The Schedules extension of a NiagaraStation, ObixClient/R2ObixClient, or BacnetDevice has an available Export Manager view. It allows management of schedule components in the local station made available to that remote device.
Like other managers, the Schedule Export Manager is a table-based view (Figure 68). Each row represents a schedule export descriptor. Each descriptor specifies how/when configuration for a local schedule is “pushed” to either:
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An imported schedule component in the designated NiagaraStation.
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An existing BACnet Schedule object or Calendar object in the designated BacnetDevice, or existing schedule in the designated oBIX server.
A Schedule Export Manager works differently in NiagaraNetworks and BacnetNetworks/ObixNetworks.
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For NiagaraStation, you do not create export descriptors using this view—there is no “Learn Mode,” Discover, Add, or New. Instead, each schedule export descriptor is automatically created upon the remote Niagara station “importing” a local schedule component. For more details, see Station Schedules import/export notes.
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For a BacnetDevice or ObixClient, you do use Learn Mode to discover BACnet Schedule/Calendar objects or oBIX schedules in the device. Then, you select and add any as schedule export descriptor(s). In each export descriptor, you must specify the station’s local schedule component that “exports” (writes) its event configuration to that remote schedule object. For more details, see the NiagaraAX BACnet Guide or NiagaraAX oBIX Guide.
After configuration, this view provides a status summary for exporting local schedules. You can also use it to issue manual “Export” commands to one or more schedules. This causes an export “push” of schedule configuration into the remote device.
Only schedule export descriptors appear in the Schedule Export Manager view—any other components that may also reside under Schedules do not appear. For example,
you do not see imported schedules or the default “Retry Trigger” component (see About the Retry Trigger). However, the Nav tree and other views on Schedules provide you access to these items.