Variable as an alarm?

Programming Examples
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If either well pump is on for more than 10 minutes, I’ve run out of water, so I want to turn on output 6 to light a light or start a buzzer or play polka music. I got this program to work but is there a way to use a VAR set to 10 minutes so that if either pump is on more than 10 minutes it will turn OUT6 on? I couldn’t find a way to make an alarm turn on an output unless I missed it?

If either pump pulls more than 1 amp for more than 10 minutes it will turn output 6 on and I have to manually turn it off to reset the alarm.

10 IF WELLPUMP1 > 1 THEN GOTO 50
20 IF WELLPUMP2 > 1 THEN GOTO 50
30 WAIT 00:00:10
40 GOTO 10
50 WAIT 00:10:00
60 IF WELLPUMP1 > 1 THEN GOTO 100
70 IF WELLPUMP2 > 1 THEN GOTO 100
80 WAIT 00:00:10
90 GOTO 10
100 START OUT6

I found TIME-ON command in the manual, and wrote it like this, but not sure how write it to do time on more that 10 minutes from an input being more than 1 amp?

10 IF WELLPUMP1 > 1 THEN START OUT1 ELSE STOP OUT1
20 IF WELLPUMP2 > 1 THEN START OUT2 ELSE STOP OUT2
30 IF TIME-ON ( OUT1 ) > 00:10:00 THEN START OUT6
40 IF TIME-ON ( OUT2 ) > 00:10:00 THEN START OUT6

2

Try the DALARM statement, short for ‘Delayed Alarm’.

10 DALARM PUMP1A > 1 , 100 , HIGH CURRENT ALARM ON PUMP1 AMPS

This will generate an alarm after 100 seconds of current higher than 1 amp.

Friendly reminder: so many waits and gotos… check the earlier tips in the forum about running from the top line to the bottom line without either of these statements. It will simplify your debugging and make your program easier to follow.