pjjameso Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Asking for help from the programming gurus.... would like to create a program that turns on the ERV for 20 min every hour. Would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction as to setup. Link to comment
paulbates Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) See post below Edited April 26 by paulbates Reread the post 1 Link to comment
Solution paulbates Posted April 26 Solution Share Posted April 26 So... reread... You'll want to do it this way New Program - [ID 0045][Parent 0001] If - No Conditions - (To add one, press 'Schedule' or 'Condition') Then Repeat Every 1 hour Set 'ERV' On Wait 20 minutes Set 'ERV' off And set it so it runs at startup 1 1 Link to comment
ShawnW Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 On 4/26/2024 at 7:56 AM, pjjameso said: Asking for help from the programming gurus.... would like to create a program that turns on the ERV for 20 min every hour. Would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction as to setup. Hi @pjjameso I've had to do this twice, once very recently when my sump pump's float died (pump still good) during a high-volume week. For this one I found a very cool way as I needed it to run once every 48 seconds for 9 seconds. This is what I did: If statement: Schedule: Time Is - 45sec - After - Last Run - <Name of THIS Program> - Check "Daily" Box Then I literally plugged my Sump Pump into an Insteon Appliance Switch Then: Set 'Appliance Switch' On Wait 9 seconds Set 'Appliance Switch' Off So the only issue with this method is that you have to manually "start" the sequence after a reboot - just right-click on the Program Name in your list and Select "Run Then", and that will start it. However, for your application and your larger time frames, I would do something a bit more reliable and simply schedule it to run on a schedule that merely lists all 24 hours of the day. I do this now for resetting of my Hourly Counts (Variables). If statement: Schedule: Time Is - 7 AM - Time OR Schedule: Time Is - 8 AM - Time OR Schedule: Time Is - 9 AM - Time OR Schedule: - ETC. Your Then of course would again be to turn it on, WAIT for 20 min, Then turn it off. I hope that helps with a few other interesting options. Let me know if you need some screenshots of the actual programs from the examples above. Good luck! Shawn Link to comment
larryllix Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 4 hours ago, ShawnW said: Hi @pjjameso I've had to do this twice, once very recently when my sump pump's float died (pump still good) during a high-volume week. For this one I found a very cool way as I needed it to run once every 48 seconds for 9 seconds. This is what I did: If statement: Schedule: Time Is - 45sec - After - Last Run - <Name of THIS Program> - Check "Daily" Box Then I literally plugged my Sump Pump into an Insteon Appliance Switch Then: Set 'Appliance Switch' On Wait 9 seconds Set 'Appliance Switch' Off So the only issue with this method is that you have to manually "start" the sequence after a reboot - just right-click on the Program Name in your list and Select "Run Then", and that will start it. However, for your application and your larger time frames, I would do something a bit more reliable and simply schedule it to run on a schedule that merely lists all 24 hours of the day. I do this now for resetting of my Hourly Counts (Variables). If statement: Schedule: Time Is - 7 AM - Time OR Schedule: Time Is - 8 AM - Time OR Schedule: Time Is - 9 AM - Time OR Schedule: - ETC. Your Then of course would again be to turn it on, WAIT for 20 min, Then turn it off. I hope that helps with a few other interesting options. Let me know if you need some screenshots of the actual programs from the examples above. Good luck! Shawn No screenshots. Right click on the program title in the program tree and select "copy to clipboard" Then paste it into a code box in your post. '<>' All the details will be there and the format much clearer. 1 Link to comment
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