Apex pro out there?
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littlereefers
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I am interested in learning more as well. If enough others are interested, my hope is that this might become a meeting topic/presentation one month once we resume meetings.
Newjack
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I’m not sure how long you guys have been members, but we had a class/presentation ALL about Apex usage and tips/tricks. It was given by Bar member @Vhuang168 and @jonmos75 who currently works for Neptune systems.
If fact, if I recall right, Terrance Fugazzi also gave BAR a presentation a few years ago.
Maybe if we ask nicely, he’d be willing to give us another class.
If fact, if I recall right, Terrance Fugazzi also gave BAR a presentation a few years ago.
Maybe if we ask nicely, he’d be willing to give us another class.
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Galoot
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I'm open to any and all help, whatever form it would come in. I'm not looking to do anything crazy with it. Just want to make sure all the alerts, default on/off, timers, "if this/then", etc...are setup correctly. and if anyone can get the salinty probe to calibrate, I'd owe ya one!
Most of these items can be done through task. It’s more or less walks you through the best practices setup for you. Same with calibration and etc.
I’m happy to do a web meeting with you to walk you through this.
Would definitely be interested in some full training through APEX though. Hopefully they can include some advance configuration stuff.
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I’m happy to do a web meeting with you to walk you through this.
Would definitely be interested in some full training through APEX though. Hopefully they can include some advance configuration stuff.
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I gave up on the salinity probe after one month. I only use it as a relative measure. If it stays straight with little peaks before the ato kicks in, I call it good. If it starts to deviate, I go looking for a problem and measure salinity with the Milwaukee and a refractometer. The other day, after it dropped, I discovered that my skimmer had filled up the cup.
I would only set fallback to on for the return pump and heater. The rest should be off. It would be bad if the heater sticks on during a fallback event, but that chance is very slim.
It’s important to run the return pump task that sets up power usage alerts - this can save your return pump and your livestock, but is somewhat hidden.
Make sure you configure alert recipients.
Do things that will generate alerts to make sure they’re working.
I set up a maintenance virtual output that shuts down almost everything. Can show you how.
Turn on heartbeats.
If you have UV, make sure the lamp is off when the pump is off and make sure it turns on a few minutes after the pump.
I would only set fallback to on for the return pump and heater. The rest should be off. It would be bad if the heater sticks on during a fallback event, but that chance is very slim.
It’s important to run the return pump task that sets up power usage alerts - this can save your return pump and your livestock, but is somewhat hidden.
Make sure you configure alert recipients.
Do things that will generate alerts to make sure they’re working.
I set up a maintenance virtual output that shuts down almost everything. Can show you how.
Turn on heartbeats.
If you have UV, make sure the lamp is off when the pump is off and make sure it turns on a few minutes after the pump.
Galoot
Supporting Member
Ok, need some help. The Auto Top Off has just stopped working out of the blue. I didn't touch a thing. The bucket did run out of water. I refilled it and topped off the tank back to the lower sensor level. It never ran again once the water dropped below it. I also tried unplugging everything and reinstalling it through fusion. Still nothing. WTF!?! if someone can help me out that'd be great. Shoot me a text at 650-784-4008 if you can talk!
thx,
Chris
thx,
Chris
Galoot
Supporting Member
ATK, I figured it out. Not sure how to explain it, thought everything was right, because it had been working just fine. but the output on the EB labelled ATOPump was set to auto. Then at the very bottom of the dashboard I found one named ATO that was set to off. Don't ever remember seeing that. Moved it to "Auto" a few seconds latter, it was pumping water. I'm guessing that was the failsafe of running dry for a bit? IDK. Anyways, working now so all good
Galoot
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Ya I was getting the alarms. I was at work the last four days. My wife filled the bucket. I thought it would try to run every so often. I had her fill the return chamber back to the full level, but that didn't trigger it either. At least I noticed the switch was off. I know for next time if this every happens again
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If you take screenshots or pics of what you’d like help on, it makes troubleshooting a lot easier.
Are these sliders you are talking about?
They are manually set by you. All your programming only runs if you have it set to “Auto”, if you have it set to “Off” or “On” it will override the programming. Hope that helps.
Are these sliders you are talking about?
They are manually set by you. All your programming only runs if you have it set to “Auto”, if you have it set to “Off” or “On” it will override the programming. Hope that helps.
I did a google search on your issue and came up with this informative thread:
I didn’t know this, but it sounds like the sliders can be changed manually and by “when” statements. So the culprit is likely your when statement. Either it is just too short for your needs, or is signaling something wrong with your pump/tubing/etc that makes it so that it can’t finish topping off within 5 min. Also I’m not familiar with the way you are using the muliple defer and min time statements, so there may be a conflict there worth checking out.
Slider changing from AUTO to OFF on its own
I have a new Apex 2016 and have been controlling it through Apex Fusion for several weeks with no problems. This morning when I woke up, I saw that my sump water level was low, so I checked Fusion and saw that my ATK pump slider was set to "OFF" rather than "AUTO". I checked the Fusion logs...
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I didn’t know this, but it sounds like the sliders can be changed manually and by “when” statements. So the culprit is likely your when statement. Either it is just too short for your needs, or is signaling something wrong with your pump/tubing/etc that makes it so that it can’t finish topping off within 5 min. Also I’m not familiar with the way you are using the muliple defer and min time statements, so there may be a conflict there worth checking out.