Advanced programing

[Csharp]

Ok, so I have some understanding of apex programming. I want to hit the feed a and have my return pump turn off skimmer off, and my mp40 to constant 20% for 20 min. that's the easy part. After the 20 minutes I want the return to turn on and the mp40's to turn on 100% to move the food out of the display for 5 min. At this point I want the skimmer to turn on.

Skimmer and the pump are easy I just keep rattling my brain on how to compound commands like this. Can this be accomplished or am I trying do the impossible?

[Holyreefer]

use the programming of DEFER
You can tell the apex to keep the skimmer off for an additional 20 mins using defer
You could tell the apex to defer the pump to 80% after the feed a

[Csharp]

Thanks for the knowledge. Would it read something like

If feed a 000 then slow. (I have a profile for 20% power while feeding named slow)

The new code would be like
If feed a defer 15 min then fast (ill have to set up a profile for 80 percent)

Correct?

[mjc0760]

Originally Posted by Csharp

Thanks for the knowledge. Would it read something like

If feed a 000 then slow. (I have a profile for 20% power while feeding named slow)

The new code would be like
If feed a defer 15 min then fast (ill have to set up a profile for 80 percent)

Correct?

I don't think you need a DEFER command to accomplish your goal here. To run your Slow profile in feed mode, assuming you have a 15 minute feed period, use:

If Feed_A 015 Then Slow

Once the Feed A cycle is done, your main profile, e.g., Fast or whatever it might be based on the time of day, would take over again. Holyreefer is spot on about needing a DEFER command on your skimmer. But you would do that in the Skimmer Output coding. Here's mine as an example:

[Skimmer]
Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Output Return_3_7 = OFF Then OFF
If Power Apex Off 005 Then OFF
Defer 002:00 Then ON
If Outlet Sump_high = ON Then OFF

[mjc0760]

Originally Posted by mjc0760

I don't think you need a DEFER command to accomplish your goal here. To run your Slow profile in feed mode, assuming you have a 15 minute feed period, use:

If Feed_A 015 Then Slow

Once the Feed A cycle is done, your main profile, e.g., Fast or whatever it might be based on the time of day, would take over again. Holyreefer is spot on about needing a DEFER command on your skimmer. But you would do that in the Skimmer Output coding. Here's mine as an example:

[Skimmer]
Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Output Return_3_7 = OFF Then OFF
If Power Apex Off 005 Then OFF
Defer 002:00 Then ON
If Outlet Sump_high = ON Then OFF

I just realized it might help if you saw my Return pump code. My FeedA is for feeding fish, FeedB is for Corals (15 minutes w/all powerheads off) and FeedD is 1 hour maintenance:

[Return_3_7]
Fallback OFF
Set ON
If FeedA 010 Then OFF
If FeedB 015 Then OFF
If FeedD 060 Then OFF
If Outlet Sump_high = ON Then OFF