When my mix bin optical sensor reaches low I want my dos sliders to move from auto/tbl to off.. and stay off until manually reset once salt is mixed and ready to continue awc
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Forgive me as I’m pretty much blind but hopefully this will make sense. I can’t copy and paste yet but here it goes.When my mix bin optical sensor reaches low I want my dos sliders to move from auto/tbl to off.. and stay off until manually reset once salt is mixed and ready to continue awc
I’m no apex expert, but I don’t believe thatThe slider will never move to off. It has to remain in auto for any coding to be evaluated. You can have an OFF statement, but the slider will remain in auto.
Off is just that, off. It will not evaluate any coding, and remain off until the slider is moved to ON, or AUTO.
Just as ON is ON. It ignores any coding, and is just ON.
All auto does it makes it so that any coding is evaluated.
The "when" statement, when triggered, will trigger an error state and will set the slider to off. The trick is working the when statement into the outlet programing using an optical input since the when statement only recognize on and off parameters.The slider will never move to off. It has to remain in auto for any coding to be evaluated. You can have an OFF statement, but the slider will remain in auto.
Off is just that, off. It will not evaluate any coding, and remain off until the slider is moved to ON, or AUTO.
Just as ON is ON. It ignores any coding, and is just ON.
All auto does it makes it so that any coding is evaluated.
Ok I have a working and tested solution.OK great thanks again
This is why I like to have a doorbell switch connected to an input. All I have to do is press it and all goes back to normal. Mine is in my mixing room. Mix your salt, check salinity, press the doorbell, my auto water change dos turns back to ato as do my nitrate, phosphate dos units. Easy peasyOk I have a working and tested solution.
It is not going to move the slider on your dos, but it will move the slider on a virtual outlet which will keep the dos off and set an alarm until you reset it. Just think of it like a master switch.
1) Create a virtual outlet, I named mine
MIX-RESET and add the new virtual outlet to your dashboard
2) Add this programing to MIX-RESET:
Set ON
If mxbnlo open Then OFF
When OFF > 000:05 Then OFF
3) Add this line to your dos programing:
If Error MIX-RESET Then OFF
Or
If MIX-RESET OFF Then OFF
(Either should work but the error will have a 5 second delay, I tried both)
4) Add this line to your Email_Alarm:
If Error MIX-RESET Then ON
5) Go to your dashboard and set the MIX-RESET slider to ON Then back to AUTO.
You must set it to ON before setting it to AUTO every time it trips or it will continuously trip.
I did it this way so that the outlet would show you when the mixing station is operational or "ON" by illuminating the ON above the outlet. ON in orange with the slider set to auto is what you want to see.
When the mxbnlo sensor is open (dry) for 5 seconds it will set the slider for the MIX-RESET outlet to off and put the outlet into an error state.
This will shut your dos off, turn your alarm on, and send an alert.
Your dos will not turn back on until your reset the MIX-RESET outlet by first adding water to close the mxbnlo sensor and then setting MIX-RESET outlet slider to ON and then back to AUTO.
Easy peasy and I like that solution but you are adding the complexity of hooking up a switch for that convenience. Not everyone knows how or wants to do that or purchase a pre-made switch box.This is why I like to have a doorbell switch connected to an input. All I have to do is press it and all goes back to normal. Mine is in my mixing room. Mix your salt, check salinity, press the doorbell, my auto water change dos turns back to ato as do my nitrate, phosphate dos units. Easy peasy
I get that I was just throwing it out there as when someone gets to the point of having auto water change systems and mixing stations they may or may not be interested in that option. You could also program a feed mode button then you don’t need to do the on then auto thing or have to unlock a slider when using a phone and not have to hook up a doorbell switch or the like.Easy peasy and I like that solution but you are adding the complexity of hooking up a switch for that convenience. Not everyone knows how or wants to do that or purchase a pre-made switch box.
It works…… thanks again for the help! I guess I can move on to something else lolOk I have a working and tested solution.
It is not going to move the slider on your dos, but it will move the slider on a virtual outlet which will keep the dos off and set an alarm until you reset it. Just think of it like a master switch.
1) Create a virtual outlet, I named mine
MIX-RESET and add the new virtual outlet to your dashboard
2) Add this programing to MIX-RESET:
Set ON
If mxbnlo open Then OFF
When OFF > 000:05 Then OFF
3) Add this line to your dos programing:
If Error MIX-RESET Then OFF
Or
If MIX-RESET OFF Then OFF
(Either should work but the error will have a 5 second delay, I tried both)
4) Add this line to your Email_Alarm:
If Error MIX-RESET Then ON
5) Go to your dashboard and set the MIX-RESET slider to ON Then back to AUTO.
You must set it to ON before setting it to AUTO every time it trips or it will continuously trip.
I did it this way so that the outlet would show you when the mixing station is operational or "ON" by illuminating the ON above the outlet. ON in orange with the slider set to auto is what you want to see.
When the mxbnlo sensor is open (dry) for 5 seconds it will set the slider for the MIX-RESET outlet to off and put the outlet into an error state.
This will shut your dos off, turn your alarm on, and send an alert.
Your dos will not turn back on until your reset the MIX-RESET outlet by first adding water to close the mxbnlo sensor and then setting MIX-RESET outlet slider to ON and then back to AUTO.