Profile Schedule

A profile can be active all the time, never, or only on certain days and times. While a profile is not active, its rules are not executed. To choose when the active profile runs, open the “Rules Table” window and open the “Status” menu. The label above the list of rules shows whether the profile is active right now: “Profile is Active” in green or “Profile is Inactive” in orange-red. The “Status” menu itself is shown in the same colour.

• Always Active (Ctrl+A)
  The profile's rules run at all times.


• Always Inactive (Ctrl+V)
  The profile's rules never run, which is a quick way to switch a profile off without deleting it.


• Active On
  The profile is active only on the days you choose: “Weekdays” (Monday to Friday), “Weekends” (Saturday and Sunday), or “Custom...” to choose your own days and times.


• Inactive On
  The opposite of “Active On”: the profile is active except on the days you choose, again “Weekdays”, “Weekends” or “Custom...”.

Choosing “Custom...” opens the “Profile Active During” window (“Profile Inactive During” when chosen under “Inactive On”). Tick the days under “Week Days”, choose a time range under “Time of Day” (or tick “Entire Day”) and click “Add” to add that period to the list. To change a period, select it in the list, adjust it and click “Update”; to remove it, select it and click “Delete”. Click “Save” when you are done.

Finally click “Apply” in the “Rules Table” window to save and apply the new schedule.

While a profile is inactive

AutoStandByPro checks the schedule of the active profile every second. When the profile becomes inactive, AutoStandByPro pauses the processing of its rules:

• the “Activity Monitor” window shows “Profile is Inactive! Execution has been Paused.” instead of the next action of each rule;
• the application and system tray icons change to the paused icon, and the tray tooltip says “(Execution Paused)”;
• the “Pause” and “Resume” menus are not available;
• wake up times are switched off, and switched back on when the rules resume.

As soon as the schedule makes the profile active again, AutoStandByPro resumes the processing of the rules by itself — but only if it was the schedule that paused them. If you had started a pause yourself (from the “Pause” menu) before the profile became inactive, that pause is kept: the profile becoming active again does not resume the rules, and you still need to resume it yourself when you are ready.

“Active On” and “Inactive On” are AutoStandByPro Plus features. “Always Active” and “Always Inactive” are available to everyone. A schedule that was set up earlier keeps working without Plus.