Apex ATO Alarm delay

MrBucket101 · Dec 29, 2021

So I’ve beat my head against the wall on this one for a few days now, and I can’t seem to get it just right.

I have a breakout box, and there is a button, and a toggle connected, for controlling a 15 minute feed cycle, and a permanent maintenance mode (until the toggle is turned off)

I also have an alarm configured to notify me when the ATK_HI sensor is closed. I disable this alarm when either feed or maintenance is enabled.

the problem though, is that shortly after disabling feed mode, the water in my return chamber will oscillate a bit up/down spamming the alarm till it finally normalizes. I’ve set a 1s defer on the sensor, but in case of an actual issue, I don’t want to delay the notification any longer.

I was thinking, would there be a way to disable the alarm, for 10 minutes AFTER feed or maintenance has been disabled? This way I’m not being spammed with alerts as the water in the return chamber normalizes.

Here is my current programming. I preface my virtual outputs with “v”.

vSumpHigh - when this is ON my alarm triggers


Set OFF
If ATK_HI CLOSED Then ON
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF
If Output vMaintenance = ON Then OFF
Defer 000:01 Then ON

EmailAlarm


Set OFF
If Output vSumpHigh = ON Then ON
If Error ATK_PMUP Then ON
If LEAK1 CLOSED Then ON
If RETLOW OPEN Then ON
If Power Apex Off 000 Then ON

SuncrestReef · Dec 29, 2021

Create an additional virtual output to act as a delay timer, then alter your vSumpHigh output to only activate if the delay has expired. This example sets a 10 minute delay after the vFeed or vMaintenance outputs turn off. Adjust the Defer timer to your preference:

[vDelayTimer] -- new virtual output
Set OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then ON
If Output vMaintenance = ON Then ON
Defer 010:00 Then OFF

[vSumpHigh] -- existing virtual output
Set OFF
If ATK_HI CLOSED Then ON
If Output vDelayTimer = ON Then OFF

[EmailAlm]
Set OFF
If Output vSumpHigh = ON Then ON
If Error ATK_PMUP Then ON
If LEAK1 CLOSED Then ON
If RETLOW OPEN Then ON
If Power Apex Off 000 Then ON