Alarm Cast Administrator Tools: Schedules

Procedure

  1. Expand the Tools folder.
  2. Select the Schedules folder in the Alarm Cast Administrator left-pane.
  3. Click New Schedule on the Alarm Cast Administrator toolbar.

    A Details tab displays; schedule detail options are:

    Field Description
    Schedule
    Name Name associated with the Schedule.
    Description Optional
    Times
    Type Schedule type options are:
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Weekdays
    • Weekend
    • Do Not Disturb.
    Do either of the following.
    • Use the dropdown menu options.
    Time is in 30 Min. increments.
    • Type in your own time.
    Important: The schedule details must be saved before adding Destinations
  4. Select the Destinations tab.
  5. Click the Add button to add destinations to the schedule.

    An Assign Schedule Wizard opens; a Source screen displays.

    Selection tools are as follows.

    A Press Ctrl or Shift to multi-select the desired destinations.
    B Click the Select All button to add all destinations.
    C Click Next.

    A Schedule Dates screen opens.

  6. Do the following.
    A Select the Start and End Date for the Schedule
    B (Optional) Enter a note about the selected schedule dates.
    C Click Next.

    A summary of the schedule details will display.

    If the information is not correct, click the Back button to edit details.

  7. Click Finish to add the new schedule to the Alarm Cast Administrator.??

    Result: The schedule will now be listed under the Tools Schedules folder in the Alarm Cast Administrator left-pane.

    New Schedule Wizard (Alternative Launch)

    The New Schedule Wizard can also be opened through the New Item screen.

  8. Click File>New on the Alarm Cast Administrator menu bar.

    A New Item screen opens.

  9. Do the following.
    A Select Schedule.
    B Click OK.

    A Select Server screen opens.

  10. Do the following.
    A Check This existing Alarm Cast server:
    B Select the server to which the schedule will be added.
    C Click Next.

    A Schedule Identification screen opens.

  11. Do the following.
    A Enter a name for the schedule.
    B Click Next.

    A Schedule Times screen opens.

  12. Do the following.
    A Check the schedule type; options are:
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Weekdays
    • Weekend
    • Do Not Disturb
    Note: The Do Not Disturb type is a schedule that can be set up to suppress a currently active schedule. Example An employee works Jan 1 ??? Mar 15 and wants to take a vacation Mar 16 ??? Mar 23. ?? The employee will continue to get paged during holiday unless a Do Not Disturb schedule is created, like or similar to the following.
    MORNING Jan 1 ??? Mar15
    Do Not Disturb Mar 16 ??? Mar 23
    AFTERNOON Mar 24 ??? June 31
    Do Not Disturb July 1 ??? July 20
    In these sample schedules, the employee would not receive any pages during the Do Not Disturb periods, but paging would resume during the regular schedules of MORNING and AFTERNOON.
    B Enter schedules for the selected type times.
    C Click Next.

    A summary of the schedule details will display.

    If the information is not correct, click the Back button to edit details.

  13. Click Finish to add the new schedule to the Alarm Cast Administrator.

    Result: The Schedule will now be listed in the tree view under the Tools, Schedules folder.

    Add a Group, Schedule or Phrase

    Alarm Cast Administrator comes equipped with additional tools that allow a user to configure Groups, Schedules and Phrases. It is conveniently displayed in the tree view under the Tools folder. ??

    The schedules option only displays if the required license key is entered on the Server???s Settings tab. ??The Tools folder contains the following options:

    • Groups
    • Schedules
    • Modems
    • Users
    • Phrases

    There are two ways to add Tools Options.

    Method 1

    Add Tools Options directly under the Destination through either of the following.

    • Device>Provider>Destination.
    • Destinations folder.
  14. Select the Destinations folder.
  15. Select the destination to be configured.
  16. Click the Groups or Schedules tabs to configure these options.

    Method 2

  17. Select the Tools folder
  18. Select the options to configure from the available folders.
  19. Click the Groups folder to add a new Group.

    Note: Modems and Users may already be populated if they have already been added.