Start a Link’nX scenario at a set time: Timed trigger

The Timed trigger in Link’nX requests a scenario start at a given time, in the chosen time zone. Restrictions on days, dates or other criteria are then chosen as scenario conditions.

Intended for administrators and installers who know the expected time and time zone for the installation.

Create the Timed trigger

1. In Triggers, click Add, then select Timed in Select a trigger type, Schedule group. For an existing trigger, open its name or its pencil.
2. Fill in Name, required and limited to 64 characters. Fictitious example: “Reception start 08:30”.
3. Click in Time. Although its hint in the French interface mentions a “sélecteur de date” (date picker), this field opens the time selection. Select the hours, then the minutes on the dial and confirm with OK. CANCEL closes this choice without confirming it.
4. Check the result in 24-hour format, for example 08:30. Use a time from 00:00 to 23:59: input precision is to the minute.
5. In Timezone, type part of the country or zone name, then select a suggestion. Fictitious example for an installation in mainland France: France, Europe/Paris. The field keeps Europe/Paris. Choose the time zone planned for the installation, without relying only on that of your computer.
6. Click the floppy disk at the bottom right, then follow the creation or edit confirmations.

Add the trigger to the scenario

1. In the relevant scenario, select this trigger in Triggers, as described in the scenario composition guide.
2. Add any necessary conditions, then save the scenario.
3. Also check the scenario’s activation.

The delay between two scenario actions is set separately, in the Wait cards of the action sequence: it is not the trigger’s Time field.

Check the result

Reopen the trigger to check the saved time and time zone. After the scheduled time, see the history, taking the action delays into account. A successful manual launch does not verify the time schedule: wait for a start at the planned time.

Troubleshooting

Message or symptom	Action
Issue with the field ‘Time’. It requires a value.	Reopen the picker and confirm a time
No zone offered in Timezone	Clear the search, then search for the name of the country or city in the form offered by the list
Expected time zone not found	Contact support instead of entering an approximate value
The scenario does not start at the expected time	Check in this order: the time and time zone of the saved trigger, its presence in the scenario, the activation switch and the selected conditions, then the history

Do not compensate for an unexplained offset by changing several times in succession. For an offset schedule, an installation spread over several time zones or the behavior at the seasonal clock change, contact support@can-nx.com with the expected time, the chosen time zone, the date, the scenario and the observed result.