Issue
Internal time schedules in the SE8300 and other 8000 series room controllers.
Environment
- Schneider Electric SE8xxx
Cause
As of the time this article is being written these devices are intended to be controlled by a network management controller or using contact closure on the device. However, some sales documentation states that these devices have "7 day occupancy scheduling (2-4 events)". This documentation was released prematurely and, although future models will have this capability, as of March of 2014 the current models do not.
Resolution
Currently occupancy of the SE8xxx devices can be controlled by a network variable over the Lon, BACnet or ZigBee network. Alternatively, occupancy can be controlled by configuring the device for contact closure control of occupancy.
Future model series SE8xxx devices will support scheduling. Note, however, that it will not be possible to upgrade older devices to support scheduling since the hardware will also be changed.
