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Scheduler
Double Occupancy
Double Occupancy is when two events occupy the same time slot.
If you plan on having a fairly complicated schedule, you may want to be sure you
don’t have events competing with each other for execution when their time and
date come around. This discussion looks at what happens when to events end up on
the same time and date. It explains the rules used to determine which event wins.
Definitions
The following are previously undefined terms used in the
Scheduler Rules
discussion below
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Timestamp
- time portion of the event's starting point (T: and
D: )
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Datestamp
- date portion of the event's start point (T: and D: )
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Slot
- the event's tim datestamp.
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Startslot
- slot when the event begins (required)
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Endslot
- slot when the event ends (not required)
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Profile
- an event’s startslot, endslot, type (defined below)
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Double Occupancy -
two events in the same slot.
The following
types
of events exist in the AM-4:
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One-shots
-One time events with no repeat
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Loops
- Repeating events
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Finites
- loops that have an end time and end date
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Infinites
- loops with no end time or end date
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Active Event
- events with today's datestamp that have been
or will be loaded into the queue
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Executable Event
- events with the current timeslot.
•
Start Time Bootups
- events with start time listed as BOOT.
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Repeat Period Bootups
- events with repeat period listed as
BOOT.
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