Flowlink 5.1 Software Instruction Manual - Isco

Isco Flowlink 5.1 ® Software
Schedules
Schedule Times
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Check box
The Schedule Window contains the settings that define when a
task or tasks will occur.
Set up a schedule by following the steps below:
1. To open the Schedule Time window, right-click on
Schedule in the workspace and select New Schedule.
2. Select one of the Run Task options and make the
appropriate entries:
• Manual - enter a name. The Manual option can be
useful for performing a series of Flowlink operations
without assigning fixed or recurring times. Start a
Manual schedule with Item>Run Now from the
menu.
• Once - enter the time (e.g. 7:00 AM), and the month,
day, and year.
• Hourly - enter the minutes after the hour.
• Daily - enter the time, and check the applicable days
of the week.
• Weekly - enter the time, and select the day of the
week from the pull-down list.
• Monthly - enter the time and the day of the month.
3. Set up the Error Handling. This provides instructions for
Flowlink when it cannot complete a scheduled task.
Problems such as a bad modem connection or “printer offline”
can cause these errors.
• Fill in the Retry ____ times before quitting and Allow
____ minutes before each retry boxes. Use care so
that later time-critical schedules are not delayed.
• Select the appropriate On Hard Error radio button. A
hard error is when the task has failed all of the
retries. Generally, you would want to abort the task
list if the following tasks at the same scheduled time
relied on this task. For example, if Flowlink was
unable to complete a scheduled interrogation, there
would be no need to continue with the next scheduled
task - printing the graph. Flowlink will log a message
in the Logs Folder after a hard error.
4. Press the Apply Changes button and the schedule will
appear under “Schedules” in the Workspace. If you have
modified an existing scheduled time and wish to restore
the last applied settings, use the Cancel button.
When checked, the schedule is placed on hold. Flowlink will skip
this schedule and all of its tasks as long as this check box is
filled. This does not affect other schedules.
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