Check my ATK code

[Dougdstecklein]

I am new to this and was wondering if someone could check the code for my ATK?
I searched around and copied and pasted all of the code so if something looks wrong or missing please let me know.
FeedB will be used for water changes.

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If ATO_Lo OPEN Then ON
If ATO_Hi CLOSED Then OFF
If ResLo OPEN Then OFF
If FeedB 005 Then OFF
If Power Apex Off 005 Then OFF
When On > 002:00 Then OFF
Defer 005:00 Then ON
Defer 000:04 Then OFF
Min Time 120:00 Then OFF

I also removed the ATO_Hi email alert and created a High_H2O virtual outlet & alarm instead:

High_H2O
Set OFF
If ATO_Hi CLOSED Then ON
If Output RetPump = OFF Then OFF
Defer 005:00 Then ON

Email Alarm
If Output High_H2O = ON Then ON

I am also interested in having the ATO only kick on 1-2 times during the night as the tank is in my bedroom and the water discharge is fairly loud.

[zombie]

Looks fine. Making it run less during the night could be accomplished with some if time statements placed just before the when statement.

For example, stop at 10, dose at midnight, dose at 4am, resume normal at 8am (the defer would need to change to 4:59 instead of 5:00 to prevent pump lockout at night).

If Time 22:00 to 23:59 Then OFF
If Time 00:08 to 03:59 Then OFF
If Time 04:08 to 07:59 Then OFF



You might be an engineer if...You have no life and can prove it mathematically.

[Dougdstecklein]

So if between 10:00pm and 8:00am I only want it to come on once at 3:00am,
Is this correct:
If time 20:00 to 23:59 then off
If time 00:00 to 02:59 then off
If time 03:30 to 08:00 then off
Why does defer 5:00 cause a lockout?

[zombie]

For the above example you would want

If Time 20:00 to 02:59 Then OFF
If Time 03:07 to 08:00 Then OFF

With a defer of 5:01

Had a brain fart last night and did my math wrong. You want to change the defer so that it it can only run 1:59 so if it needs to run extra time because it's dosing less you don't have to deal with an if error email and the ATO being locked out in the middle of the night. It will wait to go into lockout and alert you until 8:02 if something happens at night.

You might be an engineer if...You have no life and can prove it mathematically.

[Dougdstecklein]

Ok, I think I understand now.
Because of the statement:

When On > 002:00 Then OFF

If the pump is on greater than 2 minutes it will send me an error alarm and lockout the pump.

I'll increase the runtime to 5 minutes for now and check my log to see how long the pump needs to run at night to keep up and then adjust it accordingly.

[toothdoc]

In the first post, what does the "Min Time 120:00 Then OFF" do?

[zombie]

In the first post, what does the "Min Time 120:00 Then OFF" do?

That means when the outlet finishes a "dose" and changes from ON to OFF, it's not allowed to turn on again for at least 2 hours.

You might be an engineer if...You have no life and can prove it mathematically.