Boss’nX scenario triggers: fixed time, sunrise, sunset and conditions

In the Boss’nX Time Programming editor, the WHEN section sets the moment a scenario triggers: a fixed time, or sunrise or sunset with an offset. The IF section then restricts execution with conditions: time range, days and months, date range, or day and night.

For users, administrators and installers allowed to adjust or edit scenarios. To create a scenario, follow the creation guide.

Before you start

• The Operate scenarios permission lets you adjust an existing scenario; Edit scenarios is required to add or remove elements.
• The intended times match the site and the schedule prepared by the installer.

Open the scenario to adjust

1. Open Menu → Time programming. On a tablet or phone, Menu is at the right of the bottom bar.
2. Find the scenario card and click the pencil Edit scenario.
3. If the Tuning mode banner appears, change only the existing options: times, conditions, values and delays of the actions. The name stays locked and the add or remove controls are absent. Do not move actions in this mode.

Trigger at a fixed time

In Triggers, a Fixed time block contains the Time field: set the hours and minutes there. To create this block, with the necessary permissions: Add trigger → Fixed time.

Review and adapt the initially proposed time, for example by replacing it with 07:30. If the time has already passed when you save, do not expect a catch-up execution.

Several triggers are linked by OR: each one is a possible trigger moment. A time added to a solar event does not require both to occur at the same time.

Trigger at sunrise or sunset

1. With edit permissions, choose Add trigger → Sun event; otherwise, adjust the existing block.
2. In its list, choose Sunrise or Sunset.
3. Set the direction of the offset with the small button: + means after the event; click it to display −, which means before. The editor shows only these symbols.
4. Fill in the hours and minutes of the offset: from 0 to 23 hours and from 0 to 59 minutes. An offset of 0 hours and 0 minutes targets the event itself.
5. Review the event and the sign before saving. Example: Sunset, −, 0 hours and 15 minutes triggers the scenario a quarter of an hour before sunset.

The calculation depends on the location and time of the installation. If this context is not established or the solar time seems inconsistent, have it checked by the installer or support, rather than compensating with an arbitrary large offset.

Restrict execution with conditions

Conditions blocks are linked by AND: all the restrictions must be satisfied together. A condition does not trigger any action on its own. No conditions — always active indicates that there is no restriction in this section; also check the activation of the scenario and its triggers.

Limit to a time range

Choose Add condition → Time range, then fill in Start and End, for example 08:00 to 18:00. A range crossing midnight, such as 22:00 to 06:00, represents a night window. To remove any time restriction, an authorized person removes the block with its cross; do not replace the range with two identical times.

Days, dates, day and night: precautions

The other choices require particular attention:

• Days and months shows the selected days and months, the Weekdays and Weekend shortcuts, and two All buttons, one for the days, the other for the months. You can review an existing selection. To restrict execution to certain days, have the setting confirmed by support before changing or enabling this restriction. Do not shift the chosen days to work around an unexpected result.
• Date range shows Start and End with two date fields. Enter explicit dates if this procedure has been validated for your installation. To cover the whole last day, an annual recurrence or a limit related to the time zone, have the rule confirmed by support: an end date does not necessarily include all its hours.
• Day / Night shows the sunrise and sunset offsets, without a selector between day and night: its title alone does not set a “night” choice. To get a night condition or set this block without ambiguity, contact support.
• Several blocks of the same condition type: have the combination validated by support before saving. Conditions combined by AND normally restrict the schedule; do not add duplicate blocks to widen a period.

Save the settings

1. Review the WHEN, IF and THEN sections after your changes.
2. Click Save, then wait for Scenario updated and the return to the list.

Check the result

Reopen the pencil to check the saved values. This review confirms the displayed settings, not a hardware execution: then observe the intended behavior on site.

Troubleshooting

If the time has changed but the action does not happen:

1. Check the card in All, its activation, the reviewed values, the sign of the solar offset and the combined conditions.
2. Then check the actions and their delays with an authorized person, using the actions guide. For activation, follow the viewing guide.

If these checks have already been done, contact support@can-nx.com, stating the scenario, the context, the expected time, the observed result and the attempts already made, without secret credentials.

French labels: Mode ajustement, Déclencheurs → Ajouter un déclencheur → Heure fixe / Événement solaire, Heure, Lever du soleil / Coucher du soleil, Conditions → Ajouter une condition → Plage horaire / Plage de dates / Jours et mois / Jour / Nuit, Début / Fin, OU / ET, Enregistrer; adjustment permission Faire fonctionner les scénarios, full edit permission Modifier les scénarios in the roles and “Gérer les scénarios” in the banner.