Help Needed - Please check my program!

[TexanCanuck]

Thanks in advance for reading through my issue and telling me what I'm doing wrong!

OBJECTIVE:

• I have TWO Neptune AFS units mounted above my aquarium (in case it matters, an AquaBus cable connects the Right unit to the Apex directly, and the Left unit is daisy-chained to the Right unit)
• I'm trying to program them to feed TWO rotations, TWICE a day
• I also want to have the option to manually initiate an AFS feed cycle (2 rotations) by pressing "FeedC"

MY APPROACH

• Use a Virtual Outlet "F_Timer" to control when the automatic feed cycles start, and initiate manual feed cycle
• Use two additional Virtual Outlets "StartAFS" and "StopAFS" to control how many rotations both the AFS units operate on each cycle
• Using a simple OSC command plus the status of the two VOs on the Outlet for each AFS unit "Feeder_Left" and "Feeder_Right"

MY PROBLEM

• Everything seems to work as planned for the LEFT feeder, but the RIGHT feeder does nothing!
• Fusion shows that both modules are connected and "OK" ... I've checked the physical cabling, and that both units have the latest firmware
• I suspect this is a programming issue, because when I check the Output Log, there is no log entry showing a command to turn on the right unit

MY CODE

Virtual Outlet: F_Timer
Set OFF
If Time 11:00 to 11:03 Then ON
If Time 16:00 to 16:03 Then ON
If FeedC 000 Then ON

Virtual Outlet: StartAFS
Set OFF
If Output F_Timer = ON Then ON
Defer 001:00 Then ON

Virtual Outlet: StopAFS
Set OFF
If Output F_Timer = ON Then ON
Defer 002:30 Then ON

Physical Outlet: Feeder_Left
OSC 000:00/000:30/000:30 Then ON
If Output StartAFS = OFF Then OFF
If Output StopAFS = ON Then OFF

Physical Outlet: Feeder_Right
OSC 000:00/000:30/000:30 Then ON
If Output StartAFS = OFF Then OFF
If Output StopAFS = ON Then OFF

Physical Outlet: Return_Right (note - same program for the Left return pump)
Fallback ON
tdata 00:00:00,0,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
tdata 23:23:00,0,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
If FeedA 000 Then OFF
If FeedB 000 Then OFF
If Output F_Timer = ON Then OFF

OUTPUT LOG (on activating Feed C) Note: ignore the line items for "leftandRIght" ... this is another virtual outlet I use to turn both my main and auxiliary heating elements off if both the left and right return pumps are off. And the UV units plumbed into the discharge of each return pumps also have code to turn off the lamp if their respective return pump is off

123	2021-04-09 20:20:30	F_Timer ON
124	2021-04-09 20:20:31	Return_Right OFF
125	2021-04-09 20:20:31	Return_Left OFF
126	2021-04-09 20:20:31	LeftAndRight ON
127	2021-04-09 20:20:31	Heater_Main OFF
128	2021-04-09 20:20:31	UV_left OFF
129	2021-04-09 20:20:31	UV_Right OFF
130	2021-04-09 20:21:30	StartAFS ON
131	2021-04-09 20:22:00	Feeder_Left ON
132	2021-04-09 20:22:30	Feeder_Left OFF
133	2021-04-09 20:23:00	StopAFS ON
134	2021-04-09 20:23:02	F_Timer OFF
135	2021-04-09 20:23:02	StartAFS OFF
136	2021-04-09 20:23:02	StopAFS OFF
137	2021-04-09 20:23:02	Return_Right TBL
138	2021-04-09 20:23:02	Return_Left TBL
139	2021-04-09 20:23:02	LeftAndRight OFF
140	2021-04-09 20:23:02	Heater_Main ON

(there are additional log entries for UV units coming back on but I deleted them for brevity)

As you can see, there are no log entries for the "Feeder_Right" AFS unit, even though it has identical code to the left unit.

So - what am I missing?

Why does my second AFS unit not operate like the first one does?

 

[SuncrestReef]

Two questions:

1. Does Feeder_Right rotate if you manually move the slider to ON?
2. Do you have logging enabled for Feeder_Right?

 

[TexanCanuck]

YES - Feeder_Right works if I manually move the slider to ON
YES - Logging is enabled on Feeder_Right

 

[SuncrestReef]

All the code looks correct to me.

However, I know there's a glitch in the Apex when you name any outputs beginning with the word "Feed" because it confuses it with the actual FeedA/B/C/D keywords, and that can cause unexplained malfunctions. I'd recommend renaming your "Feeder_*" outputs to something like "AFS_Left" and "AFS_Right", save the changes, then reboot the Apex to reload the corrected config.