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    COR20 manual feed mode interfering with AFS (auto feeder)

    Hello,

    I currently have the COR go into feed mode for 7 minutes when I manually hit the button on the COR CONTROLLER to feed the corals, but I want the fish to be fed by AFS only according to my schedule below.

    The AFS is giving food if I MANUALLY put the COR into feed mode by holding the button on the COR controller, I only want it to give food at the specified times. How do I stop this? Putting the COR20 manually in feed mode triggers the feeding sequence below.

    I pasted my whole feed sequence below incase anyone needs it as well. Hopefully someone can please help me modify it to fix the problem above.

    I have the AFS to feed 3 times a day at 9AM, 1PM, 5PM, single rotation.
    Initiate Feed cycle —> COR feed speed of 1, skimmer OFF, pumps OFF —> wait 1 minute —> feed —> wait 10 min —> COR normal speed and pumps back on —> wait 5 minutes then skimmer ON

    FEED_SEQ (virtual outlet):
    Set OFF
    If Time 09:00 to 09:01 Then ON
    If Time 13:00 to 13:01 Then ON
    If Time 17:00 to 17:01 Then ON
    If FeedA 000 Then ON

    AFS:
    OSC 000:00/000:30/000:30 Then ON
    If FeedA 000 Then ON
    If Outlet Feed_Seq ON Then ON
    Defer 001:00 Then ON
    If ORP < 250 Then OFF

    COR20: (stays at 100% except when feed mode then speed is 1%)
    Fallback ON
    tdata 00:00:00,0,0,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    If FeedA 007 Then 1
    If Output Feed_Seq = ON Then 1
    Defer 011:00 Then ON

    PUMPS_OFF (virtual outlet):
    Set OFF (pumps stay on)
    If Output Feed_Seq = ON Then ON (pumps turn off)
    Defer 011:00 Then OFF (pumps back on)

    SKIMMER: (follows what the COR does)
    Fallback OFF
    Set ON
    If Output COR_POWER = OFF Then OFF
    If Output COR_PUMP Percent < 90 Then OFF
    Defer 005:00 Then ON

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    FEED_SEQ (virtual outlet):
    Set OFF
    If Time 09:00 to 09:10 Then ON
    If Time 13:00 to 13:10 Then ON
    If Time 17:00 to 17:10 Then ON
    If FeedA 000 Then ON

    AFS:
    Set OFF
    If Outlet Feed_Seq ON Then ON
    Defer 001:00 Then ON
    If ORP < 250 Then OFF

    COR20:
    Fallback ON
    tdata 00:00:00,0,0,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    If FeedA 007 Then 1
    If Output Feed_Seq = ON Then 1

    PUMPS_OFF (virtual outlet):
    Set OFF (pumps stay on)
    If Output Feed_Seq = ON Then ON

    SKIMMER: (follows what the COR does)
    Fallback OFF
    Set ON
    If Output COR_POWER = OFF Then OFF
    If Output COR_PUMP Percent < 90 Then OFF
    Defer 005:00 Then ON



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    Thanks for the response Zombie. Everything makes sense to me except-
    If you take the OSC 000:00/000:30/000:30 Then ON away from AFS, how will it know how many times to rotate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SleepyCoral View Post
    Thanks for the response Zombie. Everything makes sense to me except-
    If you take the OSC 000:00/000:30/000:30 Then ON away from AFS, how will it know how many times to rotate?
    It rotates once every time it turns on. For 1 rotation, OSC is not required.

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    Great thanks!!

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