Running a pump for 1 min...

[JNicho]

Long story but I want to run a pump for 1min 2 or 3 times a day...problem is it seems if I program it for 10:01 to 10:02 that will make it run for 2 mins...if I set it up for 10:01 to 10:01 will that work or does that confuse it?

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 10:01 to 10:01 Then ON
If Time 22:01 to 22:01 Then ON

Will something like this work?

TIA!

 

[JNicho]

Update...I don't think it will work as above...I just checked and it shows that outlet as on, but it shouldn't be.

So, any good ideas? I guess I can valve the pump and run it half open for 2 mins, LOL!

 

[Deleted member 143833]

Try:

OSC 720:00/001:00/000:00 Then ON

 

[JNicho]

OK...sorry to be a pain, but I'm new to the Neptune controllers...can you explain what that is doing so I can understand and modify if I want/need to. Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 143833]

OSC (oscillate) and in this case the values interpret as OFF/ON/OFF (since the last value is ON). So you will get:

Off for 720 minutes, then on for 1 minute, then off for 720 minutes.

Though, as i think about it you might want to use:

OSC 001:00/720:00/000:00 Then OFF

This later would be ON for 1 minute at midnight, then OFF for 720 minutes and then ON again for 1 minute, then OFF for another 720 minutes (which puts you back to midnight).

The command works as:

OFF/ON/OFF (if the last keyword is ON) or ON/OFF/ON if the last keyword is OFF.

Make sense?

 

[JNicho]

Ahh...that's makes more sense...thanks again!