Total time On

[beerguy]

Hi Michael -
Is there any way to track the total time that a switch was on during a specified period (24 hour)? Currently we can see Average, Min and Max. I'd like to see how many hours a day my pump is running as a total number of hours. Currently I have to look at the graph and add up the minutes per hour for the entire period.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Pat

[Michael McSharry]

The control chart provides that information. It will take an item that is defined as a switch or relay and accumulate the ON time for the chart duration selected. The result is only visible in chart format so it cannot be used as a trigger or elsewhere within Homeseer.

For the attached I have Furnace_Gas as a "Control" on the group setup page. It is declared as a switch type on the input. I also have Kitchen and Air_Return as "Line" and they are of type temperature.

The dark green on the chart shows the switch (Furnace_Gas) going on and off as dark green waveforms. It shows the cumulative as an area chart with a light green color. For this example, in a 72 hour period the Furnace_Gas is ON for 350 minutes.

Had I also shown the fireplace temperature in this chart then the source of heat for the air return would have been shown to be the fireplace for the second 2 blue humps.

[beerguy]

Hi Michael - thanks for the reply. That's exactly what I need. I'm not following a couple of things. First, you are talking about mcsTemperature, correct? If so, I don't see how to define something as "Control" on the group setup page. I have my pump setup as a switch on the input page so I've got that part correct. I just can't see how to setup for the cummulative time. In the first sentence you refer to a "Control chart". Is that different than a regular chart in mcsTemperature?

[Michael McSharry]

I took a look at mcsTemperature and you are correct that it does not provide this capability. These were made with xapmcsChart. It is similar, but operates in an xAP environment.

[beerguy]

Thanks Michael. So, any thoughts on how to get this using mcsTemperature?