Feed Cycle...can someone walk me through this

[JG1]

I've read the manual and I'm still confused as to what I have to do to make this work.

When I select Feed A, I'd like the following to happen:
Return pump off 20 minutes
Skimmer off 22 minutes
GFO/Carbon off 22 minutes
Vortechs to run constant mode @ 20% for 20 minutes

If someone can give me step by steps I'd really appreciate it

 

[aquamanic]

You have two times you need to consider - the duration of the Feed cycle itself and the per outlet delay after the Feed cycle ends. Assume your feed cycle is 10 minutes. In your return pump outlet, you would add the following line of code:

If FeedA 010 Then OFF

That gives you the 10 minutes of Feed cycle PLUS an extra 10 minutes after the feed cycle ends. For your skimmer it would look like this:

If FeedA 012 Then OFF

For your VorTechs, first create a unique profile to be used for feed modes that has a type of Constant and an intensity of 20% (FWIW, for the Vortech pumps you need something less than 20%, even 19% would work, to activate their feed mode which is a pump speed of 50% of their rated minimum). Let's say that's called FeedMode. In your Vortech outlet, add the feed statement but reference the profile instead of OFF:

If FeedA 000 Then FeedMode

Does that help?

 

[JG1]

Just did exactly as you laid out and when I fit Feed A (feed) none of the pumps are turning off, but my vortechs do go into constant mode @ 20%.

Any ideas?

 

[JG1]

 

[swearint]

Are they even ON in the first place? With those OSC 0/0/0 in each outlet they would be OFF all the time. Do you have them set to Auto mode or Manual ON? Replace the OSC command line with Set ON in each of those outlets.

Todd

 

[JG1]

I'm not sure Where that Osc came from.....I never put that in there. I think I just realized the problem, I have the pumps set to On instead of Auto like you said. I'll replace the Osc with Set On.

 

[swearint]

Whenever you switch from one of the Presets to Advanced, it will contain the underlying code. If you switch from Advanced to a Preset, it will replace the code.

Todd

 

[JG1]

Ok, so I switched the pumps to auto and they all turned off properly when I hit feed A.

I do have a problem though....I'm testing it out now for the first time and my vortechs only stayed on FeedMode for about 10 minutes before going back to reef crest @100%. I want the vortechs to stay on FeedMode as long as the return pump is off.

My return pump should be turning back on in about 5 minutes hopefully that goes as planned.

 

[swearint]

You have two options then. First is to simply increase the extra delay parameter (looks to be 000 per screenshots). Second option is to remove the FeedA command for the Vortechs and replace with 'If Outlet Return = OFF Then FeedMode'. This would keep the Vortechs in FeedMode while the Return pump is OFF, for any reason, including Manual OFF.

Todd

 

[JG1]

You have two options then. First is to simply increase the extra delay parameter (looks to be 000 per screenshots). Second option is to remove the FeedA command for the Vortechs and replace with 'If Outlet Return = OFF Then FeedMode'. This would keep the Vortechs in FeedMode while the Return pump is OFF, for any reason, including Manual OFF.

Todd

Just did your second option. Looks like that should work well. Test it out tomorrow when I feed

thanks!

 

[JG1]

Alright guys I somehow messed my FeedMode up for my vortechs. I put in these 6 lines of code on the bottom to alternate my vortechs from RC/NTM every 4 hours. But by doing so they no longer go into the FeedMode profile....they stay at either RC or NTM


Fallback RC
Set RC
If Outlet Return = OFF Then FeedMode
If Time 08:00 to 12:00 Then NTM
If Time 12:00 to 16:00 Then RC
If Time 16:00 to 20:00 Then NTM
If Time 20:00 to 24:00 Then RC
If Time 24:00 to 04:00 Then NTM
If Time 04:00 to 08:00 Then RC

 

[swearint]

Move the 'If Outlet...' to the bottom. Remember, the Apex executes top to bottom. The last true statement will set the state of the Outlet.

Todd

 

[JG1]

Move the 'If Outlet...' to the bottom. Remember, the Apex executes top to bottom. The last true statement will set the state of the Outlet.

Todd

Thanks...didn't know that!

Appreciate the help!!