4. ENTERING AND EDITING HOLIDAY/
EXCEPTION DATES
Note: If no holiday schedules are necessary, skip to
“Changing Time and Date”.
The clock has advanced holiday/exception (referred to as
holidays) date scheduling ability. The clock can have up to 32
holiday start dates each with a duration of 1 to 120 days in
length. Each holiday may be assigned one of three different
holiday day types, H1, H2 or H3.
When a holiday start date occurs, the clock substitutes the
assigned holiday day types (H1, H2, H3), for the normal day
of the week schedule (Monday, Tuesday, etc.,) which would
normally be executed. Selecting the schedules that execute
on a holiday is done when entering and editing Day-of-
Week Schedules (see section 3.4). The clock can continue to
execute the holiday schedule for a consecutive number of
days specified by the holiday duration.
The holiday worksheets found at the end if this manual
should be filled out prior to entering any holiday data.
4.1 Accessing the Edit Holidays Screen
To access the holiday date screen, from the Run screen
press the MENU button to access the Main Menu. Use the
UP or DOWN buttons to move the Navigation Pointer to “Edit
Holidays”. Press the ENTER button to access holiday dates.
Override Chnls
Edit Schedules
>Edit Holidays
Set Time/Date
Clock Pref’s
Figure 4.1 Main Menu, Edit Holidays selected.
4.2 Navigating the Holidays Screen
Use the UP or DOWN buttons to move the Navigation Pointer
to the desired holiday parameter and then press the NEXT
button to access the data field. A data field is active and can
be modified when it is blinking. When active, use the UP or
DOWN buttons to scroll data up or down. When in a data
field, use the NEXT button to go to the next data field or the
PREV button to go to the previous data field on that line or
go back to the Navigation Pointer.
Holidays can be quickly viewed by consecutively pressing the
ENTER button when in the Edit Holiday screen. The clock
will display the saved holiday data one screen at a time
while sequentially stepping through the holidays. Another
quick way to view the first four lines of each holiday is to
select “Hol#:” with the Navigation Pointer and press the
NEXT button to make the holiday number data active. Then
use the UP or DOWN buttons to sequentially step through
the holidays viewing the first four lines of each holiday.
4.3 Holiday Number (Hol#:)
The holiday number is a sequential number given to each
holiday for access and reference. There are 32 available
holiday dates. Enter the holiday number data field by
navigating the pointer to the “Hol#:” descriptor in the
Holiday Date screen and then press the NEXT button. The
Holiday Number data field will become active by blinking.
Use the UP and DOWN buttons to scroll through the holiday
numbers. As the holiday number is changed, the screen will
display the first four lines of data already saved in memory
for that holiday number. Press the NEXT button to advance
to the next holiday data field.
4.4 Holiday Types (Type:)
Each holiday has a holiday type to determine which clock
schedules will execute on a specific holiday. There are four
holiday types; H1(1), H2 (2), H3 (3), or UNUSED. On the
holiday start date and continuing through the duration of the
holiday, the clock will substitute the schedules assigned to
the holiday type instead of the schedules normally executed
on the day of the week. Holiday types are assigned to
schedules when entering or editing schedules (see Days of
the Week and Holiday Types, section 3.7).
Enter the holiday type by navigating the pointer to the
“Type:” descriptor in the holiday screen and then press the
NEXT button (or, if already in the holiday “Hol#:” data field
just press the NEXT button). The holiday type data field will
become active by blinking. Use the UP and DOWN buttons
to select the desired holiday type followed by pressing the
NEXT button to advance to the next data field.
Figure 4.4 shows the data for holiday number 4. On the third
Monday in February every year (President’s Day holiday in
USA), the clock will execute all schedules previously saved in
the Edit Schedules section for holiday H3.
Hol#: 4
Type: H3
Start Date:
3rd MON in Feb
# of Days: 1
ENTER TO SAVE
Figure 4.4 Holiday screen with single
day recurring holiday.
4.5 Holiday Start Date (Start Date:)
The holiday start date is the first day the holiday begins.
The holiday starts at just after midnight on the start date
and ends at midnight on the last day of the holiday. Holidays
can be defined as either a specific month and day date, or
a day of week occurrence such as the fourth Thursday in
November (Thanksgiving holiday in USA).
After assigning a holiday type of either H1, H2, or H3 in
the “Holiday Type” section, enter the holiday start date by
navigating the pointer to the “Start Date:” descriptor in the
holiday screen and then press the NEXT button (or, if in the
previous data field, press the NEXT button). The first data
field for the start date will become active by blinking. The
first data field is the month/week field if using the M/D/Y
format or is the day/week field if using the D/M/Y format
(see Selecting Time and Date Formats, section 3.7.5 to
select date formats).
Use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the first data
field to the desired value. From the default start date of
MM/DD/ALL or DD/MM/ALL, scroll up to increase month
(M/D/Y format) or day (D/M/Y format) values when using
date holidays. Month values are 1 to 12 with 1 = January, 2
= February, etc. From the default start date, scroll down for
week values when using day of week holidays and for Easter
Sunday holiday. Week values are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Lst (last)
and EASTER (for Easter Sunday).
Hol#: 1
Type: H1
Start Date:
MM/DD/ALL
Figure 4.5A Holiday screen with default start
date (M/D/Y Format).
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