Quick code check, please.

ScottB · 06/10/2012, 12:59 PM

I am looking to does magnesium twice a day for 1:24, at 3am and 3pm. Will This code do it?

Code:

Fallback OFF 
Set OFF 
OSC 180:00/001:24/718:36 Then ON 
If Outlet PowerFail = ON Then OFF

Thanks in advance

RussM · 06/10/2012, 01:11 PM

No... you have a 15-hour cycle time with those settings. You need to have the total of all three time values in the OSC statement add up to 12 hours (720 minutes). I think this is what you intended, but did not account for the 180-minute initial OFF time.

ScottB · 06/10/2012, 01:20 PM

Thanks, Russ.

I originally wrote the code last fall I did it just as you said, but when I was reviewing it today, I could not make sense of it.

Here is the original code before I brain farted:

Code:

Fallback OFF 
Set OFF 
OSC 180:00/001:24/538:36 Then ON 
If Outlet PowerFail = ON Then OFF

RussM · 06/10/2012, 02:19 PM

That looks perfect.

06/10/2012, 12:59 PM	#1
ScottB Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Alabama Posts: 437	Quick code check, please. I am looking to does magnesium twice a day for 1:24, at 3am and 3pm. Will This code do it? Code: Fallback OFF Set OFF OSC 180:00/001:24/718:36 Then ON If Outlet PowerFail = ON Then OFF Thanks in advance __________________ What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people? --Jeph Jacques Current Tank Info: 60g Solana XL - Mixed Reef

06/10/2012, 01:20 PM	#3
ScottB Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Alabama Posts: 437	Thanks, Russ. I originally wrote the code last fall I did it just as you said, but when I was reviewing it today, I could not make sense of it. Here is the original code before I brain farted: Code: Fallback OFF Set OFF OSC 180:00/001:24/538:36 Then ON If Outlet PowerFail = ON Then OFF __________________ What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people? --Jeph Jacques Current Tank Info: 60g Solana XL - Mixed Reef

06/10/2012, 01:11 PM	#2
RussM Recovering Reefaholic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: El Cajon, CA Posts: 7,573	No... you have a 15-hour cycle time with those settings. You need to have the total of all three time values in the OSC statement add up to 12 hours (720 minutes). I think this is what you intended, but did not account for the 180-minute initial OFF time.

06/10/2012, 02:19 PM	#4
RussM Recovering Reefaholic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: El Cajon, CA Posts: 7,573	That looks perfect.