email settings help

[tchndie]

Hey everybody! I was wondering if the is a way to have the apex to only email me if the power is out for more then 10 second? I just don't want to get an email if there is a split second power flicker. Also do you know the proper wording to do this??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.!!!

Thanks

 

[aquamanic]

You can use the Defer statement either on the email alarm outlet itself (not recommended because this applies to the entire outlet, all conditions) or create a virtual outlet just for power failures, put the Defer in there, then add the virtual outlet to the email alarm outlet.

 

[tchndie]

wow that sound complicated! Is there a way to simplify it? Also what would be the exact wording i would use??

 

[aquamanic]

If adding it to the email outlet it would look like this:

[email outlet]
If Temp > 80 Then ON
If Power EB8_3 OFF 000 then ON
Defer :10 Then ON

Now, keep in mind that Defer would apply to both the Power statement and the Temp statement which is why I said this isn't the best solution. the other answer is a virtual outlet (you can read how to create a virtual outlet in the User Guide I wrote).

[myvirtualoutlet]
If Power EB8_3 OFF 000 Then ON
Defer :10 Then ON

[email outlet]
If Temp > 80 Then ON
If myvirtualoutlet = ON then ON

This way the email alarm is immediate for Temp but essentially delayed by the Defer amount for the virtual outlet. The virtual outlet has to be ON for 10 seconds before physically turning ON.

You can read more about outlets and their physical states vs. internal states in the User Guide as well.