need pool to run for 8 hours

[domotinc-customs]

hi all,

 

I have solar panel to heat the pool. if sunny and warm, the solar panel system will start.

when solar panel system start, Insteon is send electricity to the pool pump. (I/O sensor to read that solar panel system want to start and insteon swtich to send electricity to pool pump.

that part works (actually, will work, when it will get warm here... lol)

 

my challenge is, I want the pool to run for 8 hours a day.

so if pool ran for 5 hours during the day due to sun and warm day, I want the pool to run an extra 3 hours at night.

how do I program that?

 

I did a small ISY program that count how many minutes a swtich is ON. that's easy

but how do I get a ISY program to run based on an amount of time from a variable?

 

thanks!

[bleepblorp]

If you are okay with just always running for 8 hours straight you could do this without recording the run time as a variable. You could use the trigger of the solar panel system starting launch a program like this:

 

if solar panel system is on then

turn on pump

wait 8 hours

turn off pump

 

Would that work?

[Xathros]

Hi gonzo_007,

 

Keeping your existing program for "Run in the Sun" as is,  create a state variable called s.PoolRun.

 

 

This program sets the daily required runtime of 8 hrs (480 minutes) daily one minute after sunrise.

Program: SetPoolRunDaily

If
   Time is Sunrise + 1

Then
   $s.PoolRun = 480
   $s.PoolRun initTo $s.PoolRun

Else

This program tracks the pump run and decrements the requirement as it is running

Program: TrackPoolRun

If 
   Status 'PoolPump' is On
   And $s.PoolRun > 0

Then
   
   Wait 1 minute
   $s.PoolRun -= 1
   $s.PoolRun initTo $s.PoolRun
   Run Program 'TrackPoolRun' Then Path

Else

The following will run the pool pump from sunset until the requirement is met or a minute before sunrise the next day whichever comes first.

Program:  RunPoolExtra

If 

   Time is from Sunset to Sunrise -1 (Next Day)
   And $s.PoolRun > 0


Then
   Set 'PoolPump' On

Else
   Set 'PoolPump' Off

Note: These programs were hand written to convey concept and may not exactly match ISY syntax.

 

Hope this helps.

 

-Xathros

[domotinc-customs]

new challenge now.

sun is out and I realized that after 8 hours of sun, pool turns off.

 

so I want it to be on as long as the solar panels wants it (I/O sensor)

then, at night, if pool ran for less than 8 hours, to start the pool to do 8 hours total.

 

in other words, if I have 10 hours of sun and solar panel system wants to run for 10 hours, fine.

in that case. do not run at night.

 

but if I only had 2 hours of sun. I want the pool to run for 6 hours at night.

 

I will need your help... im now at 5 program to get it to run and it still does not work... lol

[Xathros]

Hi gonzo_007,

 

Please repost all programs as they are now and I'll see what needs to change to get what you want.

 

-Xathros

[larryllix]

If v5++  is being used, I wrote some accumulated time functions that work well by calcs with the ISY "seconds since midnight"  feature.

 

http://forum.universal-devices.com/topic/17366-v5-tracking-fan-cycle-runtime/

 

 

This could also give you a daily report of the, length of run, from the sun.