Alert timing question.

[southerntnreefer]

Hey all, I setup my breakout box last week. I have a float in my ato resivoir amongst other things. It alerts when low. My question is, can I have it alert once every 24 hours vs every hour? When it's "low" I have a day or 2 before I actually have to fill it. ( No I can't put the switch any lower.) If not no biggie I'll either fill it early at ignore until it's time.

 

[SPR1968]

I think you could put a DEFER command in the program to delay the alarm for 24 hours but @SuncrestReef could probably confirm how to do it.

Like If ATO Res low then ON
Defer xxx:xx in minutes

 

[southerntnreefer]

I already.havs it deferred via a virtual outlet 15 mins so it won't bounce on and off when I go to fill it. Can I add another?

 

[SuncrestReef]

The following code would give you an alert every day at noon. The drawback to this approach is that you won’t get the alert at the moment the switch detects the low water. For example, if the switch changes at 1:00pm, you wouldn’t get the first alert for 23 hours.

[Alert_ATOres]
OSC 720:00/001:00/719:00 Then ON
If ATOres CLOSED Then OFF

[EmailAlm]
Set OFF
If Output Alert_ATOres = ON Then ON

Another approach is a one-time alarm:

[Alert_ATOres]
Set OFF
If ATOres OPEN Then ON
When On > 010:00 Then OFF

I described this method in my Apex Alarm Programming tutorial:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/neptune-apex-programming-tutorials-part-6-alarms.707/

 

[southerntnreefer]

The following code would give you an alert every day at noon. The drawback to this approach is that you won’t get the alert at the moment the switch detects the low water. For example, if the switch changes at 1:00pm, you wouldn’t get the first alert for 23 hours.

[Alert_ATOres]
OSC 720:00/001:00/719:00 Then ON
If ATOres CLOSED Then OFF

[EmailAlm]
Set OFF
If Output Alert_ATOres = ON Then ON

Another approach is a one-time alarm:

[Alert_ATOres]
Set OFF
If ATOres OPEN Then ON
When On > 010:00 Then OFF

I described this method in my Apex Alarm Programming tutorial:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/neptune-apex-programming-tutorials-part-6-alarms.707/

Ah yes I'd still want the initial alarm and then again on 14 hours. No big deal I'll just learn to roll it early I guess LOL.