Multiple alarms?

[Aquaduck]

Hi Curt,

Does the firmware for the ACIII support multiple alarms? I would like to have two alarms for my setup. They would be named ALM1 and ALM2. For example, if my temperature goes too high, or water is leaking onto the floor I would want ALM1 to trip and send me a text message on my phone. ALM2 could be a beeper used for indicating tank parameters are starting to drift away from the norm. Like the ORP has dropped under 300 or gone above 400. This would tell me to check the tank and possibly clean or check the ORP probe etc. Likewise for pH and temperature.

 

[clp]

Yes, you can have multiple alarms. Just create two timer names - like AL1 and AL2. For the email alarm use:

If Time > 00:00 Then AL1 OFF
If Temp > 85.0 Then AL1 ON
If Temp < 75.0 Then AL1 ON
If Switch1 CLOSED Then AL1 ON
etc.

For AL2 use:

If Time > 00:00 Then AL2 OFF
If Timer AL1 = ON Then AL2 ON
If ORP > 400 Then AL2 ON
If ORP < 300 Then AL2 ON

With this AL2 would have all the alarms of AL1, plus the ORP alarm.

Curt

 

[Aquaduck]

That's great. So I am guessing I would have to go into the email settings on the controller and change ALM to ALM1 to get an email if ALM1 is ON? The manual is not clear on this.

 

[clp]

Yes, that's right.