Alerting Based on Run Time

[joro]

Hey All! Have what I'm sure is a pretty basic question, I'm trying to determine the right way to alert via Apex when my ATO has been running for X time. Basically, what I've found is that my pump runs about an hour when it's activated (it's the Avast Peristaltic Pump - so very slow drips) and what I'm trying to do is have Apex alert when it's been on for an extended period of time which usually is indicative of the ATO reservoir being empty. Suggestions on the right way to program this type of statement?

Thanks!

[fab]

What do you have hooked up to what for this ATO setup? What turns it on? What turns it off?

[iamchadster]

See if this thread helps.

https://forum.neptunesystems.com/sho...ded-redundancy

[fab]

@Chad, That is an elegant solution, a clever useage of DEFER.

[joro]

Thank you all for the quick responses and Chad, I'm not sure if that's doing what I'm looking for. Basically, I have a switch that when closed, activates the ATO pump, and when open turns it back off. It would seem to me that I could create a statement in the Alarm page that would be something like -

IF ATO_Pump ON > 60:00:00 Then ON

But I'm not sure if that's the correct way to code it or if it's possible without the creation of the virtual outlet suggested in Chad's thread?

[p7willm]

In a normal programming language yes. In Apex no. You need the virtual outlet in Apex.

[Frogfish]

Check out the comprehensive reference manual. My here is a nice summary at the back with all the commands and their syntax. Unfortunately the one you would like isn't available. But as others have shown a little creative coding and you can make a lot of things happen.

[juanes66]

Simple enough. I do this same thing with my setup
Create a new virtual outlet and add this code

Outlet name: ATO_Empty

Set OFF
Fallback OFF
If Outlet ATO = ON Then ON
Defer 090:00 Then ON

If your main outlet is on for 90mins this will turn on.

You just need to edit the email outlet so when this outlet turns on it will notify you

Alarm outlet:

If Outlet ATO_Empty = ON Then ON

Hope that helps

[joro]

Thank you juanes66 - I think I got this setup correctly per your guidance and I'll guess we'll see in the next week. Thanks Again!