Scheduled Action Case Studies

Keyholder A has the right to close a client premise, but not the right to open. An Activation should be generated if Keyholder A opens the client premise.

Setup in Patriot:

Two new Action Plans are required to implement this example in Patriot. The first is a non-priority Action Plan called Monitor User Open/Close which will be assigned to Keyholder A on the Users Tab of the client file.

The Monitor User Open/Close Action Plan is assigned to Keyholder A.

Important points about the Monitor User Open/Close Action Plan are its Signal Type and Scheduled Actions:

• Signal Type is set to Cascade - when an Open, Close or other event containing user information is received, the Signal Type from the Level 1 Action Plan will be cascaded up to the User Action Plan - Monitor User Open/Close.

• Scheduling is set to Use Client Status and the alternate Action Plan is set to our second new Action Plan called Unauthorised User Unset. This setup ensures that a different Action Plan will be chosen depending on whether Keyholder A open or closes the client premise.

Monitor User Open/Close is the first of two new Action Plans required by this example - Signal Type is set to Cascade, and Scheduling is active.

The Unauthorised User Unset is a priority (Activating) Action Plan with no active Scheduled Actions. This Action Plan is not designed to be assigned to any Client, Event, User or Zone in Patriot, instead its sole purpose is to act as the alternate Action Plan to Monitor User Open/Close. The Signal Type is again set to Cascade, this is important as it ensures that when this Action Plan is chosen (ie. Keyholder A unsets the client premise) the client premise's state will be updated to Open/Unset in addition to an Activation being generated.

Unauthorised Open is the second of two new Action Plans required by this example - Signal Type is set to Cascade, and Scheduling is inactive.

In Practice:

Keyholder B, who always has set/unset rights (no assigned Action Plan), opens the site just after 0900 hrs on Monday morning:

Open signal received from Keyholder B.

No Action Plan is assigned to Keyholder B, Patriot chooses the level 1 Action Plan "Unset with User #" which is assigned to the event type.No Activation is triggered.

Keyholder A, who only has set rights, closes the site just after 1700 hrs Monday evening:

Close signal received from Keyholder A.

The Monitor User Open/Close Action Plan is assigned to user Keyholder A. Patriot overrides the Level 1 Action Plan and selects the user assigned Action Plan and cascades up the signal type of Closing (Set). Scheduling is active on the selected Action Plan but because the site status is currently open, the alternate Action Plan is not chosen.No Activation is triggered.

Just after 2200 hrs the same Monday evening Keyholder A opens the site:

Open signal received from Keyholder A.

The Monitor User Open/Close Action Plan is assigned to user Keyholder A. Patriot overrides the Level 1 Action Plan and selects the user assigned Action Plan. Scheduling is active on the selected Action Plan and the site status is currently closed so the alternate Action Plan Unauthorised User Unset is chosen and the Opening (Unset) signal type is cascaded up from the Level 1 Action Plan.Activation is triggered.