Sound Alarm

[pyton]

Is there a way to sound Alarm when a certain profile is activated?

I want to see what the FLUSH1 and 2 profiles do in the tank when they run.
I do my feed and I forget to watch for it, next thing I know everything is running normal.

Thanks

 

[swearint]

Not directly, at least that I can tell from the manual. What condition are you using to activate the profile? Use that to also activate the alarm.

Todd

 

[kayl]

Is there a way to sound Alarm when a certain profile is activated?

I want to see what the FLUSH1 and 2 profiles do in the tank when they run.
I do my feed and I forget to watch for it, next thing I know everything is running normal.

Thanks

How are you running the FLUSH1 and 2 profiles? (If this is Tunze specific, I'm not familiar, sorry)

Are you using a virtual outlet to activate the profiles? If so, just make add the virtual outlet = ON statement to your alarm

 

[pyton]

I used the tunze / powerhead set up from the back of the manual
which was also posted here

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1992502

If FeedA 005 Then Flush_1
If FeedA 005 Then Flush_2


the way I understand it this will make it start 5 minutes AFTER the feed cycle over

So in the Alarm I should just use
If FeedA 005 Then ON

 

[swearint]

No, not exactly. The If FeedA 005 Then Flush will be active for the duration of FeedA + 5 minutes after it expires. If you use that in the Alarm outlet it will do the same, ie ON for the entire duration + 5. The Feed function is a manual operation, so I don't understand why you need the alarm. Also, are both Flush1 and Flush2 in the same outlet? What are you wanting to do overall?

Todd

 

[kayl]

No, not exactly. The If FeedA 005 Then Flush will be active for the duration of FeedA + 5 minutes after it expires. If you use that in the Alarm outlet it will do the same, ie ON for the entire duration + 5. The Feed function is a manual operation, so I don't understand why you need the alarm. Also, are both Flush1 and Flush2 in the same outlet? What are you wanting to do overall?

Todd

I'm not sure exactly what he's doing there either, but I think the best way to program it how he wants is to use a virtual outlet:

FlushA (or whatever you want to name your virtual outlet)

FeedA 005 Then ON
FeedA 000 Then OFF



Then under your pump:

If Outlet FlushA = ON then Flush_1

Then set your audible alarm so that:

If Outlet FlushA = On then ON

Does anyone know if you can use two feed cycle statements like I did in FlushA?

 

[pyton]

No, not exactly. The If FeedA 005 Then Flush will be active for the duration of FeedA + 5 minutes after it expires. If you use that in the Alarm outlet it will do the same, ie ON for the entire duration + 5. The Feed function is a manual operation, so I don't understand why you need the alarm. Also, are both Flush1 and Flush2 in the same outlet? What are you wanting to do overall?

Todd

So I watched it and what you said is true, however the tunze never go into Flush1 / Flush2, but the alarm did. At least now I know something is not working.

I think he is trying to shut the tunze off by putting

If FeedA 000 Then OFF

Then when that expires it will revert to

If FeedA 005 Then Flush_1

so it would be 5 minutes after FeedA expires, however it did not work for me


He got the programming from page 100 of the manual but it did not have the flush statements

 

[pyton]

okay got it to work I was using FeedB and all this was set for FeedA

I thought I had changed that before. Must have loaded an old config.