Feed cycle to turn on device when needed ?

[jmkarcz]

I went back a ways but did not see this asked, so if it has been, perhaps someone could just provide a link...

Sometimes I want to feed the fish in my 6 tank breeder system (nothing has bred yet but I am hopeful) but I have returned home to late and the lights have just gone out... is there a way to use the feed cycle in reverse and have it turn on a particular device for half hour or hour rather that turn it off? This way I could select feed, the lights would come back on, I could feed, and walk away knowing that in X amount of time they will turn off automatically....


And Yes... I left them on all night again...

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Jason

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[kenargo]

have you tried something like this:

If FeedA 000 Then PM1 ON

The 000 can be changed is you need more time. In the FEEDx statement the value indicates how long, in minutes to leave the device in the state (ON) once the feed timer expires. I suspect that you may need to use this value to get a long enough time since the feed timer doesn't reach more than a few minutes.

[herb11kigoma]

you could have the feed statement turn on a 'dummy' device, then use the max change statement to hold it on for whatever time you desire.


herb

[kenargo]

I think you can save the dummy device and used the Feedx. If you want to leave the device ON for 30 minutes after the feed cycle then you would use:

If FeedA 030 Then PM1 ON