power failure notification

[mikesin]

Hello, We have an ACIII connected to a battery back-up. Today we lost power for 3 seconds and no e-mail was sent. How long does the ACIII have to be without power before a notification is sent?

Thanks in advance

[skydancer]

The battery back up outlet of the ACIII has to be connected to the UPS, BUT the normal AC power outlet of the ACIII HAS to be connected to a non-UPS plug, so the ACIII "notices" the power outage. If you have both outlets connected to the UPS the ACIII will not "see" the power loss and will not send an email notification.

[mikesin]

Yes, this is how I have it set up, thats how i know there was a 3 sec power failure.

[skydancer]

Then there is a problem with your Internet set up.
Try sending a fake email by manually setting the "alarm" flag to ON.
Typically a 3 second power failure will send an email out, provided that the AQIII registered the alarm, which in your case sounds like it did.
HTH

[mikesin]

Yes, the ACIII registered a power failure this AM but I did not receive a notification. I sent a test e-mail just now and it came thru - hmm

[kenargo]

Are the internet components on UPS also (e.g., routers, DSL modem, etc)?

[mikesin]

yes, the modem and router are on a UPS as well. So to clarify, the main power to the ACIII is NOT on a UPS but the "back-up" connection of the ACIII is.
I just shut off the main power to my DT for 20 seconds. Every thing shut down, after restoring power I checked the ACIII and it confirmed that there was a power failure yet NO e-mail was sent.
Maybe then e-mail alert to be programed?

Thanks


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PHL#-A06- power head
PHR#-A07- power head
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LT2$-B02 - light #2
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MON$-C01 - lunar lights

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If Switch1 CLOSED Then ALM ON
If Temp > 82.0 Then ALM ON
If Temp < 78.5 Then ALM ON
If FeedA 000 Then PM1 OFF
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If Switch1 CLOSED Then PM2 OFF
If Switch1 CLOSED Then PM3 OFF
If Switch1 CLOSED Then PHL OFF
If Switch1 CLOSED Then PHR OFF
If Switch1 CLOSED Then PHT OFF

[kenargo]

I don't see anything in your program which would trigger an email except for Switch1 and high/low temp. Emails are sent when the alarm timer turns on, you would need to add something like this:

If Power 000 Then ALM On

This will turn on the alarm when power fails which will trigger an email.

[skydancer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12344320#post12344320 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kenargo
I don't see anything in your program which would trigger an email except for Switch1 and high/low temp. Emails are sent when the alarm timer turns on, you would need to add something like this:

If Power 000 Then ALM On

This will turn on the alarm when power fails which will trigger an email.

I don't think the "If Power 000 then ALM ON" statement is necessary. The ACIII will AUTOMATICALLY send the email out when power fails.

[kenargo]

The ACIII will AUTOMATICALLY send the email out when power fails

I do not belive that this is true; I have the statement and it works. I would need to test what happens without a statement. Have you seen it work without any alarm statement?

From the manual:


The following program statement signals an alarm if the power has failed

If Power 000 Then ALM On

[skydancer]

Kenargo, Yes you're right, my fault...
It's been so long since I looked that portion of my code, that I forgot I had such a statement...

Yes, you do need the If Power 000 then ALM ON.
Sorry for the confusion.

[mikesin]

Thanks everyone, I was also thinking that the ACIII sent the power failure e-mail notification automatically, without code.

Thanks again