Neptune DOS Auto Destruct Button

[Natish]

Hi,
I recently almost crashed my tank. I turned the Dos slider to On instead of Auto and a months worth of Seachem Carbonate went into the tank before the alarms sounded.

Is there a way to program it so that cant do this?

Thanks!

 

[Natish]

(thats why im calling it the auto destruct button...)

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

Keep the protect slider over everything so that you essentially have to swipe twice in the same spot.

 

[Natish]

yes, i actually hit the protective slider then accidentally turned it to On instead of Auto, then closed the app.

I had it turned off for few days and was trying to reactivate if to Auto

I guess what im looking for is a way to guard against human error

 

[JonoH]

Should be able to code an alarm to turn off if on for X amount of time...but would depend on how your dosing normally, I dose over a 24hr period anyway.

 

[Pistondog]

Hi,
I recently almost crashed my tank. I turned the Dos slider to On instead of Auto and a months worth of Seachem Carbonate went into the tank before the alarms sounded.

Is there a way to program it so that cant do this?

Thanks!

The only way i can think of is a redundant hardware timer.
Driven off the apex output. If you turn the apex on in error, the hardware timer still shuts off after some time, as preset.

 

[Natish]

The only way i can think of is a redundant hardware timer.
Driven off the apex output. If you turn the apex on in error, the hardware timer still shuts off after some time, as preset.

Very interesting idea! Could you please elaborate more? What kind of timer? how would it connect? Thanks

 

[Natish]

Should be able to code an alarm to turn off if on for X amount of time...but would depend on how your dosing normally, I dose over a 24hr period anyway.

This would be ideal. Any thoughts about what that code would looke like please?

say i want it to turn off if on for 1 minute

The other problem is that when i hit the slider ON, it ignores all code thats in the advanced settings. Right? It will only follow the code instructions if its set to Auto right?

 

[areefer01]

You will need to double check the documentation but I believe when you, a hobbyist, switch from AUTO to ON, we can't code that. Might be able to do something with a virtual outlet and timer but I have not tried that personally.

What is it you are trying to do? Sounds like maybe you are using it incorrectly (no disrespect intended - just wondering why dosing that way).

 

[Natish]

You will need to double check the documentation but I believe when you, a hobbyist, switch from AUTO to ON, we can't code that. Might be able to do something with a virtual outlet and timer but I have not tried that personally.

What is it you are trying to do? Sounds like maybe you are using it incorrectly (no disrespect intended - just wondering why dosing that way).

No worries. Normally I just leave it on auto with a schedule that works well. I turned it off for a few days to let alk drop after it had been creeping up, then when i went to turn it back to auto i accidentaly set it to ON instead.

Then the pH alarms didnt go off till it had already dosed a months worth of chemical.

What im trying to do is make it so that the pump can never be running for more than like 1 continuous minute or something equivalent to prevent overdosing