ambaratur
06/20/2007, 03:03 PM
Hi all.
I had some people ask me questions about my aquacontroller program and I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread to discuss our programs in.
I will post mine here first. This is the program I am currently running and it of course will change over time. I thought this might get our discussions going however.
I am placing comments on some lines that might need explanations. These comments will be preceded by a semi-colon ";" and are not a part of the program. I have also added some spaces to help make the program more readable.
Here is my program as of Wednesday June 20:
ACT$-A1 ;Actinic Lights & Canopy Fans
LT1$-A2 ;Main Lights
RFG$-A3 ;Refugium Light
RET#-A4 ;Return Pump
SKM#-A5 ;Skimmer
HET%-A6 ;Heaters
ATO&-A7 ;Auto Top Off
FAN%-A8 ;Sump Cooling Fan
If Time > 00:00 Then RET ON
If Time > 00:00 Then SKM ON
If FeedA 000 Then RET OFF
If FeedA 003 Then SKM OFF ;Skimmer waits 3 mins longer than main pump on feeding
If Power 003 Then SKM OFF ;Skimmer waits 3 mins on power on
If Time > 09:30 Then ACT ON
If Temp > 82.5 Then ACT OFF
Max Change 015 M Then ACT OFF ;Actinics have 15 min waiting period before turning ON again
If Time > 21:30 Then ACT OFF
If Time > 10:30 Then LT1 ON
If Temp > 81.5 Then LT1 OFF
Max Change 015 M Then LT1 OFF ;Main Lights have 15 min waiting period before turning ON again
If Time > 20:30 Then LT1 OFF
If Time > 10:00 Then RFG OFF
If Time > 21:00 Then RFG ON
If Temp < 78.0 Then HET ON
If Temp > 78.5 Then HET OFF
If Time > 09:00 Then ATO ON
If Time > 09:01 Then ATO OFF
If Time > 20:00 Then ATO ON
If Time > 20:01 Then ATO OFF
If Temp < 79.0 Then FAN OFF
If Temp > 79.5 Then FAN ON
I currently am only running one DC8 control module. I am finding this quite limiting and will be adding a DC4 module in the future. At this time my moonlights have been connected to a different timer in order to control my cooling fan.
Also a note on my Auto Top Off system: I only allow the supply pump to run for 1 minute in the morning and 1 minute in the evening. This is preventative to make sure I never overflow my sump. I have a double float switch in the sump that controlls a small pump in my ATO bucket but only toping off morning and night is a safety precaution as well as a way to fight TDS creep in the bucket itself.
Please feel free to post any questions you have and I will be happy to answer them.
Thanks!
Don
I had some people ask me questions about my aquacontroller program and I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread to discuss our programs in.
I will post mine here first. This is the program I am currently running and it of course will change over time. I thought this might get our discussions going however.
I am placing comments on some lines that might need explanations. These comments will be preceded by a semi-colon ";" and are not a part of the program. I have also added some spaces to help make the program more readable.
Here is my program as of Wednesday June 20:
ACT$-A1 ;Actinic Lights & Canopy Fans
LT1$-A2 ;Main Lights
RFG$-A3 ;Refugium Light
RET#-A4 ;Return Pump
SKM#-A5 ;Skimmer
HET%-A6 ;Heaters
ATO&-A7 ;Auto Top Off
FAN%-A8 ;Sump Cooling Fan
If Time > 00:00 Then RET ON
If Time > 00:00 Then SKM ON
If FeedA 000 Then RET OFF
If FeedA 003 Then SKM OFF ;Skimmer waits 3 mins longer than main pump on feeding
If Power 003 Then SKM OFF ;Skimmer waits 3 mins on power on
If Time > 09:30 Then ACT ON
If Temp > 82.5 Then ACT OFF
Max Change 015 M Then ACT OFF ;Actinics have 15 min waiting period before turning ON again
If Time > 21:30 Then ACT OFF
If Time > 10:30 Then LT1 ON
If Temp > 81.5 Then LT1 OFF
Max Change 015 M Then LT1 OFF ;Main Lights have 15 min waiting period before turning ON again
If Time > 20:30 Then LT1 OFF
If Time > 10:00 Then RFG OFF
If Time > 21:00 Then RFG ON
If Temp < 78.0 Then HET ON
If Temp > 78.5 Then HET OFF
If Time > 09:00 Then ATO ON
If Time > 09:01 Then ATO OFF
If Time > 20:00 Then ATO ON
If Time > 20:01 Then ATO OFF
If Temp < 79.0 Then FAN OFF
If Temp > 79.5 Then FAN ON
I currently am only running one DC8 control module. I am finding this quite limiting and will be adding a DC4 module in the future. At this time my moonlights have been connected to a different timer in order to control my cooling fan.
Also a note on my Auto Top Off system: I only allow the supply pump to run for 1 minute in the morning and 1 minute in the evening. This is preventative to make sure I never overflow my sump. I have a double float switch in the sump that controlls a small pump in my ATO bucket but only toping off morning and night is a safety precaution as well as a way to fight TDS creep in the bucket itself.
Please feel free to post any questions you have and I will be happy to answer them.
Thanks!
Don