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    How to shut Apex alarms off for ten minutes after ATK is on?!

    Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew how to program my alarms on my Apex Classic such that they would not trigger if the ATK has been on in the past ten minutes? They keep triggering because the ATK drops some cold water (inconsequential to my water volume - but near my probes- which cannot be moved). My current alarm codes read as the following:

    Set off
    if temp > 82.0 then on
    if tmp < 75.0 then on
    if pH >8.50 then on
    if pH <7.70 then on
    If error ATK then On
    If Swx4_2 closed then On
    Defer 005:00 then On

    Thank you!

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    You could create a Virtual outlet to turn on when the ATK turns on and delay it by 10 minutes. Then add a statement to your alarm to turn on when the virtual outlet comes on.

    Virtual Outlet
    Set OFF
    If ERROR ATK Then ON
    Defer 010:000 Then ON

    Alarm Add
    If Output Virtual Outlet ON Then ON

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    Thank you!

    I'm a little confused as to how having the virtual outlet turn on will delay my alarm? I'm sorry, I'm still new to apex programming.

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    Sorry I misunderstood your original intention. You want want to stop the alarm outlet from turning on at all if the ATK has run.

    You can create a virtual outlet that turns on and stays on for 10 minutes after the ATK has run. Then you can set your alarm not to turn on while this outlet is on.

    Virtual outlet
    Set OFF
    If Output ATK On Then On
    Defer 010:00 then OFF
    *This Turns the virtual outlet on when the ATK runs and keeps it running for 10 minutes after the ATK as turned off.


    Then in your alarm outlet add
    If Output Virtual Outlet ON then OFF

    While the virtual outlet is running it will not allow your alarm to turn on.

    Note that the names of outlet and ATK are examples, and may differ in your setup. I would also point out that if ATK was stuck on if would prohibit your alarm from ever turning on.

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    The last post will technically work, but it would make a whole lot more sense to most your probes away from the ATK and avoid the VO altogether.

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