Neptune AFS

cccharliecc · Feb 6, 2018

Does anyone know why the AFS is not activating my Feed A settings? I have it set to feed at a certain time and I thought it would use the Feed A settings which work fine if I click Feed A in Fusion.
Feed A shuts the main pump to 4% and then shuts the skimmer off and then back on 5 minutes after everything else is back.

I have a screenshot of my AFS settings below....any ideas?
Thank you!

csockwell · Feb 6, 2018

Yes - that means that the AFS will activate when you start "Feed Timer A". It doesn't start "Feed Timer A" at your scheduled feeding interval. You have to create a virtual outlet to do that.

csockwell · Feb 6, 2018

Look at this guide for more information on programming what you want to do.

http://support.neptunesystems.com/support/solutions/articles/3000030514-afs-programming-guide

cccharliecc · Feb 7, 2018

Thanks for that link. So I think I have it all setup, I just have to test it. My couple questions are my Skimmer, WAV's and COR-20 pump. These are the settings I have for them now.....do they look ok?
I still want to be able to hit FeedA manually so that is why i left those statements in.

If I am correct, this should do 2 things:
1. Let me hit FeedA manually like I do now and shut the COR down to it's 4% run speed, shut the skimmer, and WAV's, then skimmer comes on 10 minutes later.
2. The AFS will automatically turn on and feed at 5:00 pm and wait 30 seconds for the COR, skimmer and WAV's to turn off, then skimmer comes on 10 minutes later.

Virtual Outlet VFEED Created
Set OFF
If Time 17:00 to 17:04 Then ON
If FeedA 000 Then ON

AFS
Set OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then ON
Defer 000:30 Then ON

COR-20 (It's already set to Fallback ON)
If FeedA 005 Then 1
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF

SKIMMER
Fallback ON
Set ON
If FeedA 005 Then OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF
If Output COR-20 Speed < 90 Then OFF
Defer 010:00 Then ON

WAV's - (These are set to Fallback OFF)
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF
If FeedA 005 Then OFF

csockwell · Feb 7, 2018

cccharliecc said:
Thanks for that link. So I think I have it all setup, I just have to test it. My couple questions are my Skimmer, WAV's and COR-20 pump. These are the settings I have for them now.....do they look ok?
I still want to be able to hit FeedA manually so that is why i left those statements in.

If I am correct, this should do 2 things:
1. Let me hit FeedA manually like I do now and shut the COR down to it's 4% run speed, shut the skimmer, and WAV's, then skimmer comes on 10 minutes later.
2. The AFS will automatically turn on and feed at 5:00 pm and wait 30 seconds for the COR, skimmer and WAV's to turn off, then skimmer comes on 10 minutes later.

Virtual Outlet VFEED Created
Set OFF
If Time 17:00 to 17:04 Then ON
If FeedA 000 Then ON

AFS
Set OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then ON
Defer 000:30 Then ON

COR-20 (It's already set to Fallback ON)
If FeedA 005 Then 1
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF

SKIMMER
Fallback ON
Set ON
If FeedA 005 Then OFF
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF
If Output COR-20 Speed < 90 Then OFF
Defer 010:00 Then ON

WAV's - (These are set to Fallback OFF)
If Output vFeed = ON Then OFF
If FeedA 005 Then OFF

The only thing I see is your COR-20, if you want your COR to ramp down to the lowest setting to prevent a back siphon, you need this statement:
If Output vFeed = ON Then 1

Just like the FeedA statement above it. The "1" tells the COR to run at the lowest settings based on your IQ calibration of the pump. By telling it "OFF" it will just turn the COR off.

Hope this helps some!