Alternating devices

Plugins & Plugin Development Reactor
#1

Would like to force my AC units to alternate on/off when house is on generator power (i.e only one of the two on at a time)

Each one should go on for 30 min at a time.

How would I write I reactor to do this?

The root is true when generator is on and cooling day is on.

Do i use an interval of 30 min with a delayed reset of 30 min and use the true/false of that condition?

any ideas?

#2

I think i got it…

Interval of 60 minutes with a delayed reset of 30 min. goes true for 30 min - stays false for next 30. wash rinse repeat as long as root is true

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#3

You might also look at the Pulse output mode for conditions and groups.

https://www.toggledbits.com/static/reactor/docs/3.6/Condition-Options/#output-control-options

#4

i did - but wouldn’t pulsing the root cause the reactor to untrip for that time?

#5

Whether or not that matters depends on how you build your logic. The “modern” way of building it in Reactor makes the tripped/untripped state of the ReactorSensor irrelevant.

#6

Ok. Thanks

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