Broadcast Scheduler

Last updated 7 August 2026

Plays sequences to a timetable — a repeating base schedule plus one-off overrides for a specific date. Built for installations that run themselves: opening hours, a museum's daily programme, a shop window. Opened from View > Broadcast Scheduler.

Scheduler list

Control	Description	Values / Range
All	Filter across every scheduler, or pick one.	Dropdown
+ Add Broadcast Scheduler	Creates a scheduler.	Button
Broadcast Scheduler Options → Delete	Removes it.	Context menu
`[node]` marker	Owned by a node — Hosted by a node – delete the node instead.	Indicator
Enabled	Arms the scheduler. Unchecked, the timetable is kept but nothing is triggered.	Checkbox
Status line	Current time, what is active now, what runs next.	`Time \| Active \| Next`

With none in the project: No broadcast schedulers – use "+ Add Scheduler" to create one.

Base Schedule and Overrides / Events

Two lists with the same columns. Base Schedule entries repeat on chosen days of the week; Overrides / Events apply to a specific date and take precedence.

Column	Description	Values / Range
On	Enables the individual entry.	Checkbox
Name	Label for the entry.	Text
Priority	Which entry wins when two overlap.	Integer
Target	The sequencer this entry plays.	Sequencer
Start	Time of day the entry begins.	`hh:mm:ss`
Play	How the entry behaves once started — see below.	PlayUntil / Once / PlayEndless
End	Time of day it stops. Shown as `(once)` or `(endless)` where the play mode makes an end time meaningless.	`hh:mm:ss`
Days (base) / Date (override)	Which weekdays the entry repeats on, or the single date it applies to.	Weekdays / date

Play mode	Description
PlayUntil	Loops the sequencer until the end time is reached.
Once	Plays the sequencer once, then returns to the default.
PlayEndless	Loops indefinitely until something else takes over.

Add base entry and Add override event create rows; Remove entry and Remove event delete them. Rows can be dragged to reorder.

Inspector

Setting	Description	Values / Range
Label	Name of the scheduler.	Text
Clock	Which clock the timetable follows.	Dropdown
Preemption	What happens when a higher-priority entry starts while another is playing.	Dropdown
Default in / Default out	Transitions used entering and leaving an entry.	Dropdown
Fade ms	Duration of those transitions.	Milliseconds
Early start (s)	Starts an entry this many seconds before its scheduled time — room for a fade-in to complete before the entry is due.	Seconds
Sequencer (Fallback)	What plays when no entry is active.	Sequencer
Loop fallback	Loops the fallback rather than playing it once.	Checkbox
First day of week	Which day the weekday columns start on — display only.	Dropdown
Log transitions	Writes each schedule change to the log — useful for confirming an unattended installation ran as intended.	Checkbox

Values

Priority

Breaks a tie between two entries in the same layer. Higher wins.

Value	Rank
Low	0
Normal	1	default
High	2
Critical	3
Emergency	4

Layer beats priority. An override always takes precedence over a base-schedule entry, whatever their priorities — priority only decides between entries of the same layer. A base entry set to Emergency still loses to a Normal override.

Preemption

Value	Description
Graceful	Applies the normal fade transition.
HardCut	Switches immediately, with no fade.

Transition mode

Used by Default in and Default out. The same set the Stepper uses.

Value	Description
Hard	No transition.
FadeIn	Fades the incoming content up.
FadeOut	Fades the outgoing content down.
XFade	Crossfades between them.

First day of week

Monday or Sunday — display only. The stored weekday mask is always Monday-based, so changing this never alters a schedule.

Use the Broadcast Scheduler — building a timetable

Remote Control: Broadcast Schedulers — driving it over the bcast domain

Create a Sequence and Add Content — the sequencers an entry targets