feed cycles

[Flameback Pair]

@SuncrestReef I'm taking this example of a timed setup from your article #7: Feed Cycles on the Apex

Virtual Output vFeed:

Set OFF
If Time 08:00 to 08:02 Then ON
If Time 17:00 to 17:02 Then ON
Defer 005:00 Then OFF

AFS Output Configuration:

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then ON
Defer 001:00 Then ON => => What if was changed to: Defer 010:00 Then ON

Return Pump Configuration:

Fallback ON
Set ON
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF

Skimmer Configuration:

Fallback OFF
Set ON
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF
Defer 005:00 Then ON

 

[SuncrestReef]

If you changed the Defer delay from 1 minute to 10 minutes, the AFS would never turn on because Defer forces the output to wait the duration of the timer with no change in the If condition that would have turned it on. So in this example, the condition is:

If Output vFeed = ON Then ON

But vFeed only remains on for 8 minutes (8:00:00 through 8:02:59, then the extra 5 minutes of the Defer 005:00), so it would turn off prior to the 10 minute Defer timer's expiration.

You can easily get around this by simply changing the vFeed times to extend them beyond 10 minutes:

[vFeed]
Set OFF
If Time 08:00 to 08:12 Then ON
If Time 17:00 to 17:12 Then ON
(I removed the Defer 005 here because it was unnecessary)

[AFS]
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then ON
Defer 010:00 Then ON

 

[Flameback Pair]

If you changed the Defer delay from 1 minute to 10 minutes, the AFS would never turn on because Defer forces the output to wait the duration of the timer with no change in the If condition that would have turned it on. So in this example, the condition is:

If Output vFeed = ON Then ON

But vFeed only remains on for 8 minutes (8:00:00 through 8:02:59, then the extra 5 minutes of the Defer 005:00), so it would turn off prior to the 10 minute Defer timer's expiration.

You can easily get around this by simply changing the vFeed times to extend them beyond 10 minutes:

[vFeed]
Set OFF
If Time 08:00 to 08:12 Then ON
If Time 17:00 to 17:12 Then ON
(I removed the Defer 005 here because it was unnecessary)

[AFS]
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then ON
Defer 010:00 Then ON

@SuncrestReef what if the slider on the vFeed tile was slid to ON briefly?