Re: Choices for Temperature and Water alarms -- PLEASE COMMENT

[blueman <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks -- a couple of clarify questions/comments inserted below inline...
"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Welp here's how I did a Wine Temp Sensor with an XR200.
>
> Zone Name - Wine Temp
> Type - Aux1

Have you ever tried Aux2?
It seems that Aux2 has the "feature" of not alarming immediately, but
instead waiting until "Zone Retard Delay Time" which might avoid
problems with momentary transients (e.g, with a water sensor if some
water splashes onto it or something).

> Partition - 1
> Area - Perimeter

My alarm also offers the option of "-". What does that mean?
Also, in your setup is it really irrelevant what you use for "Area"
since your setup for DO/DS is the same as AO/AS?

>
> DO Message - Alarm
> DO Output - 0
> DO Output Action - None
> DS Message - Trouble

I'm not sure I understand what "Trouble" means and how it is used here.
Isn't the normal, untriggered condition "DS/AS" -- if so why do you
want to signal a "Trouble" condition when the circuit is shorted
(appropriately).
Or does DS mean that there is no series resistor and the circuit is
fully shorted?


> DS Output - None
> DS Output Action - Steady
> AO Message - Alarm
> AO Output - 0
> AO Output Action - Steady
> AS Message - Trouble
> AS Output - 0
> AS Output Action - Steady
>
> The output stuff is meaningless, their for controlling relays.

If "AO Output" and "AO Output Action" refer to the relay status, how
does one specify when and whether the alarm itself is triggered?

> Supervisory may work for you too, but it won't clear until the room/refrig
> goes back to normal temp...which may be annoying.

Isn't that a "feature"? Don't you want to know that there still is a
problem until it is corrected?

Thanks

>
> I've done these several different ways...mostly by experimenting :-)
>