Apex question

[Ej5]

Trying to program my neptune feeder with return, skimmer, fan, and ato. I set everything to go off when the feeder starts, and then to come back on in stages 10 min later. I've programed twice now and nothing shuts off for feeding. But when I click on feed cycle a everything works how it's program. What am I not doing?

 

[Doctorgori]

have or did you run the assorted task wizards when setting up your Apex for the 1st time? …just curious

 

[SuncrestReef]

If you’re using the If Feed command to turn off devices, keep in mind that’s only valid when you manually click a Feed button on your dashboard. The AFS does not actually trigger a Feed cycle when it runs based on a timed schedule.

Read my tutorial on Apex Feed Cycles for example code to coordinate your AFS with your pumps and skimmer:

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/neptune-apex-programming-tutorials-part-7-feed-cycles.715/

 

[Ej5]

have or did you run the assorted task wizards when setting up your Apex for the 1st time? …just curious

No. I didn't know I had to

 

[Reef and Dive]

You need to program feed cycles and every single output to respond. You also may need a virtual outout (VIR3MIN on my example): create on the apex display, not possible on fusion.

example:

Return Pump:
Fallback ON
Set ON
If FeedA 000 Then OFF

WaveMaker:
Fallback ON
Set ON
If Output VIR10MIN = OFF Then OFF

VIR10MIN:
Fallback ON
Set ON
If FeedA 000 Then OFF
Defer 010:00 Then ON