User's Manual

CHAPTER3
Commandsforcontrollingthevalves
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n is the desired run-time in seconds (max. 65535, approximately 18h)
and d is the startup delay in seconds (max. 65535, approximately
18h, the recommended minimum is 1s).
 WARNING Do not use any other commands described here to control the valves.
Readingstatusinformation
Using the PORT 0 command, the actual status can be read back. For
details on the returned value see Table 4.
Table 3. addSWITCH Commands
Requested action addSWITCH A724 command
Open Valve 1 for n
seconds
PORT 212 d n
Open Valve 2 for n
seconds
PORT 213 d n
Open Valve 3 for n
seconds
PORT 214 d n
Open Valve 4 for n
seconds
PORT 215 d n
Close Valve 1 (before time
n has elapsed)
PORT 164
Close Valve 2 (before time
n has elapsed)
PORT 165
Close Valve 2 (before time
n has elapsed)
PORT 166
Close Valve 2 (before time
n has elapsed)
PORT 167
Table 4. addSWITCH Status Information
Return value
(decimal)
Return value
(binary)
Status
240 1111 xxxx idle
224 1110 xxxx VALVE 1 active
208 1101 xxxx VALVE 2 active