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    Programming help for DOS autofeeder

    Hi, I'm really new to this but am looking to do the following:

    1. Turn off my return pump
    2. Turn off my skimmer
    3. Turn off my ATO
    4. Wait for 1 min (to allow water level to drop)
    5. Pull 10 ml of water from my tank (reverse pump)
    6. Dose 10ml of mysis at 09:00 over 2 mins
    7. Turn on return pump
    8. Wait for 1 min (to allow water level to stabilise
    9. Turn on skimmer
    10. Wait for 5 mins
    11. Turn on ATO


    Repeat the whole process at 18:00 over 2 mins

    Any help or pointers would be really appreciated :-)

    Thanks

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    The ATO will stop anyway when the return shuts off so dont bother with that.

    The easiest way is to just add some if time statements on the return pump when you want it to be off.

    Your skimmer code should be linked to your return state anyway like this

    Fallback OFF
    Set ON
    If Output Return = OFF Then OFF
    If Power Apex OFF 001 Then OFF
    If HighFloat OPEN Then OFF
    Defer 005:00 Then ON


    With all of that said, make sure you have some method to keep mysis cold in the line and non cold areas flushed or you will run into problems. Mysis goes rancid pretty quick if it's not refrigerated.

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