OSC statement is not "cooperating"... HELP!!!

[Alex]

This is not the first time that I've have issues with the OSC statement.

What I'm trying to do is turn the dosing pump ON for 15 sec once a day at 7PM.
Below is how I'm trying to program it, but what I get is the doser on for 1 min...
What am I doing wrong?

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
OSC 000:00/000:15/059:45 Then ON
If Time 00:00 to 18:59 Then OFF
If Time 19:00 to 19:59 Then ON
If Time 20:00 to 00:00 Then OFF

[Frogfish]

Does it run for an hour? The if time 19:00 to 19:59 then On line would have it run no matter the OSC command turning it off since the if time command is the last true statement.

[RussM]

Delete the Set OFF. It does nothing here and is not needed because OSC has both ON and OFF states.

Delete the If Time 19:00 to 19:59 Then ON line. It is overriding the OSC.

You only need one If Time ... Then OFF line. If Time statements can cross the midnight boundary, so two lines are not needed.

This is all you need:

Fallback OFF
OSC 0:00/0:15/59:45 Then ON
If Time 20:00 to 18:59 Then OFF

[Alex]

Delete the Set OFF. It does nothing here and is not needed because OSC has both ON and OFF states.

Delete the If Time 19:00 to 19:59 Then ON line. It is overriding the OSC.

You only need one If Time ... Then OFF line. If Time statements can cross the midnight boundary, so two lines are not needed.

This is all you need:

Fallback OFF
OSC 0:00/0:15/59:45 Then ON
If Time 20:00 to 18:59 Then OFF

ok thank you Russ. I'll try it tomorrow and report back.

[Alex]

I tried to monitor the dosing pump right at 19:00 to see if it would come on for only 15 seconds, but never turned on during the first two minutes.
Later when I checked the bottle it looked like some liquid was dispensed.
My question is if the OSC statement 0:00/0:15/59:45 will turn the doser on at 19:59:45 for 15 seconds and turn off at 20:00?

[RussM]

No - if using my programming, it would have turned on sharply at 19:00.

Is the outlet in AUTO?

[Alex]

Yes the outlet is in auto.

[Alex]

No - if using my programming, it would have turned on sharply at 19:00.

Is the outlet in AUTO?

I tested it again...
I used your exact programming...

Fallback OFF
OSC 0:00/0:15/59:45 Then ON
If Time 20:00 to 18:59 Then OFF

at 19:00 the doser did not come on. I waited.. for a few minutes watching the pump knowing that it will eventually come on, since yesterday I had noticed some liquid missing from the bottle.
at 19:03 the doser came on for 15 seconds!! Then OFF.

I'm wondering why the delay...
could it be that another command is interfering with the APEX timing?

[Frogfish]

Did the time corrispond to the apex display or fusion time or was it delayed from those clocks?

[Alex]

Did the time corrispond to the apex display or fusion time or was it delayed from those clocks?

how could fusion time be different that the Local Apex time?

[Alex]

That was it.
the Fusion clock is 3-4 minutes off the local Apex clock!!!
i never knew that could be possible.
I thought fusion reads the local clock and displays whatever gets reported...
wow.
now I have to figure out how to sync the 2 clocks...

[RussM]

https://forum.neptunesystems.com/sho...ll=1#post96567

[rizorido]

Thank you !


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[Alex]

Thank you Russ.
as soon as I enabled dhcp the local apex synced with fusion time.