I am wanting to make it so that I can hit the feed D and the skimmer will turn off for 12 hours. How would I code the skimmer outlet so it will shut off for 12 hours once I hit feed D.
I am wanting to make it so that I can hit the feed D and the skimmer will turn off for 12 hours. How would I code the skimmer outlet so it will shut off for 12 hours once I hit feed D.
I don't believe feed cycles can go nearly that long.
What is your goal? Perhaps we can help with an alternate approach?
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Well the stuff I am dosing says to turn of skimmer for 12 hours. So I was trying to make it so I can have it shut off for 12 hours then come back on. But something easy cause my wife is the one going to be doing it so thats why I thought if I could some how get the feed timer to turn it of for 12 hours then it would be pretty easy for her to just hit feed D before she dosed.
Well, I'm surprised... I thought the max for a Feed Interval was 255 minutes. I just tried, and my Apex accepted a value of 720 minutes.
So, on the Misc Setup page in the classic dashboard, set the FeedD interval to 720. Then in the outlet, add If FeedD 000 Then OFF
Give it a try...
A word of caution - while one Feed Cycle is active, you can't do another - the first one will be cancelled. So if you use other feed cycles, this may present a problem for you.
Instead, you could use a virtual outlet as a latch. Search for 'latch' for some threads on the topic.
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Would a program delay work better? I think this is how I gave my RO tank set to shut off after running for a few hours.
A latch isnt necessary, but a VO is to avoid the feed blocking your view on the display and preventing you from initiating a different feed. Im calling it SkimFeed below. Set you feedD time to 1 minute.
SkimFeed
Set OFF
If FeedD 000 Then ON
Min time 720:00 Then ON
Skimmer
(Existing programming)
If Outlet SkimFeed = ON Then OFF
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