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    Regular Vistor
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    ATK Alarms driving me crazy

    I cannot for the life of me figure out why i keep getting so many alarms from my new ATK connected to a 2016 Apex.

    Here is my code...

    Fallback OFF
    If Atk_1 OPEN Then ON
    If Atk_2 CLOSED Then OFF
    If LeakDe CLOSED Then OFF
    When On > 005:00 Then OFF
    Defer 000:04 Then ON
    Defer 000:10 Then OFF
    Min Time 060:00 Then OFF

    i keep getting notifications saying...

    Status: ON
    Statement: If Error ATK Then ON


    When I check out the ATK everything seems fine except that the ATK has been switched from AUTO to OFF..

    Also what exactly does that last line of code do? Min time off 60 then off?

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    There should be a Set OFF statement in there, between the Fallback and If Atk_1 OPEN lines. It would have been part of the programming that was created when you used the ATK Task. Did you remove it?

    The ATK output keeps going to OFF because of the When On > 005:00 Then OFF statement, which shuts down ATO operation if the ATO runs for more than 5 minutes; this is a safety feature. The missing Set OFF statement could cause that problem.

    The Min Time statement prevents the ATK from operating again for an hour after it last operated (another safety feature)
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    Ok so here is what i have now

    Fallback OFF
    Set OFF
    If Atk_1 OPEN Then ON
    If Atk_2 CLOSED Then OFF ### these statements move the ATK from AUTO to OFF correct?
    If LeakDe CLOSED Then OFF
    When On > 010:00 Then OFF
    Defer 000:04 Then ON
    Defer 000:10 Then OFF
    Min Time 060:00 Then OFF



    i figured if it was going to OFF due to the 5 min limit then its because i have a sump on the larger size. so now its 10 min.

    today there were a couple weird alarm messages, i think this may have something to do with my alarm codes so here they are

    Set OFF
    If Error ATK Then ON
    If LeakDe CLOSED Then ON
    If Temp > 81.0 Then ON
    If Temp < 77.0 Then ON
    If Salt > 38.0 Then ON
    If Salt < 31.0 Then ON
    If pH < 7.80 Then ON
    If pH > 8.40 Then ON
    If ORP < 250 Then ON
    If ORP > 450 Then ON
    If RO_TOP CLOSED Then ON

    the alarm was sound originally because the optical sensor named RO_TOP was closed. Reminding me to turn off the solenoid to my RO system as my reservoir was then full. however after the sensor became open i got these two messages

    first message read
    Status: ON
    Statement: Set OFF

    the second read
    Status: OFF
    Statement: Set OFF

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    Set OFF messages mean "all clear"

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

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    I have a 270 gallon sump, I had to change the 5 minutes to 10 also. I think it is because it can only run once an hour min time 60 statement at the end (someone correct me please if wrong) At any rate my nuisance faults ended when I increased to 10 minutes.

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