WebScheduler Overview

The WebScheduler is a Web Browser based application for managing the schedules that you find in typical applications such as BMS. It is designed to manage schedules from multiple sources and present them in a uniform manner no matter what equipment or field device driver are used.

See Web and Mobile Client Applications Overview for an overview of Web & Mobile client applications, including their common requirements and deployment steps.

The configuration steps specific for the WebScheduler access to PcVue are as follows:

  • Schedules must be configured in PcVue before the WebScheduler can have access. Although the WebScheduler can be used to edit schedules, it cannot create them.
    This apply both to the built-in Cron timetables, and to the BACnet Schedule and Calendar objects,
  • Make sure timetable user rights, as defined in user profile, are set appropriately as they apply to the access to Cron built-in timetables,
  • Make sure the ScheduleAccess.dat file is defined appropriately, as it controls the user access to BACnet Schedules and Calendars.

This book includes detailed information about how to design your project so that users can successfully take advantage of the WebScheduler.

This version of the WebScheduler supports PcVue built-in Schedules (Cron elements) and the schedules found in BACnet devices (Schedule and Calendar objects). However, the WebScheduler has been designed so that other schedule types (for example those found in LonWorks) can be added in the future as required.

The WebScheduler is a management tool allowing the user to visualize and edit schedules. It does not run schedules itself.

  • The WebScheduler can only configure the PcVue Scheduler existing schedules - it cannot create new ones.
  • The changes brought to built-in CRON schedules are only saved on the web back end station. The WebScheduler must be used in conjunction with a SCADA Basic script used to distribute changes in multi-station (networked) applications.
  • The WebScheduler manages BACnet Schedule and Calendar objects via the PcVue BACnet communication driver. The WebScheduler does not communicate directly over BACnet itself.