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166 Emphasis Console v1.4.0 User Manual
Real Time Programs
You can program your Emphasis Control System with Real Time Programs . A Real Time
Program executes a macro automatically at a specific time of day. As long as your
Emphasis Control System is powered up and running, the Real Time Programs can take
care of themselves, turning lights on and off without an operator.
Real Time Programs can be setup to play back every day, only on certain days of the week,
or even only on specific dates. You can assign absolute time of day, or you can assign a
relative time based upon sunrise and sunset times for your location using the system’s
astronomical time clock feature.
It is possible to have Real Time Programs recorded, but not allow them to play back. Before
you can properly use the Real Time Programs you will need to set the time and location
settings, and you will need to enable the Real Time Programs so that they will play back.
Setting the time and location
To use real time programs, you will need to set the time and date in Emphasis (see Clock
Functions, page 51 ). If you want to use astronomical time clock functions to activate events
based on sunrise and sunset times, you will also need to set the location of the Emphasis
Control System. Tables of location data are in the next section ( Time and Location, page
172 ).
N o t e :
Setting the astronomical time clock functions here does not transfer to the astronomical
time clock settings in Emphasis Visualization for daylight rendering. You will need to set
the location data in both places to use both features.