What Happened at 9:00 PM?
1. Your time-based rule:
If Time 19:00 to 20:00 Then OFF
This tells Apex: “Turn off the skimmer during the entire hour from 7:00 to 8:59 PM.”
That rule stays active right up until 20:59:59 (8:59 PM) — NOT 8:00 PM, as it might appear at first glance.
2. At exactly 9:00 PM (21:00):
That rule becomes false. Apex reverts to previous instructions, like Set ON or others.
If you also have Defer 005:00 Then ON, Apex now waits 5 full minutes of sustained ON condition before energizing the outlet.
3. So by 9:05 PM, the skimmer should turn back on if nothing else is overriding it.
That could mean:
Something overrode the ON state during or after the Defer period.
Apex didn’t have a sustained 5-minute window where all conditions allowed ON.
Possibly you toggled things manually (via Fusion app or dashboard), which resets the defer timer if the outlet turns OFF again.
Behavior You Likely Observed:
Time What’s Happening
8:59 PM Skimmer still OFF due to time rule
9:00 PM Time rule expires — Set ON becomes valid
9:00–9:05 PM Defer 5 minutes counts down
~9:05 PM Skimmer turns ON if no other OFF rule is in effect
After that Any manual interference or other rule could delay restart
Add a line like this to verify if time logic is behaving how you expect:
If Time 20:00 to 21:00 Then ON
This guarantees ON from 8–9 PM if other conditions are clear.
Also, if you want a precise OFF at 8:00 PM and back ON at 9:00 PM, update the time rule to:
If Time 20:00 to 21:00 Then OFF
That way, the skimmer is OFF from 8:00–8:59 PM, ON again after 9:00 PM.
