email alarms and status emails

[jimsflies]

I have been receiving hourly status emails from the controller. Is there a way to have it only email if there is a problem?

I am still working on the alarm programming and I'm not sure how the controller handles an alarm condition. Does the controller send a special email when an alarm condition is triggered?

Any programming tips would be appreciated.

Here's my current program:

RT1#-A01; return pump main tank
CL1#-A02; slosed loop
RT2#-A03; return pump frag tank
SKM#-A04; skimmer
HE2%-A06; heater main tank (not controlled via ACIII right now)
CL2#-A07; closed loop frag tank
ALM&-A08; alarm?
MH1$-B01; halide main tank
PC1$-B02; 03 actinic main tank
PC2$-B08; blue actinic main tank
MH2$-B03; halide frag tank
HET%-B04; heater in sump
FUG$-B05; fuge light
FAN&-B06; sump fan
MON$-B07; moon lights

If Time > 00:00 Then ALM OFF
If Time > 00:00 Then SKM ON
If Time > 00:00 Then RT1 ON
If Time > 00:00 Then RT2 ON
If Time > 00:00 Then CL1 ON
If Time > 00:00 Then CL2 ON
If Time > 00:00 Then HE2 ON
If Time > 06:00 Then MH1 ON
If Time > 09:00 Then MH1 OFF
If Time > 09:00 Then MH2 ON
If Time > 21:00 Then MH2 OFF
If Time > 06:10 Then PC1 ON
If Time > 23:00 Then PC1 OFF
If Time > 06:10 Then PC2 ON
If Time > 23:10 Then PC2 OFF
If Time > 16:30 Then MH1 ON
If Time > 21:45 Then MH1 OFF
If Time > 21:45 Then FUG ON
If Time > 06:00 Then FUG OFF
If Time > 06:10 Then MON OFF
If Time > 23:00 Then MON ON
If Temp < 81.5 Then HET ON
If Temp > 81.8 Then HET OFF
If Temp > 82.0 Then FAN ON
If Temp < 81.8 Then FAN OFF
If Temp > 82.0 Then FUG OFF
If Temp < 78.0 Then ALM ON
If Temp > 85.0 Then ALM ON
If Temp > 84.0 Then MH1 OFF
If Temp < 50.0 Then HET OFF
Max Change 020 M Then MH1 ON
If Feed cycle Then RT1 OFF
If Feed cycle Then RT2 OFF
If Feed cycle Then SKM OFF
If Feed cycle Then HET OFF
If pH > 08.40 Then ALM ON
If pH < 07.95 Then ALM ON
If Power Fail Then ALM ON
If Power Fail Then CL1 OFF
Max Change 005 M Then CL1 ON
If Power Fail Then RT2 OFF
Max Change 001 M Then RT2 ON
If Power Fail Then SKM OFF
Max Change 012 M Then SKM ON
If Power Fail Then MH1 OFF
Max Change 015 M Then MH1 ON
If Power Fail Then MH2 OFF
Max Change 020 M Then MH2 ON
If Power Fail Then PC2 OFF
Max Change 010 M Then PC2 ON

 

[sidewinder770]

You need to tell it to only email you if ALM is on. If you look in the setup make sure the email parameter is set to ALM and not something else (ie MH1, CL1, PC2, etc etc)

 

[jimsflies]

that makes sense. thanks.

Would there be a way to program it to send an email once per day with a general status, but also to send an immediate notice if there was an alarm condition?

 

[sidewinder770]

Yup- A few people have done that. I haven't but I imagine it would be a simple timer statement to turn the alarm on and then off a few minutes later which would give you the status. There have been a few threads about this in the past that you can lookup that may show a better way to do it.

 

[jimsflies]

Okay...still having problems. I set the email to ALM in the controller and not getting any emails even when I modify the program to create an alarm condition.

 

[cali_reef]

Have you tried just turning the ALM module on using the web interface?

 

[clp]

First make sure that the test email works. If that doesn't work then follow the instructions below to debug the problem:

Here are the steps to follow to debug the email problem:

Telnet into the AquaController:
In the start -> run box of your PC type ‘telnet 192.168.1.50’ or whatever the IP address of your AquaController is.
Login to the AquaController.


At the AquaController prompt type:
cons
1 maild
mail

If you don’t understand the debug messages please send the log support@neptunesys.com, and hopefully I can tell you what is going wrong.


Curt