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Blanker-2
Jan 02, 2019Apprentice
event vs state power settings - I'm confused
in the 2 screenshots on this page, they both look like they are performing the same functon - power on my nas at this time & then shut it down at this time. I don't understand the difference here.
https://kb.netgear.com/000049512/ReadyNAS-OS-6-9-Power-Timer-enhancement
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- SandsharkSensei
The difference is that with event based, you can have one or more power on's without an off or off's without an on. In state based, they go in pairs that cannot overlap.
So if you want to be able to leave it off except when you manually turn it on, but want it turned off every night at midnight in case you forgot to shut it down when you were done, you can do that with event based, but not state based.
With the example using exactly the same schedule for each example, it is a bit confusing.
- Blanker-2Apprentice
Thanks, I think I get it.
I experimented switching to event based yesterday, and when the system turned off it actually turned off my extension unit. Is that expected? I think it was off. There were no lights on. When the system shut down from state based power timer the extension unit remained lit (the netgear logo on the front).
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