Managing software updates with ConfigMgr 2012 R2

I really dont understand the ConfigMgr software update functionality yet. It feels a little confusing eith lot's of different options etc. What I'm trying to get is that I have ADR rule that does all the patching automatically.
With ADR I want to deploy all available updates to pilot machines every month after MS patch tuesday. One week after that all the patches are deployed to production machines too.
Help would be greatly appreciated

Adding more info here.
ConfigMgr 2012 Automatic Deployment Rules
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrdogs/archive/2012/05/08/configmgr-2012-automatic-deployment-rules.aspx
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Trying to connect to the root\SMS namespace on the syscenter.BUYSEASONS.com machine. $$<Software Updates Patch Downloader><06-28-2012 15:46:04.463+300><thread=4756 (0x1294)>
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ConnectServer() failed to connect to nbsccm01.buyseasons.com $$<Software Updates Patch Downloader><06-28-2012 15:46:04.480+300><thread=4756 (0x1294)>
ERROR: DownloadContentFiles() failed with hr=0x800706ba $$<Software Updates Patch Downloader><06-28-2012 15:46:04.481+300><thread=4756 (0x1294)>
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ConnectServer() failed to connect to nbsccm01.buyseasons.com $$<Software Updates Patch Downloader><06-28-2012 15:46:04.685+300><thread=4756 (0x1294)>
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