apex programming for dosing pump

[prezzi]

how can i program my apex to run my pump once a day for 10 minutes ?

 

[Geraud]

Do you want it to run for 10 minutes straight or 10 times for one minute?

 

[prezzi]

10 minutes straight

 

[Geraud]

Pretty easy then.

Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 01:00 to 01:10 Then ON

Will turn it on from 1am to 1:10am

 

[prezzi]

i have to put it as advanced right ?

 

[Geraud]

Yep that is as advanced, or you can do that as "Light"

In general folks seem to prefer dosing in several 1 minute times. Using the OSC function.

 

[prezzi]

and what if i wanted it to run for 1 min 10 times a day lets says once every hour

 

[Geraud]

You can do something like that:

Fallback OFF
OSC 020:00/001:00/039:00 Then ON
If Time 09:00 to 22:00 Then OFF

This will start your pump at past 20 of every hour and dose for one minute, at night, between 10pm and 9am.

 

[prezzi]

dope man thanks , one last question which outlets do i use because i heard that the pumps dont pull. enough current and apex might not be able to turn them off

 

[Geraud]

Ah yes you need to use the relay ones, aka 4 or 8 (last ones on the right)

 

[prezzi]

thanks man you were of great help

 

[Tonyscoots84]

if your doing dosing i would do several intervals of dosing instead of 1 @ 10 minutes.

 

[Geraud]

thanks man you were of great help

No problem. If you want to see if things work properly, in the graph part you can make the dosing pump "visible" then you will see spikes every hour at "1" (ON).

 

[prezzi]

will do tony

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i hope you do cause stability is key to any saltwater reef tank. . Thats the way to go