Neptune Apex Question

[reefs4life]

Hey guys so this might be a dumb thing to be asking but I am not sure how to set a plug on the EB8 of my apex to always stay on. I like to use the 'advanced' setting when programming so can someone give me a program to keep plugs on at all times. I'm just not using 2 of them and I'd rather plug in some powerheads and other things that I may need here and there or even my vortech. Thanks in advance for the help, Fortunato.

 

[reefs4life]

Or I just keep it as manual on will it just stay on for as long as it's set to manual on or does manual reset on it's own eventually?

 

[allenjj]

Answer

Once set to manually on, it will stay that way until you reset it. You can also set the state so that it defaults to on if there is a power failure.

 

[Josh]

If you set the outlet to "Advanced" mode, you can enter the following config:

Fallback ON
Set ON

This will make the outlet stay on unless you manually set it to off, no matter what.

 

[reefs4life]

Thanks a lot for the help guys. Just another question that I've been wondering is, what does 'fallback' do?

 

[ecchybridLE]

I think fallback means that it will default back to the setting if power goes out.

 

[Josh]

Correct.

 

[ming]

I believe its more if it loses communication with the base unit, it will default to Fallback. This is typically with power outages (assuming the EB8 is on a UPS or other backup power), but could also happen if the USB wire gets somehow disconnected from the EB8

 

[cmantis]

I was wondering if I can use one of my outlets on the energy bar to power the controller unit. If so how do I set it so that it is always on? I am a little confused by the above.

Here is my code so far (I have two energy bars)
Timer Names:
LT1$-A01
LT2$-A02
LT3$-B01
LT4$-B02
PM1#-A03
PM2#-A04
PM3#-B03
PM4#-B04
HT1%-A05
HT2%-B05
RTN&-A06
ATO$-B06
ALM&-A09

Program Statements:
If Time > 12:00 Then LT1 ON
If Time > 00:00 Then LT1 OFF
If Time > 12:00 Then LT3 ON
If Time > 00:00 Then LT3 OFF
If Time > 14:00 Then LT2 ON
If Time > 22:00 Then LT2 OFF
If Time > 14:00 Then LT4 ON
If Time > 22:00 Then LT4 OFF
OSC 010/010 ON/OFF Then PM1 ON
OSC 010/010 ON/OFF Then PM2 OFF
If FeedA 000 Then PM1 OFF
If FeedA 000 Then PM2 OFF
OSC 010/010 ON/OFF Then PM3 ON
OSC 010/010 ON/OFF Then PM4 OFF
If FeedA 000 Then PM3 OFF
If FeedA 000 Then PM4 OFF
If Temp < 78.0 Then HT1 ON
If Temp > 78.5 Then HT1 OFF
If Temp < 78.0 Then HT2 ON
If Temp > 78.5 Then HT2 OFF
If FeedA 000 Then RTN OFF
If Switch1 OPEN Then ATO OFF
If Switch1 CLOSED Then ATO ON
If pH > 08.85 Then ATO OFF
If Time > 00:00 Then ALM OFF
If Time > 00:05 Then ALM ON
If Time > 00:10 Then ALM OFF
If Temp > 79.5 Then ALM ON
If Temp < 77.0 Then ALM ON
If pH > 08.55 Then ALM ON
If pH < 08.00 Then ALM ON
If Power 000 Then ALM ON