Chiller and Exhaust fan linked
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:41 pm
I am new to coding for the RA so anything new I discover gets a good 3-5min celebration lol........
I have all my equipment for my aquarium under my stairs and when my chiller turns on I have an exhaust fan that routes the hot chiller air out of my fish room. I first set the RA to where both the chiller and the the exhaust fan were defined as ReefAngel.StandardFan() but I really wanted the exhaust fan to be more independent.... so I finally figured out that I can just have the controller look to the chiller port to see if its on and turn the exhaust fan on accordingly.
I thought this way the chiller fan is not just functioning on the same temp gradient or definition as the chiller and can be activated by other events in the future like the fish room temp and overheat temp....
I dont know if anyone else has done this but I was quite satisfied with my meager two lines of code lol..
Can the RA interface with controllable fans through its dimming ports? If it can I would like to have my fans further control the temp of my fish room by speeding up or slowing down
I have all my equipment for my aquarium under my stairs and when my chiller turns on I have an exhaust fan that routes the hot chiller air out of my fish room. I first set the RA to where both the chiller and the the exhaust fan were defined as ReefAngel.StandardFan() but I really wanted the exhaust fan to be more independent.... so I finally figured out that I can just have the controller look to the chiller port to see if its on and turn the exhaust fan on accordingly.
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//Chiller Fan
if (ReefAngel.Relay.isMaskOn(Port1)) ReefAngel.Relay.On(Port2);
if (ReefAngel.Relay.isMaskOff(Port1)) ReefAngel.Relay.Off(Port2);
I dont know if anyone else has done this but I was quite satisfied with my meager two lines of code lol..
Can the RA interface with controllable fans through its dimming ports? If it can I would like to have my fans further control the temp of my fish room by speeding up or slowing down