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- gsnottingham - 06-06-2010
Hi I am hoping someone can help me understand the options for adjusting the timing between linked responses.
I have an irrigation system with 9 zones and have installed 2 x RIO into my garage connected to 9x relays which drive 9x irrigation valves. I have written a series of responses where response 1 turns off all zones, then turns on zone 1 then calls response #2 after XXX seconds. Response #2 then turns off all zones and then turns on zone 2 then calls response #3 after YYY seconds and so on.
It is easy enough to adjust the numbers XXX, YYY and so on in comfigurator, but is there an easy way of changing these numbers through responses called by one or more further RIO inputs?
Many thanks
Guy
- slychiu - 06-07-2010
If I understand correctly you would like to change Response numbers within Response using Responses.
You can use If/Then Conditions eg
If A then
Do Response XXX
else
Do Response YYY
endif
The condition A can depend on the state of RIO Inputs, so can lead to different sets of responses
I hope this helps
- gsnottingham - 06-07-2010
Thanks for the advice, but I wonder if you can help a little further?
One response turns on an irrigation valve and then calls a second response after a timer expires; the second response then turns the valve off. I would like to be able to adjust the time before the second response is activated.
I can see that I could use a RIO input in such a way that if a switch attached to the input it is set off then I can tell response 1 to call response 2 after 5 minutes whereas if the switch is on then I can tell response 1 to call response 2 after 10 minutes.
But is there a way I can make the time that passes before response 2 is activated more variable than this without using up a whole bank of RIO inputs?
Thanks
Guy
- ident - 06-08-2010
No, there is no way to make the timer contents variable. Calling a different set of responses is the best way.
Even if the timer could eb variable you would need to have RIO inputs to determine the value so that would not reduce the use of Inputs, it would just shorten the length of Responses