I am trying to program a VO that will ultimately be triggered by a switch through a BoB for a Maintenance program. I want the maintenance mode to essentially be a long feed mode. From my understanding, I cannot trigger a feed mode directly from a switch. Assuming that is correct, what would a program look like in order to run a switch to trigger a maintenance mode?
Apologies if this question is a bit all over the place, a bit overwhelming getting started with this!
Thanks,
Russ
Two ways to do it depending on how you want it to behave.
1. You want something to happen for X time after the switch is no longer CLOSED.
MaintVO
Set OFF
If Switchname CLOSED Then ON
Defer XXX:XX Then OFF
Thing to turn off
(Existing code)
If Outlet MaintVO = ON Then OFF
2. You want something to happen for X time after the switch is first CLOSED.
MaintVO
Set OFF
If Switchname CLOSED Then ON
Min Time XXX:XX Then ON
Thing to turn off
(Existing code)
If Outlet MaintVO = ON Then OFF
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Super helpful. Thank you!
So if I were using a momentary button, the Min Time option would be best, correct?
Correct. Just make sure you hold the button for a couple of seconds since the apex polls switch states every processing interval (about 1 second).
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