Email Alert "SET OFF"

[Colione]

Hi everyone,

I recently decided to turn on my email alarms, and I am continually getting certain email alerts (like 15 a day). They all say:

Date: 2016-06-21 22:51:26 (2016-06-22 05:51:26 UTC)
Status: OFF
Statement: Set OFF

Sometimes it says:

Date: 2016-06-21 22:51:26 (2016-06-22 05:51:26 UTC)
Status: ON
Statement: Set OFF


I don't know what this means, or what it is doing.

Here is my programing:

Set OFF
If Temp > 82.0 Then ON
If Temp < 75.0 Then ON
If pH > 8.65 Then ON
If pH < 7.80 Then ON
Defer 004:00 Then ON
If FeedD 000 Then ON



Obviously the first (and only) thing I tried was to remove the SET OFF command line. But it still happened.

Any thoughts?? Right now I'm going to delete all of the lines except temp, and see what happens.

 

[RussM]

Status OFF / Set OFF is a normal message that tells you that a previously-active alarm condition is no longer present. Basically, it means "all clear".

Status ON / Set OFF is usually due to the email outlet having been put to ON rather than AUTO.

 

[kurt_n]

I've never seen a 'defer' statement used like that in an alarm program. RussM... is that correct usage? Could that be causing the nuisance alarms.

Personally... I wouldn't want any deferring of an alarm - I'd want to know NOW.

Also... did you intend for the Feed 'd' cycle to trigger an alarm? Just curious. Maybe you're using that to remotely make sure your tank sitter is feeding as requested?!

 

[Colione]

Status OFF / Set OFF is a normal message that tells you that a previously-active alarm condition is no longer present. Basically, it means "all clear".

Status ON / Set OFF is usually due to the email outlet having been put to ON rather than AUTO.

Ahhhh, so it's notifying me that say the Temp/pH has gone down to acceptable levels?? I guess that's good to know, but it gets annoying with a lot of messages. hahaha.

I've never seen a 'defer' statement used like that in an alarm program. RussM... is that correct usage? Could that be causing the nuisance alarms.

Personally... I wouldn't want any deferring of an alarm - I'd want to know NOW.

Also... did you intend for the Feed 'd' cycle to trigger an alarm? Just curious. Maybe you're using that to remotely make sure your tank sitter is feeding as requested?!

Defer is used because lately the ph has been jumping up high, and it teeters on the threshold. I'm saying, wait 5 mins of this condition being true before telling me. It was really just an attempt to reduce notifications.

And YES, 100% correct on monitoring the fish sitter. hahaha I turn it to Feed D when I'm home, and when I leave I change the programing to Feed A (normal feed is A, but I don't want texts every time I feed....)

 

[Breadman03]

I've never seen a 'defer' statement used like that in an alarm program. RussM... is that correct usage? Could that be causing the nuisance alarms.

Personally... I wouldn't want any deferring of an alarm - I'd want to know NOW.

Also... did you intend for the Feed 'd' cycle to trigger an alarm? Just curious. Maybe you're using that to remotely make sure your tank sitter is feeding as requested?!

I have an alarm for my ATO float switches. Obviously, a few minutes of activation is normal, so I have a defer set for, I think, 15 minutes.