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Schedule

The Schedule page lists all of your generator's scheduled runs and lets you create, edit, and delete them. Schedules use a simple start time + day picker + duration format and run automatically as long as the system is armed (see Generator Control → Arming behavior).

Schedule page overview

Schedule list

Each schedule appears as a row with:

Element Meaning
Name A friendly label you choose (e.g. Test Run, Sunday Exercise).
Time / day summary Plain-English version of the schedule (e.g. 06:00 on Sun - 60 minutes).
Status badge Success (last run completed normally), Failed, or Pending (never run yet).
Edit (pencil) Open the schedule editor.
Delete (trash) Remove the schedule.

Add Schedule

The Add Schedule button opens a Create Schedule dialog where you fill in:

Create Schedule dialog

Field Format / example
Name Free-form text (e.g. Morning run). Used as the label in the schedule list and run history.
Start Time 24-hour time-of-day picker. The time the run will begin on each selected day.
Duration (minutes) How long the run should last after start. The state machine will issue a stop command after this many minutes.
Days of Week Pill buttons for Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat. Click each day you want the schedule to run. Selected days are highlighted blue.
Enable schedule Toggle. When off, the schedule is kept in the list but skipped. Useful for temporarily pausing a schedule without losing its config.
Cancel / Create Discard or save.

Multi-day vs. single-day schedules

Pick multiple days for a schedule that should run repeatedly (e.g. weekday mornings: select Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri). Pick a single day for a once-a-week run (e.g. Sunday exercise).

Schedules respect the arming state

A scheduled run will be logged but skipped if GenMaster is disarmed when the trigger fires. Under the default Fail-Safe boot policy, a reboot leaves the system disarmed until the operator re-arms — so a schedule that fires within that window will be skipped. The skipped run shows up in the Notification History with the "disarmed" reason.

Editing and deleting

  • Edit opens the same Create Schedule dialog with current values pre-filled. Saving recalculates the next-run time immediately.
  • Delete removes the schedule. There is no undo. Past run history for that schedule remains in Run History.
Use case Time Days Duration Notes
Weekly exercise 06:00 Sun 15 Standard maintenance run, Sunday early morning.
Bi-weekly 06:00 Sun (manually disable on alternate weeks) 30 Or use the Exercise Schedule panel which has built-in bi-weekly support.
Monthly load test 12:00 Sun (1st Sunday — toggle manually) 60 Pairs well with monthly load draw.
Weekday morning warm-up 06:00 Mon–Fri 30 All five weekdays.

If your generator already runs frequently from Victron triggers, an explicit exercise schedule may be unnecessary; check Run History over a 30-day window to confirm.

Difference vs. the Exercise Schedule on the Generator page

The Schedule page is for ad-hoc, repeated schedules — you can create as many as you want and they're independent. The Exercise Schedule on the Generator Control page is a single, dedicated schedule designed specifically for periodic generator exercise runs (with built-in support for Daily, Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly, and a "Run Now" button).

Use Schedule for: morning warm-ups, scheduled load tests, recurring scheduled draws. Use Exercise Schedule for: routine maintenance exercise runs.

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