Task Scheduler
Task Scheduler allows you to schedule and run services or scripts at pre-defined times.
Supported tasks
Tasks can be created to do the following:
- User-defined scripts: Run user-defined scripts or commands.
- Recycle Bin: Empty the recycle bin of specified share folders.
- Beep Control: Make the RackStation beep.
- Service: Start or stop network services, such as Windows File Service, FTP, Auto Block, etc.
Managing Tasks
The main page of Task Scheduler displays all existing tasks and provides options to create, edit, or run tasks.
To create a task:
- Click Create and select the type of task you want to schedule.
- When the Create task window appears, modify the following settings on the General tab:
- General Settings: Enter a task name, select a user, and enable or disable the task.
- Other settings: Additional task-specific settings can be modified on this tab (only for certain tasks). For example, when creating a task to empty a recycle bin, you need to select the recycle bin of a certain share folder.
- On the Schedule tab, modify the following settings:
- Date: Specify when to run the task. Tasks can be scheduled to run on certain days of the week (e.g. daily, weekends, or every Sunday, etc.) or on specific dates (e.g. 2015/10/21).
- Time: Specify how many times the task runs each day, as well as the first and last run time.
- Modify task-specific settings on the Task Settings tab (only for certain tasks).
- Click OK to finish
To edit task settings:
- Select an existing task.
- Click Edit.
- A window appears where you can modify task settings.
To delete a task:
- Select an existing task.
- Click Delete.
To enable or disable a task:
- On the Task Scheduler main page, check or uncheck the appropriate checkbox under Enabled to enable or disable a task.
- Click Save.
To manually run a task:
- Select one or more existing tasks.
- Click Run.
Task Scheduler Limitations:
- Task names can include 512 displayable characters.
- Maximum number of tasks: 1024.
- Maximum length of script path or command line: 4095.
- Beep duration can be set from 1 to 600 seconds.