New Programmer will this work?

lemonyx · Jan 21, 2012

Just got my Apex in and trying to program the outlets and such.

This is for a skimmer during feeding and maintance

Fallback ON
Set ON
Min Time 010:00 Then OFF
If FeedA 001 Then OFF
If FeedB 001 Then OFF
If FeedC 001 Then OFF
If FeedD 001 Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = ON Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON
Defer 010:00 Then ON

Powerheads

Fallback ON
If FeedA 030 Then OFF
If FeedB 030 Then OFF
If FeedC 030 Then OFF
If FeedD 030 Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = ON Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON

Heaters

Fallback OFF
If Temp < 77.0 Then ON
If Temp > 79.0 Then OFF

tia

revhtree · Jan 22, 2012

Bump for you!

CJO · Jan 23, 2012

lemonyx said:
Just got my Apex in and trying to program the outlets and such.

This is for a skimmer during feeding and maintance

Fallback ON
Set ON
Min Time 010:00 Then OFF
If FeedA 001 Then OFF
If FeedB 001 Then OFF
If FeedC 001 Then OFF
If FeedD 001 Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = ON Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON
Defer 010:00 Then ON

Looks good, but you might want to think about taking out the MIN time statement. Why do you want it?

Also, because of the SET ON statement, the If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON statement is redundant and can be taken out.

lemonyx said:
Powerheads

Fallback ON
If FeedA 030 Then OFF
If FeedB 030 Then OFF
If FeedC 030 Then OFF
If FeedD 030 Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = ON Then OFF
If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON

Fine, but do you want the power heads to be off for 30 minutes after the feed programs are finished? I usually have my powerheads on for all of my feedings except the one I use to feed chalices.

Also, like the last one, the If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON is redundant.

lemonyx said:
Heaters

Fallback OFF
If Temp < 77.0 Then ON
If Temp > 79.0 Then OFF

tia

You can take out the IF Temp > 79.0 Then OFF, since, if the temperature is not less than 77.0 degrees, it will be off anyway.

CJ

lemonyx · Jan 23, 2012

CJO said:
Looks good, but you might want to think about taking out the MIN time statement. Why do you want it?

Also, because of the SET ON statement, the If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON statement is redundant and can be taken out.

If there's ever a power failure (my GFI is tripping untill I can get another EB8) the return and skimmer are on the same EB8 so if the return pump goes off the skimmer won't pump all the water out of the sump.

Fine, but do you want the power heads to be off for 30 minutes after the feed programs are finished? I usually have my powerheads on for all of my feedings except the one I use to feed chalices.

Also, like the last one, the If Outlet Maint = OFF Then ON is redundant.

Oh, so that means after the program is finished? I've been reading the unofficial new user guide and didn't see that in there, could have missed it.

You can take out the IF Temp > 79.0 Then OFF, since, if the temperature is not less than 77.0 degrees, it will be off anyway.

Wouldn't that turn off the heater when it reaches 79.0?
CJ

Thank for getting back

CJO · Jan 24, 2012

That makes sense with the MIN time statement for the skimmer.

The If FeedA 030 Then OFF will turn the powerhead off while the FeedA program is running and keep it off for 30 minutes after the FeedA program ends.

Yes, the way you currently have it programmed, it will turn ON the heater when it gets below 77. I didn't notice that you didn't have a SET OFF in the programming, so I guess that you are right and it will keep it on until it hits 79 degrees. Do you really want a 2 degree fluctuation each time the heater comes on? You could also set it like this so you don't have such a fluctuation:

Heaters

Fallback OFF
SET OFF
If Temp < 77.0 Then ON

Another option, which is what I do, is to use the RT switch so that you can have it vary according to the seasons. This is how I have mine programmed:

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Temp < RT+-1.0 Then ON
If Temp < 40.0 Then OFF

The last line is in case the temperature probe fails it won't keep the heater on.

The unofficial user's guide is a great document. You also may want to look at this thread for programming examples:
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/aquarium-controllers/65564-apex-controller-oh-things-you-can.html

CJ