Months Months from 1 .. 12

Days of the Week

Week days from 0 .. 7, where 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ... 6 = Saturday, 7 = Sunday

Attention:	If you are using numbers (as opposed to ) for both* calendar days and the days of the week, the camera will execute the task if at least one of these criteria has been fulfilled. See also: Examples.

Note: When filling out the time fields, you can only use numbers.

Combined Time Field Entries

You can enter a numeric value for a point in time, an asterisk *, a list, a range or an interval:

Character Function Description

Numeric Value A numeric value means at this point in time: 12 in the Minutes time field means at the 12th minute.

* Every The asterisk "*" means every: "*" in the Hours time field means at every hour.

, List You can combine several numeric values to form a list: 3,6,8 in the Days of Month time field means on the 3rd, 6th and 8th of every month.

Range

You can enter a range in time field. 7-9 in the Months time field means from the 7th month (July) to the 9th month (September).

Note that the smaller numeric value always comes first. Thus, entering 22-5 in the Hours field returns an error. In this case, you need to enter two ranges (22-23,0-5), or you could define two tasks.

Increment
(every nth)

You can shorten a list by entering an increment: 7-18/2 in the Hours time field means from 7 am to 6 pm, every second hour.

The entry corresponds to the following list: 7,9,11,13,15,17.

You can also combine an increment with an asterisk (*): */10 in the Minutes field means every 10 minutes, starting with minute 00.

Note:

Values that are larger than 1/2 of the maximum value (e.g. >30 for minutes) only make sense for certain exceptions, as the task will be executed once at minute 00 and then again after the interval.

Example: Entering */50 will execute the task once at minute 00, then again at minute 50.

Note: Enter at least one number in one of the time fields. A task is rejected if you have entered asterisks in every time field.

Examples

minutes	Hours	Days of Month	Months	Week Days	Explanation
`*/10`	`7-21`	`*`	`*`	`*`	The task is executed every 10 minutes between 7 am and 9:50 pm every day. If you would like to store images from 7 am to 9 pm sharp, create two time tasks (see next example).
`*/10` `0`	`7-20` `21`	`` ``	`` ``	`` ``	If you would like the task to be performed on the hour for the last time, you need to define a second task with this exact hour and the value `0` for minutes. These two tasks now work as follows: The first task is executed every 10 minutes between 7 am and 8:50 pm every day. The second task is performed just once every day, at 9:00 pm.
`*/10`	`7-15`	`*`	`6-9`	`2,4`	The task is executed every 10 minutes between 7 am and 3:50 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June to September.
`*/15`	`8-16`	`*`	`*`	`1-5`	The task is executed every 15 minutes between 8 am and 4:45 pm from Monday to Friday.
`30`	`15`	`1,15`	`*`	`5`	The task is executed at 3:30 p.m., on the 1st and 15th of each month and additionally on each Friday.

Options

At the right border of the dialog, two option switches per defined task are displayed:

Inactive	The task is deactivated although the definition remains in the configuration.
Delete	The task is deactivated and will be deleted from the configuration.

Note: The Remove option is only available for stored tasks.

Konfiguration sichern

Klicken Sie auf Setzen, um die Einstellungen zu aktivieren und bis zum nächsten Neustart der Kamera zu sichern.

Klicken Sie auf Voreinstellung, um diesen Dialog auf die werkseitigen Voreinstellungen zurückzusetzen (dieser Button wird nicht in allen Dialogen angezeigt).

Klicken Sie auf Wiederherstellen, um alle Änderungen seit dem letzten permanenten Speichern der Konfiguration zu verwerfen.

Beenden Sie den Dialog durch Klick auf Schließen. Hierbei wird geprüft, ob Änderungen der Gesamtkonfiguration vorliegen. Ist dies der Fall, werden Sie gefragt, ob die Gesamtkonfiguration dauerhaft gesichert werden soll.

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