Apex Fusion - ATK

Kraig · Oct 31, 2023

Okay Fusion experts I need some help.

I am running an Apex ATK. I have the default configuration.

What I have an issue with is the ATK_Hi Closed Then ON statement for the alerts.

When I do a water change it always takes a bit (maybe a day) to get back to my normal sump level.

When this occurs, I am getting email alerts every couple of minutes because the water in the sump is still covering the ATK_Hi optical sensor.

Can I modify the alert configuration or the default ATX configuration so that this alarm doesn't go off for a few hours?

Thanks for the help!!

Sisterlimonpot · Oct 31, 2023

Yes you can. You can add a Defer statement in your email outlet that will wait the time you set before sending an alert.

Defer 005:00 Then ON

That example is 5 minute delay. You can alter it to your liking.

If within that 5 minutes the issue solves itself, you won't receive a push notification.

Kraig · Oct 31, 2023

I had done that but I kept getting emails. I will give it another go.

I have several alerts set up under my email outlet (one of them being the ATK_Hi alert).

My question to your response is, if I add the "defer" statement, does that only affect the line immediately above that statement and not any of the other alert statements above that?

So for the following:

Set OFF
If Leak1 CLOSED Then ON
If Level OPEN Then ON
If Error ATK_Pump Then ON
If ATK_Hi CLOSED Then ON
Defer 120:00 Then ON

So the defer statement above would not affect the Leak or error statements?>

Thanks for the help!!

Sisterlimonpot · Oct 31, 2023

Kraig said:
I had done that but I kept getting emails. I will give it another go.

I have several alerts set up under my email outlet (one of them being the ATK_Hi alert).

My question to your response is, if I add the "defer" statement, does that only affect the line immediately above that statement and not any of the other alert statements above that?

So for the following:

Set OFF
If Leak1 CLOSED Then ON
If Level OPEN Then ON
If Error ATK_Pump Then ON
If ATK_Hi CLOSED Then ON
Defer 120:00 Then ON

So the defer statement above would not affect the Leak or error statements?>

Thanks for the help!!

Nope, you won't recieve alerts for anything until the 120 minutes had elapsed.

I actually wrote a few paragraphs about this in my response and then removed them, because it complicates things a bit more.

The easiest way I know how to only delay:

If ATK_Hi CLOSED Then ON

Is to set up a virtual outlet and have your email point to that.

Here's how to do that:

Create a virtual outlet name it something like ATK_HI_ALRT. In that virtual outlet add this code

Set OFF
If ATK_Hi CLOSED Then ON
Defer 120:00 Then ON

Then go to your email outlet and remove these 2 lines:

If ATK_Hi CLOSED Then ON
Defer 120:00 Then ON

And replace those 2 with this 1:

If Output ATK_HI_ALRT = ON Then ON

Of course the Defer statement is optional and might be worth keeping at a lower time to prevent the email triggering on and off sending tons of alerts.