03-08-2019, 03:08 AM
Hi, so now v5.06 is ready for download, password is the same.
Thanks to someone bringing it to my attention, there were some problems with the maintenance mode but it carried into the feed mode, schedules and heaters/chillers.
I always intended the settings on the feed and maintenance settings page would have overall say on the equipment status, if you select an outlet to be off it would turn off when the mode started and be stuck in that position until the duration of mode expired. If you were ok with schedules and custom rules running during the mode you would simply leave the main setting on the mode settings page alone. If you had specific custom rules or alerts setup that you didn't want to run during feed or maintenance you would simply set that in the custom rule or alert options.
That was the original idea but sadly it wasn't even close to working that way. Somehow I got confused or lost focus and got way off track when I assembled the controller code and knowingly ended up completely locking out critical systems such as heaters/chillers and schedules. Because I got mixed up if you selected an outlet to be on/off during feed or maintenance it would listen when the mode started but 10 seconds later or whatever it was possible something came along and turned that equipment on/off. Later I will be adding an option to the schedules so you can have the schedule be ignored during feed or maintenance just like the alerts and custom rules.
I guess the nice thing is I was on track when I did the display so it was pretty easy to sort out and now it works as it should. I drew up a flow chart showing what has to happen before an outlet or DC accessory is turned on or off. In the next few days I should have a short simple flow chart manual that will have all systems laid out like this.
![[Image: AC-DC_FlowChart.jpg]](https://www.robo-tank.ca/diagrams/AC-DC_FlowChart.jpg)
Thanks to someone bringing it to my attention, there were some problems with the maintenance mode but it carried into the feed mode, schedules and heaters/chillers.
I always intended the settings on the feed and maintenance settings page would have overall say on the equipment status, if you select an outlet to be off it would turn off when the mode started and be stuck in that position until the duration of mode expired. If you were ok with schedules and custom rules running during the mode you would simply leave the main setting on the mode settings page alone. If you had specific custom rules or alerts setup that you didn't want to run during feed or maintenance you would simply set that in the custom rule or alert options.
That was the original idea but sadly it wasn't even close to working that way. Somehow I got confused or lost focus and got way off track when I assembled the controller code and knowingly ended up completely locking out critical systems such as heaters/chillers and schedules. Because I got mixed up if you selected an outlet to be on/off during feed or maintenance it would listen when the mode started but 10 seconds later or whatever it was possible something came along and turned that equipment on/off. Later I will be adding an option to the schedules so you can have the schedule be ignored during feed or maintenance just like the alerts and custom rules.
I guess the nice thing is I was on track when I did the display so it was pretty easy to sort out and now it works as it should. I drew up a flow chart showing what has to happen before an outlet or DC accessory is turned on or off. In the next few days I should have a short simple flow chart manual that will have all systems laid out like this.
