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Song Meter SM4BAT FS User Guide 6 Creating Custom Simple Schedules
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of hours and minutes ( ON ) followed by a period of inactivity ( OFF ). The duty
cycle repeats as many times as possible before the END time is reached.
The duty cycle begins at the START time, not when you begin running the
schedule. For example, if you begin the following schedule by pressing
SCHEDULE START at 10:50, the recorder sleeps until the next 15-minute ON
duty cycle occurs at 11:00.
START: time 07:00
DUTY:ON00:15OFF00:45
END: time 19:00
01/01 [ADD]
A typical schedule might only need one block; however, you can combine up to
ten (10) blocks in a single schedule and can even overlap them. The SM4BAT FS
scans all blocks and combines all their recording periods.
For example, you can create a schedule to record continuously from sunset to
sunrise in one block and to record 5 minutes on the hour throughout the whole
day (24 hours) in another block. The recorder combines these, resulting in 5-
minute recordings during the days and continuous recordings during the nights.
In another example, if one block generates a recording period from 08:00 to
10:00, and a second block generates a recording period from 09:00 to 11:00, the
resulting schedule yields a single recording period from 08:00 to 11:00.
6.2 SM4 Configurator Software
In addition to configuring schedules and settings on the recorder, you can use
the Song Meter SM4 Configurator software to confirm schedule behavior on a
graphical calendar and to estimate power consumption and SD memory card
usage for schedules that you plan to run.
We recommend using the software to configure the recorder settings and
schedule when possible as the additional visualization and information it
provides allows you to be sure that your schedule and settings will perform as