Controlling Avio resources via Calendar Events

Avio Calendar offers the possibility to control any type of Avio resources. For this purpose Events are placed in the Calendar, which are then available as channels on the Avio network and can be linked up with other channels. This way various actions can be executed at desired points of time.

This topic provides information on the following:

Adding and configuring Events
Placing Events in the Calendar

Adding and configuring Events

Click on the Avio Service icon and select Show Avio Calendar (enabled) following which the empty calendar view of the current week is displayed. If the Calendar is not enabled....
...you need to enable it first:

Click the Avio Services icon and select Settings.

Under Control Settings check box Enable Avio Calendar and click Apply Settings.
In the top right-hand corner of the Calendar click MANAGE EVENTS and an empty Event List appears.
Now click on button to add an Event. For the Device enter the required name at Event Name ,e.g. Restart Wings Server . This name also used for the corresponding channel in Avio Manager. For Event Color you can select a color to be used for displaying the Event in the Calendar.
For Avio Address enter a free port and click . If necessary, add further Events likewise.
When you are finished creating the Events, close the Calendar and restart Avio Service. Following this your Events will be visible in Avio Manager under Avio Service - Avio Calendar - Events as channels which can be linked up with the channels of devices to be controlled.

Placing Events in the Calendar

Unless Avio Calendar is already open, click the Avio Service icon and select Show Avio Calendar (enabled).
In the Calendar highlight a time range for playback by clicking and dragging with the mouse. Alternatively you can press the Shift key while highlighting the last field and the time range between will be highlighted.
Click and select for an Event entry. In dialog CREATE NEW EVENT make the following entries:

Base Settings

Event ...here you select the required Event. If no Events can be selected you need to create some first. See Adding and configuring Events.

Time Settings

Start ...here you define the start of playback. Click the Calendar button to select any possible date. The time can be selected very accurately either via a dropdown menu or by numerical entry. If you enable All Day Event the playback time the whole day.
End ...here you define the end of playback. Note: When All Day Event was chosen this option is not available.

Series Settings

Never ...no series setting is active.
Daily ...repeats the Event every day. If you choose Every 2 Days, for example, the Event is repeated every two days. Every workday ensures that the Event is repeated on every workday. At Ends you can enter how often the Event is to be repeated (Occurrences = number of Repetitions) or on what day the Event repetition is to end (End Date = entry of the end date).
Weekly ...repeats the Event every week. The desired weekdays can be specified. The end of repetitions can be defined as explained above at Daily.
Monthly ...repeats the Event every month. Here too, options for Event creation are available.
Yearly ...repeats the Event every year. Here too, options for Event creation are available.

Finish by clicking to enable the Event. Since all Events are displayed in the Calendar you can easily check the effect of the options on the creation of series Events. Once the start time of the Event has been reached the corresponding Event channel is set to 1. The title line now indicates whether Avio Calendar is active or not.

If you want to add an Event it will do to press the Enter key after highlighting the time range. Or you select the type of entry by right-clicking in the Calendar.
The Calendar view can be changed between Day, Work Week, Full week or month by clicking the buttons at the top: . Below this you can switch over between time ranges via buttons < > or select the range via the Calendar buttons . The daily time scale can be set from 1 to 60 minutes per line at the top left corner. The default setting is 30 minutes. The current time is displayed by a horizontal, yellow line in the calendar.
Event entries can easily be moved within the Calendar from one location to another. Moreover, copying (Ctrl + C), cutting (Ctrl + X) and pasting (Ctrl + V) of Events is also possible.
For Series Events it is possible to change or delete individual Events. At the beginning there is a query as to whether you want to change or delete individual Events or all the Events of a series.
The series pattern can be changed at any time via the Properties dialog.
When you hold down the Ctrl key you can move individual Events of a Series Event.