Scheduling Operations
You can have an operation start, stop, or restart on its own, either once at a set time or on a repeating schedule. This is handy for running a haul cycle during working hours, parking the fleet at the end of a shift, or kicking a finished operation back into motion.
Open the scheduler from the Operation panel in PathLab and click Schedule... on the operation card.
Choosing what to schedule
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Command | The action to run: Start Operation, Stop Operation, or Restart Operation. |
| When to Deploy | Deploy Now runs the command right away; Schedule for Later sets a time. |
| Make this a recurring command | Turns a single run into a repeating schedule. |
| Schedule Type | Weekly Schedule (choose the weekdays to repeat on) or Interval (run every N minutes/hours/days). |
| Timezone | The timezone your scheduled times are read in. |
| Schedule Ends | An optional end date for a recurring schedule. (An interval schedule requires one.) |
| Retry (optional) | If the command doesn't take, retry it up to a set number of times at a set interval. |
Restart vs. Start. Restart Operation is the only command that can revive an operation that has already Completed. Use Start Operation to resume one that is paused or stopped, and Restart Operation to run completed fleet work again.
Where scheduled commands show up
Once set, a scheduled start/stop/restart appears on the Schedule and Calendar and on the Timeline, alongside your scheduled missions, so you can see the whole plan at a glance. Open either to review, edit, or delete a scheduled command.
For the full scheduling modal, including scheduling robot start/stop commands and action calls that aren't tied to an operation, see Schedule a Command.