My New Feed Button!

[RMS18]

The apex control is great but to activate a feed mode every time, having to find my phone, getting into the app, scrolling down and hitting the feed button was getting old. Plus when I go away now my tank sitter can activate the feed mode.

 

[K7BMG]

Yes verry common.
Works well. Good Job

 

[tdhnry]

Look nice and finished. What did you use?

 

[Crabs McJones]

That's awesome! Do you have children? My only concern would be a little one pressing the button repeatedly lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

That's awesome! Do you have children? My only concern would be a little one pressing the button repeatedly lol

Or have that button placed real high

 

[Crabs McJones]

Or have that button placed real high

Idk man, kids are pretty resourceful. All they need to do is pull over a stool or chair and its feeding time lol

 

[mike550]

The apex control is great but to activate a feed mode every time, having to find my phone, getting into the app, scrolling down and hitting the feed button was getting old. Plus when I go away now my tank sitter can activate the feed mode.

That’s awesome and I like the look. I’m thinking about an Apex. Care to share how you did this?

 

[K7BMG]

Apex has a breakout box.
The breakout box has six positions for buttons that can be attached.
You can uze them for all kinds of things from under cabinet lights to feed mode, and many many other things.

 

[Williamson’s Reef]

Very cool!

 

[GK3]

That’s awesome and I like the look. I’m thinking about an Apex. Care to share how you did this?

Use a breakout box for either the brain or one of the modules that supports this. Wire the switch to one of the inputs and find the input in apex. Name that feedbutton. Then , Create a virtual outlet and name it feedmode and set it to auto. The code in that outlet should be something like

set off
If feedbutton = closed then on
Defer 20:00 then off (or whatever time you want for feed to last)

Then in all of your equipment you add
If output feedmode = on then on/off depending on what you want that equipment to do.

 

[minus9]

Nice and clean. I made a couple myself.

 

[RMS18]

That's awesome! Do you have children? My only concern would be a little one pressing the button repeatedly lol

Actually I just had my first child 3 weeks ago! Fingers crossed.

 

[RMS18]

That’s awesome and I like the look. I’m thinking about an Apex. Care to share how you did this?

It's a door bell switch at heart so two wires to breakout box then I programmed the two gyres to shut down when that switch number is closed. Picked the switch up on esty.

 

[minus9]

Actually I just had my first child 3 weeks ago! Fingers crossed.

Congrats!

 

[mike550]

Use a breakout box for either the brain or one of the modules that supports this. Wire the switch to one of the inputs and find the input in apex. Name that feedbutton. Then , Create a virtual outlet and name it feedmode and set it to auto. The code in that outlet should be something like

set off
If feedbutton = closed then on
Defer 20:00 then off (or whatever time you want for feed to last)

Then in all of your equipment you add
If output feedmode = on then on/off depending on what you want that equipment to do.

Thanks @GK3 much appreciated