Bionic dosing ?

Baldwin

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I want to dose 20 ml at 8 am and 8 pm of alk. I want to dose 20 ml of calcium at 9 am and 9 pm. I have the brs 1 ml per minute dosers. What would the commands be?
 
Your first example looks correct, but the second does not. Try this:

[Alk]
Fallback OFF
OSC 480:00/020:00/220:00 THEN ON
If pH > 8.4 Then OFF

[Calcium]
Fallback OFF
OSC 540:00/20:00/160:00 Then ON

The pH check is there for safety, assuming the dose will raise pH. If not, then ignore it.

Todd
 
Thanks a lot can I use the pH command for the calcium as well so that neither will dose if its above that?
 
Typically, dosing Ca has little affect on pH, which is probably why Todd did not put an If pH... statement in the Calcium outlet example he provided. But you sure can add a test if you'd like.

If you don't have them already, you could/should put pH tests in your alarm outlet(s) though.

[EmailAlm]
Set OFF
If pH < 7.9 Then ON
If pH > 8.4 Then ON

(adjust thresholds as desired)
 
Ok that's something I was wondering, I don't have ANY alrams, so I want to put a ph and a temp alarm to email me, where do I put them at?
 
I have control type set as advanced, and this is what I have posted in the white box-

Set OFF
If Temp > 82.0 Then ON
If Temp < 75.0 Then ON

Set OFF
If pH < 7.8 Then ON
If pH > 8.4 Then ON


Should the from email address and to email address be the same or different?

I have it as the same and I clicked email test and update network settings but it isn't sending anything?
 
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You don't need both Set OFF commands, delete the second one. And you might want to add a DEFER 00:10 Then ON at the end. This will help filter out any 'noise' and avoid unnecessary alarms/emails.

Todd
 
Ok this si what I have now, don't quite know what your talking about with the DEFER if you could explain further. It still will not email me?

Set OFF
If Temp > 82.0 Then ON
If Temp < 75.0 Then ON

If pH < 07.80 Then ON
If pH > 08.40 Then ON
 
I'll let Russ help with the email issue, not really my forte. Or you could check out the New User Guide stickied at the top of the forum.

Your code should look like this:


Set OFF
If Temp > 82.0 Then ON
If Temp < 75.0 Then ON
If pH < 7.8 Then ON
If pH > 8.4 Then ON
Defer 00:10 Then ON

Without the Defer, if any of the conditions are true for just a second or two, you would get an email. The defer buffers out minor fluctuations. It makes it so that the 'pending' state be ON for at least ten seconds before it allows the outlet to actually change to ON.

Todd
 
Should the from email address and to email address be the same or different?

I have it as the same and I clicked email test and update network settings but it isn't sending anything?
They can usually be the same.

Post your Apex network and email settings here so we can check that stuff (you can just copy & paste; feel free to 'x' out personal info like the first part of the email addresses)
 
Ok I need to up my dosage to around 80 ml. I want to still dose all day anyone have any idea what this code would look like?
 
I would do something like this so you are dosing hourly.

Alk
15:00/3:30/41:30

Ca
45:00/3:30/11:30

If you spread it out hourly you probably wont have to worry about ph spikes and you can use the standard programming screen for pumps.
 
You can adjust the on time to increase or decrease the total daily ml's. The pramming would look like this...

Alk
OSC 15:00/3:30/41:30 then on

Ca
OSC 45:00/3:30/11:30 then on
 
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