Define steps with a monthly timer

You can use monthly timers to fulfill a step condition or jump condition once a month. You can specify at what time precisely you want the step condition or jump condition to be fulfilled.

To configure a step with a monthly timer

1. Select the Step Program tab. The Step Program panel appears.

2. Locate the step for which you want to change the step condition or jump condition.

3. Select the Condition cell or Jump Condition cell of that step and select Cyclic Timer Month.

4. Select on the Step Timer Preset or Jump Timer Preset cell near the condition cell.

5. Select the Browse button. The Cyclic Timer Month dialog box appears.

   

6. Select the activation time from the pulldown menus and select OK.

   Note: In the Timer Preset field, the value for Day is calculated as day of month - 1. For example: The 5th day of the month appears as 04:00:00:00 in the Timer Preset Field.

   Important: Specifying an offset of days greater than or equal to the number of days in the current month causes the event to fire on the last day of the month. However, if the step is entered on the last day of the month and exceeds the timer preset, the value does not fire in this month. For example: An activation time of 30:5:15:10 entered on February 28 at 6:00AM (non leap year) does not fire in February because it exceeds the preset time of 5:15:10. In this scenario, the event triggers on March 31 at 5:15:10.