Apex - Remind me to turn ATO back on?

[Calm Blue Ocean]

I often turn my ATO off when I'm doing certain maintenance tasks so I don't have to listen to it's alarm...and then I forget to turn it back on. It's probably something pretty simple, but is there a way to get the Apex to give me a shout, "Hey dummy, you forgot to turn the ATO back on when you finished fiddling around in the tank"?

 

[MichaelReefer]

LOL I can't tell you how many times I thought about this. .

 

[SuncrestReef]

Create a virtual output to act as a timer. In this example, the Alert_ATO virtual output will watch the ATK_Lo sensor, and if it remains OPEN (dry) for over 90 minutes, it will trigger an alarm to send you a notification:

[Alert_ATO]
Set OFF
If ATK_Lo OPEN Then ON
Defer 090:00 Then ON

[EmailAlm]
Set OFF
If Output Alert_ATO = ON Then ON

If you're not familiar with virtual outputs, see my tutorial here:

Neptune Apex Programming Tutorials, Part 5: Virtual Outputs

Part 5 of our Apex Programming Tutorials. This one is on Virtual Outputs.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

Create a virtual output to act as a timer. In this example, the Alert_ATO virtual output will watch the ATK_Lo sensor, and if it remains OPEN (dry) for over 90 minutes, it will trigger an alarm to send you a notification:

[Alert_ATO]
Set OFF
If ATK_Lo OPEN Then ON
Defer 090:00 Then ON

[EmailAlm]
Set OFF
If Output Alert_ATO = ON Then ON

If you're not familiar with virtual outputs, see my tutorial here:

Neptune Apex Programming Tutorials, Part 5: Virtual Outputs

Part 5 of our Apex Programming Tutorials. This one is on Virtual Outputs.

www.reef2reef.com

This article not only answered my original question but so many others. Thank you for this!

 

[SuncrestReef]

This article not only answered my original question but so many others. Thank you for this!

Excellent! Glad to help.

Be sure to check out all the other tutorials in my Apex series:

Articles by SuncrestReef

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[SteveMM62Reef]

I took a Sharpie and wrote ATO on my hoses. I was always forgetting to unplug it when removing water, for a water change. I plug the pump that pumps the new water in from Brute Container, in that Receptacle. So I have no problem remembering to plug it back in.