Prevent false alarm alerts on ACIII?

[gotfrogs]

I have an ACIII with Firmware 3.40S_6B09. My current program is giving me lots of false e-mail alerts. I am not sure why this is happening but I suspect that I am getting a momentary out of tolerance measurement (temp or pH). One possible solution that may solve this is using the defer command. Is the defer command available on the ACIII or only the Apex? Do you have any other suggestions on how to stop these alerts? I am getting about 10 of them per day.

Here is my program (it is not for a reef tank):

PMP#-D09
FLT$-D15
FHT%-D16
ALM&-E06

If Time > 00:00 Then ALM OFF
If Time > 00:00 Then PMP ON
If pH < 07.10 Then ALM ON
If pH > 08.40 Then ALM ON
If Power 000 Then ALM ON
If Temp < 81.0 Then ALM ON
If Temp > 87.0 Then ALM ON
If Time > 18:00 Then FLT ON
If Time > 20:45 Then FLT OFF
If Temp > 87.0 Then FLT OFF
Max Change 015 M Then FLT OFF
If Temp < 84.0 Then FHT ON
If Temp > 85.0 Then FHT OFF
If FeedA 000 Then PMP OFF

 

[gotfrogs]

Here is an example of one of the alerts that I just got:

Nov 23 2010 18:14:23
Temp pH
84.3 7.81

PMP is ON Auto
FLT is OFF Manual
FHT is OFF Auto
ALM is OFF Auto
Power Failed: None
Power Restored: None

 

[ciphros]

I've had similar issues, for me it turned out to be inductive load interference from my MH2 ballast turning on (always about the same time of day, and always found that the trigger for my LOW limit float in the sump was what triggered the alarm). I moved my ballast further away from the AC3 head unit and the alarms have stopped.

Check your outlet log and see if you can figure out what is turning on to set off your alarm. Report back on what you find and we'll see if we can figure out what to do to solve the issue. Also, I never had issues with the older 3.3 firmware, but I hadn't had the float switch on the system all that long before the move to 3.4, and the alarm was very random. Not every day, and could be weeks in between times it would happen.

 

[gotfrogs]

How is this even possible? I changed the program so that there are no triggers that turn the ALM on but I am still getting e-mail alerts.

Here is the program:
PMP#-D09
FLT$-D15
FHT%-D16
ALM&-E06

If Time > 00:00 Then ALM OFF
If Time > 00:00 Then PMP ON
If Temp < 84.0 Then FHT ON
If Temp > 85.0 Then FHT OFF
If Time > 18:00 Then FLT ON
If Time > 20:45 Then FLT OFF
If Temp > 87.0 Then FLT OFF
If FeedA 000 Then PMP OFF


Here is the alert:
Nov 26 2010 13:14:23
Temp pH
84.7 7.75
PMP is ON Auto
FLT is OFF Manual
FHT is ON Auto
ALM is OFF Auto
Power Failed: None
Power Restored: None