Setting thread schedules

You can schedule threads to run at specific times of the day using the thread.schedule setting. The threads can be set to run at one or more times during a 24-hour period, and the acceptable values are any time in a 24-hour format (HH:MM). Values can be delimited by the ";" character.

To schedule threads:

  1. Launch the Admin Console and connect to the WB5500.
  2. Click the Settings tab.
  3. Click the settings.conf tab.
  4. Expand Classes.
  5. Expand Threads.
  6. Expand Thread Parameters.
  7. Right-click the “.schedule” value of the thread you want to schedule, and select Modify Value from the menu.
    If the thread does not have a “.schedule” key, right-click anywhere in the window, and select New Setting from the menu. A prompt is displayed. Replace the text "Enter Key Here" with the thread name followed by .schedule. Replace "Enter Value Here" with the schedule string, following the formatting described in the examples.
  8. Specify the schedule string at the prompt, using the format described in the examples.

Examples

In this example, the thread runs every day at 2:30: 

thread.exportswipes.schedule = 02:30

In this example, the thread runs every day at 2:00, 11:30, and 18:00: 

thread.exportswipes.schedule = 02:00;11:30;18:00

In this example, the thread runs at 2:00 and 12:00 every day. If the thread fails to start at 2:00, the thread tries up to 3 times in ten minute intervals (600000 milliseconds). 

thread.exportswipes.schedule = 2:00/3@600000;12:00