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Vacation Scheduler

Create a vacation schedule (Vacation mode) to emulate normal daily routines when the
homeowner is away. Vacation mode creates the illusion that the homeowner is present and
discourage intrusions.
Turn Vacation mode on and off with Quick Actions on the home screen of the Crestron Home
user interface.

Create a Vacation Mode
To create a Vacation mode, follow these steps:

1. Create Sequence Quick Actions (Vacation Quick Actions) that emulate normal daily
activities. For details, refer to Create Quick Actions (on page 135).
For example, create a Sequence Quick Action that lowers the lights and shades and turns
on the television at night.
Use the following programming features to create the Sequence Quick Action:

l Delay: Use a delay step to add time between actions. For example, to turn the lights
on and then off 4 hours later, add an action to the sequence to turn the lights on,
then add a delay action of 14,400 seconds (4 hours), and then add an action to turn
the lights off.
l Randomized Delay: Use a randomized delay to start events at random times. This
prevents an action from occurring at the same time every day. For example, to turn
the television on and then off 1-1/2 to 2 hours later, add an action to route a source
to the television, then add a delay action with Minimum Delay set to 5,400 seconds
(1-1/2 hours) and Maximum Delay set to 7,200 seconds (2 hours), and then add an
action to turn the television off.

l Quick Actions: Use Quick Actions that already exist in the system or create Quick
Actions that are specific to Vacation mode.
l Hide Quick Actions: To prevent the Vacation Quick Actions from showing in the
Crestron Home user interface, hide the Vacation Quick Actions. For details, refer to
Create Quick Actions (on page 135).
2. Create Scheduled Events that recall the Sequence Quick Actions that were created in the
previous step. Set the day or week and the time that the Vacation Quick Actions should
occur.

3. Create a Sequence Quick Action that enables the Scheduled Event. This will turn on
Vacation mode and Crestron Home will recall the Vacation Quick Actions (created in step 1
above) according to the scheduled event (created in step 2 above).

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